Queen's Annual Fund Application **The Development and Alumni Relations Office invites staff and students to apply for funding from the Queen's Annual Fund for projects that significantly impact and improve the student experience. **Application deadline is 4pm on Friday, 14 October 2022.**Successful applicants will be notified, December 2022 and funds released by January 2023 at the latest.*Please include the key dates/timeline to deliver your project and a breakdown of costs and quotes from suppliers for your project budget - to receive an easy-to-use budget template contact Michéal on the info below.**Finally there are certain things which the Annual Fund will not support, these include the following:*• Accommodation costs*• Capital costs*• Charities, political parties or pressure groups*• Gifts or prizes for participants*• Individual requests for maintenance fees or scholarships*• Project staff costs/salaries*• Refreshments/pizza/drinks/food*• Travel costs**NB please complete all questions on the form in one session, you cannot save and return to the form. Please include as much relevant information as possible.*If you have any queries, please contact Michéal Ó Fearraigh at: m.ofearraigh@qub.ac.uk *.* Good Luck **Name of School/Department or student Club/Society**Applicant Name**Position in School/Club**Current Student at Queen's*Tick*Staff member at Queen's*Tick*Contact Telephone (preferably mobile)**Contact Email***Project Name**Project Manager/Leader**Club/society/group Facebook address, if you have one:**Club/society/group Twitter address, if you have one:**Club/society/group Instagram address, if you have one:**1. Outline below a full description of the project and its key objectives (Limit 300 words):* *2. Outline below the amount of funding sought for the project and the purpose it will be used for, please include a breakdown of these costs.* *3. Has any matched or partial funding been secured or applied for for this project?* Yes No *If yes, specify how much has been applied for or secured and from where.*4. Outline below the number of Queen’s student(s) who will benefit and the number of student(s) the project will impact upon (Limit 100 words):* *5. Outline below the timescale involved for the project. Applications should demonstrate why the project is of urgent need and what will happen if funding from QAF is not secured, please give specific dates where you are able to (Limit 150 words):* *6. It is important that students, staff and donors are informed about the projects supported by the Queen’s Annual Fund. A condition of the award will be to promote Queen’s Annual Fund support as widely as possible. Successful applicants will also be asked to provide video testimonials. Please outline the opportunities the project will provide to publicise the Fund (e.g. branding, PR, photocalls etc), including using the logo where possible (Limit 200 words):* **Each application must provide two references who can endorse the project and the project leader. Failure to provide references will result in your application not being shortlisted.**Reference One*Name**Position**Telephone**Email Address***Reference Two*Name**Position**Telephone**Email Address** Top of Page