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This is an archival copy of the 2006–2017 Assemblies website. This information is no longer updated.

Other Sources of Funding

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Office of the Dean of Students

Under the Office of Dean of Students there are many categories of student organizations and boards:

  • International Student and Scholar Office: in this office is the International Student Program Board (ISPB) which organizes intercultural events.
  • Cornell United Religious Work: This is a diverse community of 25 groups
  • Student Programming: in this office are many student support groups:
  • African, Latino, Native American Programming Board (ALANA)
  • Haven (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBTQ))
  • One Vision, Many Voices
  • Peer Educator in Human Relations (PEHR)
  • Women’s Resource Center
  • WSH Programming Board

Provost’s Office

http://www.provost.cornell.edu/

The provost works to maintain and enhance the university’s excellence in teaching, research, scholarship and outreach, and is responsible for strategic planning and budgeting, tenure and promotion, academic and research initiatives, and general academic supervision of the Ithaca campus.

Minority Finance Commission

http://www.sas.cornell.edu/mea/mfchome.html

The MFC is an informal undergraduate funding committee of the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI)/COSEP. The committee is responsible for subsidizing costs to groups to undergraduate minority organizations registered with OMEA. Guidelines are the following:

CU Tonight Commission

http://www.rso.cornell.edu/cutonight/

Provides funding (up to $5,000) to undergraduate organizations that want to put on original late night events at Cornell University. CU Tonight looks for events that will appeal to the maximum number of students on campus, enhance the social environment and are collaborative ventures involving diverse Cornell student organizations. Please see the website for more information and funding guidelines.

Academic departments

Academic departments may sponsor student organization activities. Please contact the chair of the department from which you are seeking funding.

Individual undergraduate colleges

The deans of each college have discretion to support student organization activities. Please contact the dean of the college to seek funding.

Program Houses

ProgramHouses@cornell.edu

  • Just About Music (JAM)
  • Ujamaa Residential College
  • Latino Living Center
  • Ecology House
  • Multicultural Living Learning Unit (McLLU Center)
  • Akwe:kon
  • Holland International Living Center
  • Risley Residential College for Creative and Performing Arts
  • The Transfer Center
  • Language House and Program

Residential Houses

  • Alice Cook House
  • Carl Becker House

Center for Religion, Ethics, and Social Policy (CRESP)

http://www.cresp.cornell.edu/

Provides funding to foster studying, dialogue and action through various and creative approaches. Holds workshops and teachings and provides volunteer opportunities for students through collaborating with groups on campus and throughout the Ithaca community. Supports the efforts of student activists such as United Progressives, the Cornell Greens, and the Cornell Organization for Labor Action (COLA).

John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines

http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute/index.htm

Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA)

http://www.cipa.cornell.edu/

CIPA develops practical skills by organizing, managing, or otherwise participating in a variety of public development activities.

Center for the Study of Inequality

http://inequality.cornell.edu/

Provides funding for research on social and economic inequalities as well as on the process by which these inqualities change and exist. They host lectures and symposiums on the research and topic of social and economic inequalities.

Ithaca Public Education Initiative

http://education.cornell.edu/

  • Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP): participatory adult education program designed to create and support reciprical educational experiences between Cornell University undergraduate students and Cornell service employees.
  • Cornell Educational Resources Program (CERP):
    • Agriculture Education Outreach Program
    • Food Systems Educational Programs for K-12 Mid-Atlantic Region
    • New York Agriculture in the Classroom

Residence Hall Association

http://www.rso.cornell.edu/rha/

Develops a sense of community within the residence halls at Cornell Univeristy through social, educational and community service programs.

Willard Straight Hall Programming Board

International Student Programming Board (ISPB)

http://www.rso.cornell.edu/ispb/b.html

Funds up to $400 for the event which must be open to the Cornell Community. In addition no profits can be made and no funding can be used for food or costumes. For the guidelines for funding please see the website.

Cornell University Programming Board (CUPB)

http://www.rso.cornell.edu/cupb/grant.html

Funds events that are nonmusical in nature for registered groups with the Student Activities Office. The application for a grant must be applied for before the speaker is confirmed. To apply for a grant see the website for guidelines:

Cornell Concert Commission

http://www.cornell-concert.com/

The Cornell Concert Commission (CCC) sponsors non-profit, musical events for undergraduate groups registered with the Student Activities Office. Funding will not exceed $500.

See website for complete guidelines on budget applications.

Contact SAFC

Willard Straight Hall Main Lobby
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

ph. (607) 255–9610
fx. (607) 255–1116

safc@cornell.edu