FSU Foundation Opportunity Grant Request

Please download and complete the questions in this application prior to completing the online form below. Then return to this page when you are ready to submit your completed application. No paper or emailed applications will be accepted.

Completed applications are due by midnight on March 16, 2025 for grants to be expended between 7/1/25 and 6/30/26.

The FSU Foundation Board reserves a small amount to consider requests that were not submitted by the deadline. These requests are evaluated as they are submitted only if there is a legitimate reason the application could not be made during the regular cycle.

Project Title

Departments Supported

Department Name

Requestors

Note: Students are encouraged to apply, but at least one faculty or staff member is required as a grant requestor.

Requestor

First Name

Last Name

Phone

Amount Requested

(Last year, approximately $144,000 was awarded. Grants ranged from $375 to $10,094.72, with a median grant of $2,920.77. Since this process began in fiscal year 2009, over $1.6 million has been awarded. Grants have ranged between $120 and $10,094.72, with a median grant of $2,000.)

Expenditures to Occur

July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026

Reason requested late

(Please give a reason as to why you were unable to meet the request deadline. Note that the only monies you may be eligible for at this time are from the Annual Fund as all the other funding sources have already awarded all they have available for this cycle.)

Reason requested late

Requesting from the unrestricted Annual Fund

My project will...

Focus Learning on Both the Acquisition and Application of KnowledgeProvide Engaging Experiences that Challenge Our Students to ExcelExpand Regional Outreach and EngagementAlign University Resources - Human, Fiscal, and Physical - with Strategic PrioritiesOther

Project - other

Review fund information to determine if your request qualifies for additional restricted sources of funding.

Requesting Bowling Family Global Citizen Funds

Bowling Family Global Citizen Funds

NoYes

Check the box below to verify your project potentially qualifies:

This project is requesting funding to support a program or series of programs, project, research, and/or education/service opportunity that enhances the global competence of FSU students.

Dimension of Global Competence this proposal emphasizes:

Investigate the world beyond their immediate environmentRecognize perspectives, other’s and their ownCommunicate ideas effectively with diverse audiencesTake action to improve conditions(Check ALL that apply)

Requesting Al and Dale Boxley Faculty Award/Student Research Award

Boxley Faculty/Student Research Award

NoYes

Requesting J. Frederick Gibralter Regional and Cultural Arts Funds

Regional and Cultural Arts Funds

NoYes

Requesting Jonathan Gibralter Presidential Leadership Funds for Alchohol Awareness and Education

Presidential Leadership Funds

NoYes

Requesting Catherine R. Gira Campus to Community Funds (typical award range is $500 to $2,000)

Campus to Community

NoYes

Requesting Kim and Marion Leonard Mindful Leadership of Self & Others Experiential Learning Fund

Leonard Fund

NoYes

Select any of the following that apply to your project:

My project empowers educators to design learning experiences so that students will understand the value we place on mindfulness, authenticity, awareness, vulnerability, openness, trust, listening, and respect.My project is an activity that will help to build self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-compassion.My project supports students and or experiential programs interested in developing “Authentic Leadership” of self and others through the integration of body, mind, and spirit that is experientially learned through awareness of self and others as expressed through respectful, collaborative, and compassionate communication and leadership skills.My project is for professional development to further develop mind-body skills that stress personal awareness, with focus on self-acceptance, compassion, authenticity, and self-responsibility.

In addition to the Opportunity Grant Application, student applicants shall provide an essay addressing experiences or training he/she has had in this field, as well as how taking a leadership role will further the integration of mind-body-spirit wellness skills in a professional career.

Requesting Woodward and Virginia Pealer Award

Pealer Award

NoYes

This project is requesting funding for:

Stipends/funding and travel expenses for visiting scholars, lecturers, artists, performers and programsRecognition and promotion of these activitiesEquipment purchases in conjunction with these activitiesOutreach/professional development programs for Allegany County, MD(Select ALL that apply)

Requesting Martha T. and Ralph M. Race Western History Lecture Funds

Race Western History Lecture Funds

NoYes

Check each box below to verify your project potentially qualifies:

This project is requesting funding to bring an outstanding scholar on topics of Western History to the FSU Campus.The event will be open to members outside the university community without charge.Use of the funds includes at least one of the following: stipend for visiting scholar, travel expenses to include housing and meals for the visiting scholar, reception with departmental faculty and history majors, or additional costs related to the attendance of Frostburg residents.

Requesting Stephen M. Spahr Student Activism Award

Student Activism Award

NoYes

Requesting Marlene Weimer Memorial Scholarly Endeavors Funding (Math Department Only)

Marlene Weimer Memorial

NoYes

I agree to the following requirements:

If requested to do so by the committees in order to evaluate the proposed project, I will provide additional information as necessary.

If I am successful in securing funding from the FSU Foundation, I will provide a follow-up report at the end of the funding period. I understand that failing to do so may result in being denied future grant awards.

A copy of my request may be placed on public file at the Ort Library.

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