Chapter Activity Grants
Submission Deadline: October 31, 2024
The submission deadline has now passed. Check back in Fall 2025!
Since 1981, Pi Sigma Alpha has offered Chapter Activity Grants to support on-campus events and activities.
The 2024-25 budget for Chapter Activity Grants is $100,000, with maximum grant awards of $2,000. The faculty grant committee meets in November, and grants are awarded immediately thereafter. Chapters are encouraged to think creatively when planning their events, as the selection committee prioritizes proposals for activities that go beyond the traditional initiation ceremony.
Chapters that are inviting guest speakers for their event may also ask to be considered for the Nancy McManus Speaker Grant. Named in honor of longtime Pi Sigma Alpha administrator, Nancy McManus, the McManus Grant provides an additional $1000 to one chapter per year to support the honorarium and/or travel fees for a notable guest speaker.
Grantees are required to report on their funded activities, including an accounting of fund expenditures, by June 15.
PLEASE NOTE: As of 2023, travel activities are no longer funded.
What is a Strong Grant Proposal?
One of the great benefits of the Chapter Activity Grant program is the practice it gives students in proposal-writing. A good proposal will clearly describe the exact nature and scope of the proposed activity and will be concisely written with no unnecessary verbiage or other information. It will have a complete and realistic budget which follows the guidelines specified in the program announcement. And finally, the proposed activity will be worthwhile, feasible, and compatible with the purposes of PSA.
Below are links to examples of well-written, feasible projects with reasonable and detailed budgets. The range of possible proposals is, of course, much broader than the examples below.
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Initiation Ceremony
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Lecture or Panel Session
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Debate and Discussion
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Speaker Series
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Film Series
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Student Conference
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Community Engagement
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Collaboration
2024-25 Chapter Activity Grant Awardees
American University (Beta Psi) $2,000
Auburn University (Epsilon Nu) $1,650
Barton College (Omega Tau) $225
Bridgewater State University (Pi Upsilon) $900
Brigham Young University (Beta Mu) $2,000
Brigham Young University Idaho (Alpha Delta Phi) $2,200*
California Lutheran University (Alpha Gamma Omicron) $800
California State University East Bay (Alpha Iota Theta) $1,230
California State University Fresno (Alpha Delta Beta) $1,500
California State University San Bernardino (Theta Iota) $1,250
Catholic University of America (Mu Theta) $1,400
Centenary College of Louisiana (Psi Gamma) $360
Columbia University (Mu) $1,500
Creighton University (Theta Alpha) $925
DePaul University (Xi Iota) $950
East Central University (Rho Beta) $750
Eastern Connecticut State University (Alpha Beta Gamma) $399
Eastern University (Alpha Theta Upsilon) $500
Elon University (Sigma Upsilon) $700
Florida International University (Tau Rho) $1,200
Francis Marion University (Rho Lambda) $800
Georgetown University (Delta Eta) $1,250
Gettysburg College (Nu Psi) $900
Hampton University (Upsilon Theta) $800
Hartwick College (Mu Delta) $300
Hope College (Eta Kappa) $1,080
Lee University (Alpha Alpha Gamma) $785
Lincoln University of PA (Rho Delta) $360
Loyola University Chicago (Zeta Mu) $850
Loyola University New Orleans (Eta Epsilon) $1,000
Macalester College (Delta Chi) $1,000
Mary Baldwin University (Alpha Kappa Gamma) $210
Middle Tennessee State University (Zeta Nu) $950
Morehouse College (Gamma Psi) $470
Muhlenberg College (Eta Upsilon) $700
Oakland University (Nu Omega) $1,325
Oklahoma State University (Delta Kappa) $540
Penn State Harrisburg (Alpha Lambda Omicron) $270
Portland State University (Nu Pi) $920
Providence College (Epsilon Chi) $2,000
Purdue University (Delta Omega) $750
Radford University (Mu Beta) $250
Rhodes College (Tau Delta) $200
Rice University (Alpha Epsilon Pi) $1,375
Saginaw Valley State University (Alpha Eta Sigma) $600
Samford University (Psi Iota) $1,900
San José State University (Epsilon Iota) $1,557.75
Southern Nazarene University (Alpha Lambda Nu) $308
Suffolk University (Sigma Lambda) $1,400
SUNY Geneseo (Xi Xi) $452
SUNY Oswego (Nu Beta) $500
SUNY Stony Brook University (Eta Theta) $995
Tennessee State University (Rho Upsilon) $1,460
Texas Southern University (Phi Nu) $700
The Ohio State University (Omicron) $1,200
The Pennsylvania State University (Beta Pi) $2,000
The University of Texas at El Paso (Epsilon Epsilon) $800
Tuskegee University (Tau Chi) $500
Union College (Zeta Upsilon) $1,397
University at Albany (Epsilon Gamma) $950
University of Akron (Alpha Alpha) $400
University of California, Riverside (Sigma Phi) $1,225
University of Central Oklahoma (Sigma Mu) $270
University of Colorado Denver (Omicron Sigma) $1,000
University of Illinois Springfield (Tau Eta) $700
University of Maine (Epsilon Delta) $1,036.64
University of Maryland Baltimore County (Omicron Eta) $820
University of Massachusetts Amherst (Delta Lambda) $1,575
University of Massachusetts Lowell (Alpha Iota Sigma) $700
University of Minnesota, Morris (Alpha Zeta Eta) $450
University of Mississippi (Alpha Rho) $920
University of Montana (Epsilon Mu) $810
University of Nevada, Reno (Delta Xi) $700
University of North Carolina Charlotte (Theta Epsilon) $1,225
University of Notre Dame (Gamma Delta) $900
University of Pennsylvania (Beta Tau) $2,000
University of Redlands (Alpha Delta Psi) $596
University of Richmond (Beta Xi) $1,000
University of South Carolina (Gamma Chi) $300
University of St. Thomas (Chi Theta) $1,000
University of Vermont (Chi Nu) $450
University of Virginia’s College at Wise (Alpha Epsilon Psi) $250
University of Washington (Nu) $810
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (Epsilon Xi) $600
US Air Force Academy (Phi Iota) $700
Utah State University (Alpha Iota) $460
Valdosta State University (Alpha Beta Mu) $470
Valparaiso University (Beta Nu) $890
Wake Forest University (Nu Zeta) $1,625
Western Washington University (Delta Tau) $225
Wheaton College (Upsilon Psi) $750
Whitworth University (Alpha Zeta Psi) $560
Worcester State University (Alpha Mu Mu) $225
*Recipient of the Nancy McManus Speaker Grant