This new process was begun to help groups who have an immediate need for funds to help ensure that a program or event planned by the organization is able to take place.

The amount of UOSA funds allocated for 2005, as well as the amount of funds your organization has raised will be a factor in this process. Additionally, the frequency which your organization has received UOSA Emergency Funds will be considered. Otherwise, the same criteria used for funding organizations in the Spring and Fall are used by the Budgetary Committee.

The Budgetary Committee will accept applications from eligible organizations throughout the school year and look at each on a case by case basis at its weekly committee meetings. A mandatory interview will be held with each group that applies at that meeting.

The application is the same as the budget application, and must be e-mailed in the same manner as the regular application. The email should include why you are applying for emergency funding. Upon receipt of your submission, the Budgetary Committee will contact you at the phone number you provided in the application to make arrangements for the interview. The process should usually take one to three weeks to complete, since most allocations have to be approved by the Graduate Student Senate and Undergraduate Student Congress.

Organizations who are eligible are those who are currently registered with the Center For Student Life. This includes those who have been registered for less than one year.

Please use this Powerpoint to explain how to spend your funds once you get them.

Please refer further questions to uosabudget@ou.edu.