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Alpha Chi offers grants of up to $500 a year per active chapter to help finance a variety of programming and activities on campus. With a fund of $3,500 each fall and $3,500 each spring, Alpha Chi invites applications for activities to be held during either semester. The competition remains open until each semester's funds are expended, which rarely happens, so please apply. If you have ideas and want to ensure they align with our grants program, contact Executive Director Noah at lnoah@alphachihonor.org.

Purpose

To facilitate scholarly pursuits, member development, and chapter experiences of Alpha Chi members and chapters, this competition helps fund Alpha Chi chapters to host student-organized activities aligning with Alpha Chi’s emphasis on Truth and Character and its mission of making scholarship effective for good.

Applications will be evaluated with the guidance of the Executive Director. If there are areas of the application that need clarification or could be improved, guidance will be provided to the applicant within one week so that the application may be reconsidered. Funding will be granted based on the extent to which a planned activity:

• Encourages student scholarship and creativity
• Promotes the visibility of Alpha Chi among your student body and/or local community
• Promotes the importance of engaging in civil discourse on humanitarian issues, educational topics, and real-world problems
• Gets Alpha Chi members involved in hands-on community service

To provide student members an opportunity to engage in collaborative planning and grant-writing, we encourage (not require) that a student officer or other lead member be the chapter representative for purposes of this application. 

Grant Categories

Academic

Creative writing contests, debates, journals, speakers, colloquia, panel discussions, student presentation events, poster forums, grad school or resume-building workshops, academic networking, etc. Highlight Alpha Chi's unique multidisciplinary nature whenever possible.

Service

Non-academic projects that benefit the campus, local school outreach, under-served communities, or organizations among the broader local community. Service proposals must involve hands-on service opportunities for chapter members. Highly visible campus publicity is required if the activity will be held-off campus.

Social Justice and Equity

Societal justice issues such as hurdles to accessibility, healthcare disparities, systemic power inequities, racial injustice, economic/geographic injustice, information reliability/diversity, food insecurity, gender inequality, housing and education disparities, anti-discrimination, etc.

Eligibility

• Only active chapters may apply. An Active Chapter is defined as one that initiated new members during the previous academic year or has already inducted new members in the current academic year.
• A chapter may only seek funding for ONE activity per academic year.
• Chapters that haven't yet submitted a detailed report on the expenditure of an earlier grant are not eligible to receive a grant until any previous report has been submitted to the national office.
• In back-to-back years, a chapter must apply for a grant from a different category than the one received in the immediately previous year. Ongoing or identical projects may not receive grant funding two years in a row.
• Chapters may seek additional or matching funding from other sources, but the event should remain primarily an Alpha Chi-sponsored event.

Guidelines

1. Good proposals will clearly describe the exact nature and scope of the proposed activity and will be concisely written. It will have a comprehensive and realistic budget. And finally, the proposed activity will be worthwhile, feasible, and compatible with the program's stated purpose.
2. Chapters should seek university support for their projects in the form of meeting space, expect local faculty to participate without payment, and make use of campus publications to advertise their projects.
3. Proposals received by any other means than this online form will not be considered.
4. Alpha Chi auditors require that a written report on the project, including an accounting of expenditures, be submitted to the National Office. A reporting form will be provided with any grant approval.
5. At least three action photos of the event must be submitted in the post-event report.
6. Any remaining funds should be returned to the National Office. Alternatively, a detailed plan for the remaining funds can be submitted to the National Office for approval.

Items ineligible for funding include but are not limited to:

• Standard chapter business (e.g., induction expenses, officer meetings, graduation-related events, convention attendance)
• Rental of campus meeting rooms, campus publicity, honoraria, or any other payments to your own faculty or Alpha Chi officers, Council members, or other persons affiliated with your chapter’s institution
• Off-campus trips or excursions
• Programs that center on direct payments to students
• Excessive travel costs for outside speakers
• The payment of Alpha Chi membership dues/fees
• Any activity that presents an obvious danger to students or others
• Activities which benefit or promote any one political candidate or party over other competing candidates or parties

2025-26 Grant Application Form

Please allow at least 2 weeks between your application date and the proposed event date.