²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Alumni Association Student Engagement Committee Competition Team Funding Information for FY 25 

  • Application opens for students (Wednesday, September 18th)

  • Application closes for students (Friday, October 11th @ 12:00 pm)

  • Student Competition Teams notified of their presentation slot (Monday, October 14th)

  • Award letters emailed out to teams (October 28th, 2024)

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Competition Team Guidelines

  • Teams must meet all of these criteria in order to be considered for funding:

    • Team must be a fully registered RSO (Registered Student Organization)
    • The team’s primary organizational purpose is to compete in intercollegiate competition against other colleges and universities.
    • The team represents ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University (as opposed to a third party or the team itself) at competitions in which they compete.
    • The team is the sole team representing ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ State University at competitions in which they compete.
    • The competition(s) in which the team competes must be sponsored by a regionally- or nationally-recognized professional organization, an academic entity, or an organization that exists for the advancement of technical knowledge.
    • The competition(s) in which the team competes must relate to the academic mission of ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ and participation in the competition must advance the student participant’s academic knowledge (i.e. not athletic or performing arts in nature).
    • The team must be affiliated with an academic department and have a faculty/staff advisor.
  • The Student Outreach Committee will consider the following points when making allocations:

    • Quality of presentation
    • Performance in previous competitions
    • Dollars requested as compared to other funding sources and funding amount(s) from previous year(s)
    • Demonstrated organizational fitness of the student organization (e.g. number of involved members, efforts to transfer knowledge between officers, plan for recruitment/retention of new members)
    • Exhibited fiscal responsibility (including awareness of current account balances).
    • Presence of a faculty/staff advisor.
  • Presentations must follow all these guidelines:

    • Teams must RSVP that they plan to attend the presentation (using link provided in confirmation email).
    • Teams will have 5 minutes each to present their competition funding request and 5 minutes to answer questions from the committee.
    • Faculty advisors should not represent the team but should be present to assist and answer any questions.
    • Only pre-submitted presentations (e.g. PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) can be used. Student Activities staff will run the presentation slides for the RSO. 
      Presentations should include information on the following areas:
      • The organization: how is the RSO is structured, how the organization recruits and retains members, the number of active members, past competitions, and results; RSO transition plans, etc.
      • The competition: what it requires, how it is organized, and how the team plans to approach the project.
      • The budget: current dollars in account, costs of upcoming competition(s) and what is needed to assist you getting to the competition(s).
    • Teams should expect to answer questions from the audience regarding their competition, their requested budget, and how they plan to spend the remaining funds currently in their account.
    • Teams that do not attend their presentation in the designated time slot may not receive funding.