OFFICE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

UMD
Office of Equal Opportunity
Office of Equity Education and Services

Grant Application Guidelines

The UMD Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) and the Office of Equity Education and Services (EES) have set forth the following grant application guidelines for organizations or individuals seeking a grant from the UMD Diversity Programming Budget.
Organizations or individuals must submit a completed application in accordance with these guidelines to initiate their request.

OEO/EES has limited funds available to support UMD-centered activities sponsored by UMD groups or individuals that focus on diversity, discrimination, sexual harassment, or equal opportunity/affirmative action.

Small Grants (up to $300.) May be awarded to individuals or groups and/or organizations.

Major Grants ($301 and above). These major grants may also be awarded to individuals, groups and/or organizations.

Grants awarded to individuals, groups and/or organizations in one fiscal year do not guarantee funding in the subsequent year.

General Guidelines

1. Funds will be awarded as one-time monetary grants to UMD organizations or individuals for the purpose of promoting diversity, and educating the campus community and the Duluth community as a whole in the areas of discrimination, sexual harassment, or equal opportunity/affirmative action.
2. It is the responsibility of the "group", "organization", and/or "college" requesting funds to prepare the documents necessary for transferring grant monies to the appropriate account and/or making payment to the program participants. "Individuals" requesting funds must have the sponsoring "group", "organization", and/or "college" prepare such documents. OEO/EES will not be responsible for preparing these documents.
3. A separate application must be submitted for each activity.
4. A second grant request application cannot be submitted during the same fiscal year for the same activity. However, organizations or individuals may apply for additional grants for different activities throughout the year. We will limit at our discretion the number of additional grants awarded to a single individual organization.
5. As part of your grant request, please respond to the following question: How would funding this request support the mission of OEO?
6. The Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and the Coordinator of Equity Education and Services will consider each grant application and will determine which requests will be funded as well as the amount to be awarded. In some instances, a lesser or greater amount than requested may be awarded.
7. Review of grant applications will begin October 1^st and will continue on a rolling basis throughout the academic year as long as funds are available.

If your request is granted, you will be required to submit a 1-2 page report explaining how the funds assisted you in supporting the mission of OEO.

For more information, or to request an application, please contact the Coordinator of EES by phone at: (218) 726-7912 or by email at: mcameron@d.umn.edu

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