AIA Funding Request Form 2025-2026

AIA Funding Request Form

Thank you for contacting the Allocation & Internal Audit Committee and for your desire to promote and increase student engagement with support from Student Activity Fee funding. Please complete the following form with as much detail as possible in relation to your funding request.

Name *

Bentley Email *

I am submitting a request on behalf of *

Registered Student Organization

Department in Student Affairs

Non-Student Affairs Department (please use comment box)

Myself (individual request)

Other (please use comment box)

Comments:

Registered Student Organization

What is your organization's cluster membership? *

Academic

Arts & Recreation

Community Engagement

Fraternity & Sorority Life

Identity & Advocacy

Department in Student Affairs

What is your request? (select all that apply) *

Appeal funding decision

Reallocation of approved funding

New funding request

Appeal Funding Decision

What budget line or initiative are you appealing? *

What is your currently approved funding amount for this budget line or initiative? *

How much additional funding are you requesting? *

How do you plan to utilize additional funding? *

Is this the first time you are appealing the funding decision for this budget line?

Yes

When was the last time you requested funding for this initiative, and what was the decision of your previous request? *

What new information do you have available to supplement your new appeal? *

Have you requested or researched additional quotes or costs that justify the amount you are spending and requesting? *

Yes

Additional instructions for the previous question. For example: Can you find cheaper options? Did you reach out to multiple companies for quotes to compare pricing?

Please upload any quotes or documentation that supports your request

Upload file

If additional information is needed for a decision, are you willing to attend an AIA meeting to present your appeal to the committee? AIA meetings occur Thursdays between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM and are hosted in Student Center 353. *

Yes

I understand that by not attending an AIA meeting to discuss my appeal, my funding decision may be delayed or denied due to insufficient information. *

I understand

Please provide any additional information that helps support your appeal.

I understand that an appeal for increased funding is not guaranteed and is at the discretion of the Allocation & Internal Audit Committee and their responsibility to distribute funding as equally, equitably, and responsibly as possible. *

I understand

I understand that I am not able to spend Student Activity Fee (SAF) funding for the purpose of the budget line or initiative appeal associated with this request until I receive approval in writing from the Allocation & Internal Audit Committee. If I make expenses prior to approval, I understand that my organization may have to reimburse the SAF with organizational funds (Group Funds), my organization may have other approved funding frozen or reclaimed by AIA, forfeit future funding for the organization, and/or forfeit personal reimbursement by the SAF or Bentley University. *

I understand

Reallocation of Approved Funding

What budget line or initiative are you requesting to move funding away from? *

What is your currently approved funding amount for the budget line or initiative your are requesting to move funding away from? *

How much of your approved funding for the budget line or initiative are you requesting to move reallocate? *

What budget line or initiative are you requesting to move funding into? *

What is your currently approved funding amount for the budget line or initiative your are requesting to move funding into? *

Is this the first time you are requesting a reallocation for this budget line? *

Yes

When was the last time you requested a reallocation for this budget line or initiative, and what was the decision of your previous request? *

What new information do you have available to supplement your new reallocation request?

Are you also requesting additional funding? *

Yes

How much additional funding are you requesting? *

How do you plan to utilize additional funding? *

Have you requested or researched additional quotes or costs that justify the amount you are requesting to reallocate? *

Yes

Additional instructions for the previous question. For example: Can you find cheaper options? Did you reach out to multiple companies for quotes to compare pricing?

Please upload any quotes or documentation that supports your request

Upload file

If additional information is needed for a decision, are you willing to attend an AIA meeting to present your reallocation request to the committee? AIA meetings occur Thursdays between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM and are hosted in Student Center 353. *

Yes

I understand that by not attending an AIA meeting to discuss my reallocation request, my funding decision may be delayed or denied due to insufficient information. *

I understand

Please provide any additional information that helps support your appeal.

I understand that any budget line that was reduced in approved funding to supplement another budget line with a reallocation will not be replenished via another reallocation, appeal, or with additional Student Activity Fee funds. *

I understand

I understand that I am not able to spend Student Activity Fee (SAF) funding for the purpose of the budget line or initiative reallocation associated with this request until I receive approval in writing from the Allocation & Internal Audit Committee. If I make expenses prior to approval, I understand that my organization may have to reimburse the SAF with organizational funds (Group Funds), my organization may have other approved funding frozen or reclaimed by AIA, forfeit future funding for the organization, and/or forfeit personal reimbursement by the SAF or Bentley University. *

I understand

New Funding Request

Please describe the initiative you are supporting and the necessity for Student Activity Fee funding. *

How much funding are you requesting? *

How do you plan to utilize funding? *

Please upload a budget breakdown for the amount of funding you are requesting, itemized and detailed to justify the need for funding. *

Upload file

Is this the first time you are requesting funding for this initiative? *

Yes

When was the last time you requested funding for this initiative, and what was the decision of your previous request? *

What additional information do you have available to supplement your additional appeal? *

Have you requested or researched quotes or costs that justify the amount you are spending and requesting? *

Yes

Additional instructions for the previous question. For example: Can you find cheaper options? Did you reach out to multiple companies for quotes to compare pricing?

Please upload any quotes or documentation that supports your request

Upload file

If additional information is needed for a decision, are you willing to attend an AIA meeting to present your request to the committee? AIA meetings occur Thursdays between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM and are hosted in Student Center 353. *

Yes

I understand that by not attending an AIA meeting to discuss my appeal, my funding decision may be delayed or denied due to insufficient information. *

I understand

Please provide any additional information that helps support your request.

I understand that a request for funding is not guaranteed and is at the discretion of the Allocation & Internal Audit Committee and their responsibility to distribute funding as equally, equitably, and responsibly as possible. *

I understand

I understand that I am not able to spend Student Activity Fee (SAF) funding for the purpose of the initiative associated with this request until I receive approval in writing from the Allocation & Internal Audit Committee. If I make expenses prior to approval, I understand that my organization may have to reimburse the SAF with organizational funds (Group Funds), my organization may have other approved funding frozen or reclaimed by AIA, forfeit future funding for the organization, and/or forfeit personal reimbursement by the SAF or Bentley University. *

I understand

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