GAPSA Interschool Partnership Fund (IPF) Application 2024-25

 

Section 1: Background Information

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF EVENT FOR: IPF (Interschool Partnership Funding)*


1) Submit IPF application at least two weeks prior to event/program.


2) See Finance FAQs for policy compliance.


3) See GAP Bylaws for governance and funding procedures.


4) Your group must be registered, on an annual basis, with the Office of Student Affairs. Please register online here. All events must also comply with any relevant University Policies, including alcohol events registration, ticketing & payments, and purchasing policies.


5) The proposal must be geared towards the graduate and professional student population. Undergraduate organizations generally are ineligible for GAPSA funding and do not count as one of the schools for the inter-school partnership fund.


6) All applicants are invited to advertise their events and programs with GAPSA by submitting event details here. Please contact the GAPSA Director for Public Relations for all publicity and advertising.


7) If your event or program receives GAPSA funding (including IPF match), then GAPSA must be acknowledged as a funding source on your organizational and promotional material.


8) All GAPSA-funded programs and organizations must support open community, inclusion, and representative governance. All funding must comply with GAPSA's Sunshine Policy, Environmental Policy, Anti-Harassment Policy, and all other policies. (See Finance FAQs.)


9) If you are awarded funding, reimbursements must be claimed by January 1, 2024, (for events/programs occurring in the fall) or June 1, 2025, (for events/programs occurring in the spring) or they will be forfeited. Further deadlines may apply.



This application should be submitted by the primary G-12+ organization sponsoring or funding the activity. This group agrees to coordinate with any cosponsoring G-12+ groups to pool direct contributions. All IPF + IPF matching funds will be transferred to this primary sponsor.

 

Section 2: General & Contact Information

 
 
 

ex: myname@school.upenn.edu

Please use the email that is registered for IPF use!

 
 
 

Please list the G-12+ Group that will be playing the lead role in coordinating the event. If awarded a grant, all G-12+ contributions and IPF funds will be transferred to this group.

 

First Last

 

ex: myname@school.upenn.edu

 

First Name Last Name

 

ex: myname@school.upenn.edu

 
 
mm/dd/yyyy
 
 
mm/dd/yyyy
 

 

Section 3: Finance Requirements

 

Are you enrolled as a Penn graduate or professional student?

 
 
 
 

Please provide the Penn email contact for the financial admin staff or business office responsible for your group's University account

 

Does this funding request primarily benefit Penn graduate and professional students?

 

 

Section 4: Financial Sponsors

 
 

This amount should match the sum of all G-12+ group contributions.

numbers only ($USD)

 

Total of all G-12+ Contribution and IPF Match funds combined

numbers only ($USD)

 
 

 

Section 5: Financial Information

 

numbers only ($USD)

 
 

numbers only ($USD)

(Indicate 0 if there is no charge)

 

 

Section 6: Certification

 

My group agrees to comply with all GAPSA and University Policies (gapsa.upenn.edu/policies)

 

Please note: Funds will be transferred to the registering school's student government account. Please contact your student government's business services department for further information on claiming these funds. Funds may only be used for the registered event. As a general guideline, funds must be claimed by January 1 (for events occurring in the fall) or June 1 (for events occurring in the spring) or they will be forfeited. The last day to submit an IPF registration is June 1 in recognition of the end of the fiscal year on June 30.


Please contact GAPSA Deputy Director for Interschool Partnership (gapsa.ipf@gapsa.upenn.edu) or GAPSA Vice President of Finance (gapsa.finance@gapsa.upenn.edu) with any questions.


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