Student Initiatives Fund

The Student Initiatives Fund (SIF) provides seed funding to TMU student-led non-profit initiatives. It recognizes the potential of student-led initiatives to:

• Improve community engagement
• Create meaningful dialogue on campus
• Contribute to building a diverse and innovative campus culture
• Enhance the reputation of TMU

Funding

An individual or student group can submit a SIF application for one (1) initiative per semester. SIF awards funding for two main projects: 

1. undergraduate and graduate student-led initiatives
2. undergraduate and graduate student-led lounge upgrades

Black & Indigenous Initiatives Fund

The Black & Indigenous Initiatives Fund add-on is funding that you can apply to if your initiative meets the BIF criteria. The BIF aims to support our university’s Black & Indigenous students in developing and advancing events, meetings and information sessions that specifically support and centre Black & Indigenous students. 

The BIF Fund will award up to $5,000 in funding to initiatives that are eligible for the SIF undergraduate and/or graduate student-led initiatives award, and which also meet the BIF fund criteria. 

To be eligible for the SIF Black & Indigenous Initiative Fund, your Initiative must fulfill the 5 main objectives of SIF, as well as BIF Criteria: 

• Center and engage topics and issues relating to the Black and/or Indigenous Communities
• Provide opportunities for students from diverse Black and Indigenous communities (e.g. Black, Black Canadian, Afro-Caribbean, African, International students, Diaspora communities, Indigenous Nations) to engage with and learn from one another 
• Provide experiential learning for Black-Identified or Indigenous students 
• Intersectional initiatives that amplify Blackness, Indigenous, and Mental Health, Queerness, Ability, Gender Identity and Expression 
• Empower Black-Identified and/or Indigenous students to realize their unlimited potential 

You will have the option within the SIF portal to apply for the BIF funding add-on and be asked “how will your event support Black and/or Indigenous students on campus?” Your application answer and presentation will be evaluated using the BIF rubric found in the appendix and the criteria listed above.