The GSC provides funding for GSC Council Representatives to spend improving community in their constituencies. Currently, up to $250 per eligible Representative per funding period is available for allocation towards events that serve or are available to a Representative’s entire constituency (department, dormitory, or other non-GSC entity).
Funding Periods:
- Fall: October 16 – February 15
- Spring: February 16 – October 15
Eligibility and Funding Details
In order to be eligible for funding, the Representative must be a current representative in good standing. A Representative (or their immediate predecessor if the Representative is new) must have attended a minimum of two recent General Council Meetings (GCMs) before receiving funding, and regular attendance at GCMs (i.e. more than half of the eligible meetings) is also required.
Funding Scheme:
- Representatives are typically eligible for $150/rep/period.
- Participation in GSC at a level beyond attending GCMs increases funding by an additional $100/rep/period, for a total of $250/rep/period. This additional participation may include being actively involved in a GSC Committee, Board, Subcommittee, or working group, or serving on an MIT Institute Committee. The participation must be described in the funding application.
- Collaborating with a representative from another constituency on a joint event doubles the $150/rep/period baseline funding (but not the additional $100/rep/period associated with additional participation, described above).
Funding Scope and Guidelines
Representative funding may be used for, but is not limited to:
- Events open to and of interest to the entire constituency. These events should be designed to support community and/or a social atmosphere outside of the typical realm of the classroom or laboratory.
- Note that approximately $7/person will be reimbursed for food expenses.
Funding may NOT be used for:
- Alcohol
- Gifts or prizes
- Capital purchases
All funding must be used in compliance with Institute policies.
Requirements for Use of GSC Representative Funding
Application
- Prior to the event, submit a funding application using the form linked below.
- If you have any questions, contact the GSC Vice President (gsc-vp @ mit.edu) to make sure that the event is appropriate for GSC representative funding and to confirm your eligible funding level.
- Please include all relevant information about the event in the application. A description and detailed budget breakdown are required for each application.
- For events, be sure to include the date, time, location, and expected number of attendees.
- Describe any GSC involvement outside of GCM attendance, as explained above.
- If you are collaborating with other representatives (either within or outside your constituency) on a single event, you may submit a single application form, but you must:
- Specify all representative names in the application; AND
- Email the GSC Vice President (gsc-vp @ mit.edu) and copy (CC) all other collaborating representatives.
Publicity
- Events should be held at a time and place that promotes maximum attendance from each constituency.
- Events must be advertised to the entire participating constituency:
- Including the GSC logo
- Please refer to the GSC Publicity Policy (especially Section 3) on the use of GSC Logos.
- For emails, instead of using the GSC Logo, you can highlight in writing that the event is funded using Graduate Student Council (GSC) Representative Funding.
- Via email to the department/residence graduate student mailing list or via the departmental/residential graduate administrator, copying (by CC) the GSC Vice President (gsc-vp @ mit.edu).
- Including the GSC logo
Reimbursement
- Reimbursement must be submitted within one month of the event following these guidelines.
- Only original itemized receipts will be reimbursed. A credit card receipt without itemization is not sufficient. Sales tax will not be reimbursed. Use the tax-exempt forms ST-2 and ST-5 forms available from MIT Procurement. SEE https://vpf.mit.edu/mits-state-sales-tax-exemptions (MIT certificates required)
Contact
Questions? Contact gsc-vp
@ mit.edu.