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[[Image:SSMU-Logo-Red.png|right|200px]]The SSMU has a variety of funds available to student groups. Each fund has a different set of criteria, and it is highly recommended that you check them out, because many of them actually have excess funds at the end of the year, meaning that they would have been able to provide funding to more applicants. Applications are considered on a rolling basis, so apply as early as you can! You can submit one application per event/initiative, and select one Fund to apply to. All funding decisions are made by a central Funding Committee, and they may decide to allocate funds to you from a different Fund, or from more than one Fund - basically whatever they can do to help fund you!

Over the 2017/2018 school year, one of our SSMU Reps sat on the SSMU Funding Committee. They (I) have written the following guide based on this experience.

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# '''Funding can only cover a deficit''', and only if it carries over to a ''deficit in your annual/operating budget''.

# '''Funding cannot cover the cost of food or alcohol''', but can be selectively applied to cover all other costs.

# You can reapply for more funding if something goes wrong. Although not ideal, the Funding Committee has granted funding increases to groups where their budget has changed significantly since the original application (ex. failure to secure expected sponsorship).

# [https://ssmu.wufoo.com/forms/rwgw7jz0w3e69w/ Register your student group] - Do this NOW, even if you won’t be applying till later! It will take time to process your registration. Registration is done once per group, ideally by the person who will be applying for Funds. You would likely be a “Departmental Association” or “On Campus Student Group” or perhaps “Special Event”.

# You’ll get login instruction for the online Application Portal. All Funding applications are submitted here. The link to access the Portal is not posted anywhere, so [https://ots.sumacpages.com/sumac/sumac_start_new_session.php?package=grantreview2r&userfolder=../ORG/ssomcgilluniversity here it is for convenience].

## Budgets & other relevant documentation (if applicable)

# Wait. Hopefully only around a week. For 2017/18, the Funding Committee meets every Tuesday to review all applications submitted by the previous Thursday. You may be asked to provide more information or some clarification to the Funding Commissioner/Committee