Student Funding Requests

The Shorenstein Center provides up to $5,000 per year for student organizations, small groups, and individual students, to pursue activities that are in line with the center’s mission and research agenda.

All requests for funding for student-led events, workshops, conferences, organizations, PIC activities, research, and other projects should be submitted using this form.

The maximum amount of funding that the center provides per year to an individual student or student group is $5,000. The average amount granted per funding request ranges between $1,000-$3,000.

Student Funding Request

Please fill out this form if you are a student requesting funding from the Shorenstein Center. Funding requests can be made to support student organizations, events, projects, or research.

Name

First Last

Organization/Group Name (if applicable)

If you are applying for funding on behalf of a student group/organization, please include the name here and a brief description below.

Brief Description of your Group/Organization (if applicable)

What are you requesting funding for?

Describe your project, event, research, or other funding need.

Why is this funding request a good fit with the Shorenstein Center's mission?

The Shorenstein Center works at the intersections of media, politics, and public policy. It is a research center dedicated to increasing understanding of how people access, create, and process information, particularly as it relates to news and societal issues, and describing potential solutions to the problems facing our information ecosystem.

How much funding are you requesting from the Shorenstein Center?

Please enter a number from 0 to 5000.

What is your total budget?

Please give us a ballpark figure for the total cost of the program, event, or project you are requesting funding for. If you are requesting the entire budget amount from the Shorenstein Center you should enter in the same number as above.

What is the date or timeframe for this project?

Please include any information about when the event will take place, the timeframe that funds will be used in, and deadlines for securing funding.

What kinds of expenses will this funding cover?

Include details like travel, materials, food, services, etc.

Have these expenses already been incurred?

Please specify if you are looking for reimbursement for already-paid bills.

Is there anything else we should know about this request?

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center strives to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars, and between them and the public.

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Student Funding Requests

Student Funding Request

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