Eligible projects/events:
Maximum yearly award total of $1,000.
For independent faculty-supervised research on a multicultural issue:
- Applicant must have undergraduate or graduate student status both at the time of application and at the time of conducting research.
- The maximum grant award is $1,000
- Please provide information on any UM departmental funding you have received and if not, why not?
For presentation of scholarly research on multicultural topics at a national or international conference:
- Verification of presentation must submitted on FluidReview at the time of application
- Verification of presentation should be in the form of an email confirmation that your presentation has been accepted or a copy of the conference agenda.
- The maximum grant award is $1,000 for individual presentations.
- Group presentations, panels, and poster presentations are capped at $500.
- Conference attendance is capped at 5 people. If more than 5 apply, we will fund in order of application submission.
Participation in a major national or international academic conference without presenting one’s own research may be funded when this will make a significant contribution to multicultural understanding:
- The maximum grant award is $400
- Conference attendance is capped at 5 people. If more than 5 apply, we will fund in order of application submission.
Criteria for Individual Applicants:
- Individual students may receive funding only once per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30).
- All applicants must be currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus
- Submitting a proposal through SAMI grants permission for OAMI staff to verify a student’s financial eligibility through the Office of Financial Aid. Students who receive Federal or State financial aid will need to demonstrate sufficient remaining need to qualify for a SAMI grant.
FUNDS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED FOR:
- Non-academic or entirely social events (e.g. balls, banquets, parties)
- Fund-raising activities or charitable events
- Organizations that have a consistent base of substantial funding (e.g. Michigan Student Assembly, Project Serve, University Activities Center)
- University transportation (in accordance with University liability insurance regulations)
- Payment for food items
- Study abroad experiences unless a significant academic multicultural opportunity has been clearly identified, that goes above and beyond the study abroad experience
- Dissertation research
- Religious Events
- Scholarship competitions, awards, presentation ceremonies and banquets
- Profit-making events
- Prizes
- Internships
- Experiences used for academic credit
