Request for Financial Support
(Conference and Event Sponsorship)
This form is to be used for all funding requests to the College of Biological Sciences
(CBS) and its departments. Faculty, students and staff, as well as parties external to
the college, may submit requests using this form. The semesterly deadlines for
consideration will be September 20, January 20 and May 20. Funding responses will
normally be provided to the requestor by the first of the following month.
Please email the completed form to Glen Van Der Kraak, dean of CBS, at
gvanderk@uoguelph.ca. For support from CBS academic units, please forward to the
appropriate departmental office. Examples of requests: support for research
conferences, campus events (College Royal, graduate student events, etc.)
Information about the requestor or requestors:
Name:
Position:
Department:
Contact Information:
Organization (if outside the U of Guelph):
Information about the request:
Describe the nature of your event (purpose, format, location, target audience, etc.):
How many attendees typically attend this event? Is it regional, national or international
in scope?
How many faculty members, students and/or staff from CBS do you expect to
participate?
Other than participation by CBS members, are there any other benefits to the
department or college that you expect to arise from this event?
CBS will only support events that ensure there is gender balance and diversity among
invited speakers. Please describe how your event will fulfil this requirement.
What is the total budget associated with your initiative, and your specific dollar request
to CBS? Please outline how you would request the funds be transferred (outline the
payee or internal coding information).
Provide details of other units or organizations (internal or external) from whom you are
also requesting support. Indicate if this support is anticipated or confirmed.
Source:
Amount of contribution:
Is support confirmed or anticipated?
Source:
Amount of contribution:
Is support confirmed or anticipated?
Source:
Amount of contribution:
Is support confirmed or anticipated?
Source:
Amount of contribution:
Is support confirmed or anticipated?
Please provide any additional information that you may wish to share regarding this
request.
Note: Conference sponsorship requests to the Office of Research will require additional
information, as well the endorsement of the college. Full details available on the
Office of Research website.
https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/for-researchers/funding/apply/sponsorship-
conferences
Effective May 1, 2019.