Submit your proposal

The Arts Endowment Fund accepts proposals once per term. Please read the Funding Guidelines before sending your proposal. You must be a Faculty of Arts student to be eligible. (If you are a School of Accounting and Finance student, please apply to SAF's endowment fund instead.)

Reminder: The Arts Endowment Fund does not fund honorariums (fees for speakers, judges, emcees, etc), alcohol, subscriptions, gift cards, judges, gifts, charitable organizations or charitable activities, or ongoing operating costs.

Note: All AEF Board decisions are final. 

Information and privacy:  Questions regarding the collection of information on this form can be directed to the form administrator.

Your student number is eight characters and can be found on your WatCard.
Have you paid the termly AEF fee? (If you are on co-op, the term before.)
Ex. September 20 to 25, 2025
Who will benefit from your project?
Category of request
Please attach any additional information as necessary - try to give use a clear picture of your project.
Please specify how much money you require for each item or grouping of items from the Arts Endowment Fund. If the committee cannot provide the full amount, partial funding may be applied. 
Example

Item 1 
Item 1 Cost #1 
Item 1: Cost #2 
Item 1: Cost #3 
Item 1: Cost #4 

Item 2 
Item 2 Cost #1 
Item 2: Cost #2 
Item 2: Cost #3 
Item 2: Cost #4 

Please provide as many details as possible and include documents supporting the costs such as catalogue pages showing prices of items you wish to purchase, quotes from business you wish to hire such as venues, transportation services, caterers, attraction admissions etc. Include a link to your budget (optional).
Other funding
Will this project be receiving funding from any other source and/or have alternate funding methods been considered? If yes, please explain.
Please outline what other sources of funding will be contributing to this project or initiative.
Please be sure and indicate how many students in your club/taking part in your event are Arts Undergraduate Students* (*not AFM) and how many are AFM students or students from other faculties.

Please compile into a single PDF any additional files such as financial statements, supporting documentation, photos/videos, and anything else that will be of value in making an accurate decision. 
File must be less than 5 MB
Allowed file types: PDF

Please confirm that your proposal does not include the following:

Special considerations (from WUSA website)

Speaker fees, honorarium, gift cards: Speaker fees, honorarium, and gift cards are typically not funded. Rationale: These direct external transfers usually do not efficiently benefit students.  

Travel costs, team competition fees: Any proposals seeking support for travel costs or competition fees must be open for any undergraduate student to join, with a reasonably fair and transparent process for selection explained in the application. For Opportunity funding, this does not apply but individuals should justify that support is needed.  

Fundraisers: Any costs toward fundraisers should not be funded. Rationale: Funding is intended to directly benefit students rather than raise additional funds. Direct investment in student resources and experiences is prioritized.   

Food: Costs for food should be carefully scrutinized with regards to value for money. Rationale: In most cases, food should complement, not be the primary focus of, student events or activities. Emphasis should be on providing food that enhances an event’s experience in a responsible and cost-conscious manner.