COVER SHEET (PAGE 1)
I. FUNDING GUIDELINES
General Rules/Guidelines for Funding of all requesting organizations:
 All Recognized Student Organizations are eligible to receive up to $2,500 one semester with a cap of $4,000 per year.
Funding requests can be made within the following categories:
o Conferences/ Leadership Programs/ Competitions (Maximum Allocation of $1,000 per ACADEMIC YEAR)
o Revenue Generating Events (Maximum Allocation of $1,000 per semester)
 Per Administrative Policy No.6 “All funds generated by the activity, whether from use of student fees or from
other sources, must be deposited into and expended through the university account of that activity”
 Please also refer to the “Cash Handling & Wristband Procedures for Recognized Student Organizations”
section of the Mason Event Procedures & Guidelines
o Non-Revenue Generating Events
o Newsletter/Publications
 Office Supplies may be requested once per academic year. The Maximum Allocation for this will be $100 per ACADEMIC
YEAR. This allocation WILL BE considered part of the $2,500 maximum per semester.
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National Dues/ National Insurance may be requested by organizations. The Maximum allocation for this will be $500 per
ACADEMIC year. This allocation WILL BE considered part of the $2,500 maximum per semester.
**Funding will not be approved to pay for food at regular meetings, only one meeting supported by food will be approved
per semester.
II. REVIEW PROCESS
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The SFB committee will review requests every 2 weeks.
Responses will be provided to applicants via email by an SFB Board Member within 3 business days of the review process.
Purchase Order (PO) Requests must be submitted at least 5 days prior to the event. Invoices/receipts as a result of a
PO must be submitted no later than 5 days after the event.
Contracts must be submitted NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE
All other payments and reimbursement requests of $1,999 or less (not involving contracts)-must be submitted within
10 days after the event
All orgs are required to submit an event evaluation form NO LATER THAN 10 BUSINESS DAYS after the event, if not
submitted additional funding requests will not be approved.
**All above documentation must be submitted to Barbara Campbell, Student Activities Business Manager according
to the guidelines and deadlines listed above. Recognized Student Organizations who fail to comply with any of these
deadlines listed above will lose access to funds for the remainder of the school year.**
III. APPLICATION
In order to be considered for funding, all application packets must include the following items:
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Signed/Initialed Student Funding Board Coversheet (pages 1 and 2)
TYPED SFB-1
o If only requesting funds for Office Supplies/National Dues or Insurance, you only need to complete the first box
TYPED SFB-2 (submit one SFB-2 form for each program).
Attach a copy of contracts/invoices for food services, honorarium, events management,
events production, etc.
Organization President, initial here (each President):
Student Funding Board
MSN 2D6, 4400 University Drive  Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444
PHONE: 703.993.2953  FAX: 703.993.4566  E-MAIL: sfb@gmu.edu  WEB: http://sa.gmu.edu/orgs/funding
STUDENT FUNDING BOARD
COVER SHEET (PAGE 2)
IV. APPLICATION PROCESS & DEADLINES
All Student Funding Board requests must be submitted by 5:00 pm on the event deadline prior to the event. Awards for approved
programs will be announced no later than 3 business days after each Committee review session. Deadlines are:
Spring 2010
February 5th (for events taking place after February 28th)
February 19th
March 5th
March 19th
April 2nd
April 16th (for all programs taking place between May 12th until September 10th and will be applied to your total funding
available for the Fall 2010 semester)
Note: Review of Applications takes place after each deadline only.
Depending on when you submit, there could be a 1-2 week turn around time for a response.
V. SIGNATURES
By signing below, you agree that all information provided within this packet is complete and accurate. Furthermore, as President of
your respective recognized student organization, your signature indicates the approval of your membership to complete this application
on behalf of the organization.
Signature of Organization President
Date
Printed Name
Name of Organization
By signing below, as Faculty/Staff Advisor of this recognized student organization, your signature indicates your
awareness of this funding request and have worked with the organization on planning this program.
Signature of Organization Primary Faculty/Staff Advisor
Date
Printed Name
Submit completed application packets to:
Student Funding Board
Office of Student Activities
George Mason University
Student Union Building I, Room 101
Student Funding Board
MSN 2D6, 4400 University Drive  Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444
PHONE: 703.993.2953  FAX: 703.993.4566  E-MAIL: sfb@gmu.edu  WEB: http://sa.gmu.edu/orgs/funding