Funding Criteria

All applicants must be UBC students in good standing at the time of the application, and during the period of the project itself.
Applications must be received by the Committee before the event or project has been completed. Applications submitted after an event or project has been completed will not be considered.
Applications will be accepted from student groups or clubs affiliated with the AMS or a Faculty or School, or associated with some other officially-recognized UBC organization. Applications will NOT be accepted from faculty members, staff, or off-campus organizations, or from UBC students applying on behalf of off-campus organizations.
Students should be aware that applications by individuals on their own behalf are rarely, if ever, funded.
Projects that are eligible for funding include the following:

Hosting an undergraduate conference at UBC;
Attending as a UBC delegate at an undergraduate conference held elsewhere;
Participating in an education-related activity (e.g., debating competitions; youth parliaments; scientific or engineering competitions; participation in sporting competitions by athletes representing UBC on teams not fully sponsored by UBC Athletics).

The Gage Fund does not fund projects or activities that are in any way a part or extension of the academic curriculum at UBC, such as field trips or graduate student attendance at academic conferences.
It is expected that students will secure additional sources of funding.
The Committee may allocate up to $2,000, but the Gage Fund cannot be the sole or largest source of funding for any project or activity.
A group may not apply for funding support in two consecutive years for the same project if its membership remains unchanged.
Following completion of the activity or project, a brief written report must be sent to the Committee. Future funding for the group or club will be contingent upon receipt of this information.
Funds that remain unspent must be returned to the Gage Fund Committee.
Conference Guidelines:

Each delegation may receive funding to a maximum of $2,000.
The Committee anticipates that students will contribute personally to the cost of hosting or attending the conference, and will have sought other funding sources as well.
The grant may not exceed 50% of the total expenses of hosting or attending the conference.
The Fund does not provide support for hosting or attending non-student conferences, or for graduate student travel or registration at academic conferences.
Following the conference, the Committee must be given a cost accounting, and a final report. The student body represented by the delegation must also be given a report on conference activities.