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To decide the right funding option, it is important to know if you are an individual/group of friends or an official club.
Individual/Group of Friends
For one individual or a group of friends there are two options available for funding.
Quickfunding
The fastest and most easily available way to obtain funding from the GSC is
quickfunding. It is designed for
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Events that cost less than $300
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Unplanned events
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Events that need a funding decision very quickly
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Additional funding for previously sponsored GSC events
Some examples of previous events that used quickfunding are
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Presidential debate watching party
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Christian Center BBQ
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NBA playoffs basketball party
To learn more about quickfunding click here.
Event Funding
Organizers of larger events (>$300) need to email the budget committee a
proposal for event Funding. Event funding is harder to obtain
quickfunding and decisions may take up to a month. There is no particular
item of the GSC budget set aside for event funding. It is designed for
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Expensive events that will occur in a month's time
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Events that will be popular with a large number of graduate students
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Events that may become an annually funded event by the GSC
Some examples of previous events that received event funding are
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Semena Latina
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Caltech Postdoc Association Workshops
To learn more about event funding click here.
Still not certain about which method of funding to use? Email your questions to gsctreasurer@its.
Official Club
For an official club there are three ways to receive funding from the GSC.
Club Funding
Each year the GSC gives 30 organizations about $15,000 in funding.
This is the largest budgeted amount of money the GSC awards each year.
Each organization submits their club funding proposal by September 1 and
should receive a decision by October 15 on their proposal. Club
funding is designed for
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Annually based funding. The details of an event must be known before September 1 of the academic year.
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Organizations that plan to run events over an entire year.
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Expensive annual events that our associated with a particular club.
Examples of organizations that receive club funding
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Caltech Biotech Club
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Caltech Rugby Club
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Caltech C
To learn about club funding click here.
Still not certain about which method of funding to use? Email your questions to gsctreasurer@its.
