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Late Night at Iowa Grant Program

Students have great ideas, but are often hindered by small budgets and few resources. The University of Iowa has now provided a way for students to plan new and exciting weekend programs, and get help paying for it. Through Late Night at Iowa, a grant program for non-alcoholic late night programs on Fridays and Saturdays funded through The Office of the Provost and The Office of the Vice President for Student Services, students can complete an event proposal and apply for funding out of a $50,000 pot.

If you think this is a difficult process for students to navigate, though, you’d be wrong. An allocation committee will meet periodically to review applications and distribute the funds, all students need to do is access the application and complete it. The criteria include: non-alcoholic events, start time no earlier than 10:30pm, and end time no earlier than 1:00am. Students can access the criteria and applications in the Office of Student Life (145 IMU) or download the PDF found at the bottom of this page.

Connect with us:

If you'd like more information on Late Night at Iowa, please contact the Office of Student Life at 319-335-3059 or write to osl@uiowa.edu

Purpose

1. To support and encourage Late Night Programming by student organizations.
2. To provide significant funding for student organization events.
3. To provide marketing support for student events through the Late Night at Iowa marketing efforts.

Criteria

1. Event must be scheduled on a Thursday, Friday, or Saturday night beginning NO EARLIER than 10:00pm and ending NO EARLIER than 1:00am..
2. Event must be alcohol free.
3. Event can take place in public venues on or off campus.
4. Application should be for a new event or an already occurring event with a new component.
5. Applications should focus on three core concepts:
   1. Uniqueness (how is this new and different than other activities?)
   2. Diversity (how does this activity appeal to a variety of students?)
   3. Collaboration (who are possible partners for this event?)
6. Replication should be a consideration. (i.e. can you demonstrate longevity? Could the event happen again without Late Night at Iowa funding? Have you proof of interest for the concept? Can partners be found in the future?)
7. Sponsors must be on-site and facilitating the entire event.
8. To receive funding, the sponsor will be required to complete surveys during the event (which will be provided by The Office of Student Life), submit a post-event summary form, and return completed surveys to the Office of Student Life within two weeks of your event date. You will be required to have 20% of your participants complete the event surveys (not to exceed 100.)

Application Process

1. Complete the attached Late Night at Iowa Event Application. Additional applications are available in the Office of Student Life (145 IMU), the Office of the Vice President for Student Services (249 IMU) and on the OSL website (http://imu.uiowa.edu/osl/).
2. Submit the application to the Office of Student Life (145 IMU).
3. Events will not be retroactively funded
4. Submission deadlines are as follows: September 24; October 29; November 19; January 28, 2010; February 25, 2010; March 25, 2010; and April 29, 2010. all by 4:00pm.

Evaluation Process

1. Complete this form.
2. When your event is over, please complete the form and turn it in to the Office of Student Life, 145 IMU