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The National Office sponsors an annual program of grants to chapters for special activities. A new program announcement, with deadlines for the current year's competition, is mailed to each chapter at the beginning of the fall semester, proposals are generally accepted through October (see program announcement for exact dates), the awards committee meets early in December and grants are awarded immediately thereafter. The 2006 Selection Committee included Professors Diana Owen and James Lengle of Georgetown University, and Nancy McManus of the Pi Sigma Alpha national office. This has been a highly successful program for many years, and provides the means for chapters to put together projects with a broader scope than they otherwise could afford, and gives students excellent experience in writing proposals and budgets, carrying out funded activities, and writing reports. The current budget for this program is $80,000. The maximum grant award for a chapter is $2,000. Proposals Proposals should be in one of four general categories:
One of the great benefits of this 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. Examples of Winning Proposals Most recent Chapter Activity Grant Recipients |
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