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Office of International Students and Scholars Programs and Events OISS Programming Fund

OISS PRogramming FUnd

The Office of International Students & Scholars (OISS) offers funding to Lehigh student organizations and clubs for events with an international/global or intercultural focus.   Interested student organizations must complete the OISS Programming Fund request form at least two (2) weeks prior to their event for consideration.

 

All requests should meet the following eligibility criteria: 

  • Funding application must be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event.
  • Funding is generally limited to a maximum of $500 per event.  If the request is for more than $500, the requesting organization must provide justification for the greater amount and must show that they have received support from at least one other source.
  • A student organization can be approved for a maximum of $1,000 per academic year.
  • Proposed event must be open to the entire Lehigh student community.

Preference for funding will be given to:

  • Events that are a collaboration with at least one additional student organization.
  • Events that are unique, creative, and offer programming that is unlike other campus events.
  • Events that do not charge for admission.

OISS Programming fund process:

  1. Request form is submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the event
  2. Requests are reviewed by OISS once per week.  
  3. Within 7 business days of submission, OISS will send an e-mail to the organization representative who submitted the request form.  The e-mail will do one of the following (1) approve full or partial funding, (2) deny funding and provide a reason for the denial, or (3) ask for additional information.
  4. If approved, funds will be transferred to the index listed on the request form.  Please note that funds can take up to 3 weeks to be transferred once OISS initiates the request.  

Apply for funding here!

Questions about OISS's Programming fund or the request process can be directed to intnl@lehigh.edu. 

**Please note that student organizations e-mailing to request a status update for a pending request will not receive a response if the funding request has been pending for less than 1 week.