Financial Support for Student Organizations

2023-2024 A.S.C.E.N.D. SUPPORT FUNDING FOR STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS


Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPI) Student Success Center & Development (ASCEND) Program

AANAPISI Site: California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)

U.S. Department of Education – AANAPISI Grant Part A

Opened until all grants awarded.
 

To apply, please click this application link

or

https://csulb.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bjzvE9AK9lIUC8u


The 2023-2024 ASCEND support funding for student organizations application is currently open until fund is completely granted. ASCEND program offers funding to support student organizations for increasing awareness of equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility and justice (EDIAJ) and outreach to enhance sense of belonging on campus. Student team-based academic competitions are also applied to improve effort-based learning and attention in a culturally diverse working environment. A total of 12 ASCEND support funding ($1,000 each) for student organizations are available for qualified student chapters during this 2023-2024 cycle.

Questions? For more information, please visit our ASCEND: AANAPISI website (www.csulb.edu/ascend). If you have questions about the ASCEND scholarship applications, please feel free to contact us at ASCEND.AANAPISI@csulb.edu

  • CSULB student organizations registered with Association Students, Inc., CSU, Long Beach.

  1. Complete the online ASCEND support funding for student organizations application (click here for application or https://csulb.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bjzvE9AK9lIUC8u) .
  2. 1-2 pages narratives of a proposed outreach events or details of student team-based competition. Please, include

              - student chapter information such as missions, functions, activities, and number of current members.

              - full details of proposed activity as well as event name, date, time, location. Objectives or goals of the planned activities. The chapter has hosted in this activity before, or this is a new activity?

              - nature of anticipating attendees such as K-12 students, CSULB students, for examples. How many tentative numbers of attendees?

     3. Student organization advisor information. ASCEND team will contact the advisor for a letter of support for the proposed activities.

     4. Budget justification. (click here for budget justification template)

     5. Impact statement of ASCEND support funding for student organizations toward ASCEND-AANAPISI program’s missions. This statement should include

  • Describe the student organization’s needs for ASCEND funding and how the fund supports campus populations or in your student organization. (Optional: how the ASCEND fund impacts AANAPI and underserved students specifically; 300 words maximum-PDF).
  • How would your planned activities contribute towards increasing sense of belonging at CSULB (optional: Specifically, how AANAPI and underserved students increase their CSULB sense of belonging; 300 words maximum-PDF).
  • What is the potential of your planned activities promoting social justice toward Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander (AANAPI) individuals and other underserved groups on campus (300 words maximum-PDF).

  1. Support needs justification.
  2. Potential to advance ASCEND-AANAPISI missions, and impact toward target students.
  3. Ability to achieve and complete their proposed activities.
  4. Quality of application package 

   Once the research support is disbursed, ASCEND selected student organization 

  1. must complete their activity during fall 2023, spring 2024 and/or summer 2024.
  2. submit a summary of the outreach, workshop, or student competition within one month after the event is completed. Template will be provided.
  3. must complete annual ASCEND evaluation and survey forms.
  4. must agree to be included in the ASCEND email list and ASCEND Discord Server.

The ASCEND program eliminates barriers, gender, race, national origin, color, disability, or age and assures equitable access to, and participation in the program.