GRADUATE STUDENT GROUPS

The Seminar Organiser Grant is designed to help graduate students who want to organise a small event to bring together students from their area to enhance their academic studies. The MGA will fund up to $300 towards your seminar, which you can put towards catering for your event, or even perhaps a gift to a prominent speaker.

More information:

• The MGA will work out the grant based on a per-capita calculation on expected attendance, to a maximum of $300 per application.
• The MGA will fund one application per department per semester – $600 per year.
• To fund events, the MGA will make a donation of the grant amount to your department. As such, we require a staff member to verify details of your application.

LINK: Organiser grant procedure

Requirements:

• Fill in the graduate group grant application form as a group (minimum three graduate students).

The Conference Organiser Grant is designed to help Monash graduate students who want to organise a conference in their discipline to bring together peers to share their work. The MGA will fund up to $4,000 towards your conference, which you can put towards things such as catering, organising presenter prizes or booking a venue.

More information:

• The MGA will work out the grant based on a per-capita and duration of conference calculation on expected attendance, to a maximum of $4,000 per application.
• The MGA will fund one application per department per year.
• To fund events, the MGA will make a donation of the grant amount to your department. As such, we require a staff member to verify details of your application.

LINK: Organiser grant procedure

Requirements:

• Fill in the graduate group grant application form (minimum three graduate students).

The Departmental Group Grant is designed to support social activities run by Monash graduate students, for Monash graduate students, within their department. Grants of up to $4,000 per annum are available to Groups, dependant on the group size and planned activities.

More information:

The Departmental Group Grant requires graduate students to sign an agreement to spend the grant only on events which fall within the Student Services and Amenities Fees (SSAF) regulations, within the year in which it is allocated. Grants will be provided as a lump sum donation to a departmental cost code, unless other arrangements are made.

LINK: Group Grant procedure

Requirements:

• Fill in the graduate group grant application form as a group (minimum three graduate students).

The MGA Special Interest Group Grant is designed for graduate students with similar interests to come together and organise events. Grants are available to Monash graduate students upon application for both one-off events and ongoing group activities.

More information:

Special Interest Group Grant has a similar procedure to the Departmental Group Grant. However, the initial group contact and consult can occur at any time during the year, and is not restricted to the funding round application dates. The initial consult and funding for the first event will be a trial of the viability of the Group, or will result in a referral to an appropriate staff or committee member to help you plan your idea. Group grants allocation is at the discretion of the MGA, and is not guaranteed on submission of an application form.

LINK: Group Grant procedure

Requirements:

• Fill in the graduate group grant application form as a group (minimum three graduate students).