Graduate Funding Requests

GRADUATE STUDENT ORG FUNDING PROCESS

If your organization is a majority graduate student organization, please use this guide to request funds from the Graduate Student Government Finance Committee. Send questions to gsgfinance@g.clemson.edu.

Graduate Student Government Finance Committee

Student organizations with a majority (over 50%) graduate student membership can request funds from Graduate Student Government. This means that your organization cannot request funds from the undergraduate Student Funding Board. To ensure that your organization is requesting from the correct governing body, follow the steps below when submitting requests on TigerQuest.

Submit a Budget Request describing the purpose of your event and proposed budget.
Attend a GSG Finance Hearing on the first Tuesday of every month to discuss your request. This hearing attendance is mandatory, and GSG will not consider requests without hearing attendance.
Receive confirmation about the funding amount via email.
Submit a Funding Request with receipts and event attendance on TigerQuest
Receive reimbursement for your event

BUDGET REQUESTS

1. Visit the TigerQuest homepage, and select your organization under Memberships. Then, Click on Manage Organization in the top right-hand corner.

2. Click on the button to the left with three horizontal lines to access the Organization Tools. From the drop-down options on the left, select Finance.

3. Select Create New Request, then select Create Budget Request.

4. Click Graduate Student Organization Event Request to begin your submission.

5. Graduate Student Organization Event Request

The next few form pages include the full request. Please fill out as much information as you can provide, since this will help Graduate Student Government review your request. Then, click Next.

6. Instructions. The next step includes instructions for the requirements and expectations of the Funding Process. Please read and review the entire set of instructions. Then, write your full name and click Next.

At this point in the process, you will be able to save your progress for later and review or resume it anytime under your Forms in TigerQuest.

7. Additional Information: Continue to provide as accurate information as possible for your event request. You can also review your student organization’s roster using this guide. Once finished, click Next.

8. Continue to fill out the sheet. Please note that funds must be entered numerically, without dollar signs or other special characters. Once all of the Additional Information fields are completed, click Next to start filling in the budget.

9. The Budget should include every expense your organization would like to request funding for through Graduate Student Government. Once you’ve reviewed GSG’s guidelines for funding and restricted purchases, click Add Item to start including items with your budget request.

10. Add line items, being careful to check the cost of single items and the total cost of items.

For this example, we requested 30 Box Lunches at $11.39 each, and the form automatically calculated the total.

11. Add all the items needed using the Add Item feature. Do not use the Add Another “General Expenses” Section.

12. Review your entire budget, and once it is complete, click Submit.

You will then be able to view your outstanding Budget Requests in your organization’s Finance tab. Your organization’s primary contact will also receive an email from TigerQuest to confirm receipt of your submission. GSG may return your Budget Request for any edits, and you will receive an email from TigerQuest. Click View Budget Request to view their comments and resubmit, if necessary.

After Submission:

Please be sure to attend a GSG Funding Hearing.

After your Budget Request submission is accepted by GSG, then your organization will submit a Funding Request. Return to the Organization Tools (see steps 1-3) and click Create Funding Request.

GSG will also request attendance tracked via a TigerQuest event. Use this guide to help your organization set up an event on TigerQuest.

FUNDING REQUESTS

After your Budget Request submission is accepted by GSG, then your organization will submit a Funding Request. Return to the Organization Tools (see steps 1-3 for Budget Requests on this page) and click Create Funding Request.

2. Request Details: In this section, fill out with as many details as possible. For Account, click Select.

3. Select your organization’s account. You will be able to see the total amount your organization has been approved to request in the Balance and the amount possible to request under Available.

Click Select to choose this account.

4. Continue filling out additional information, using the file formats requested.