Event Accommodations Fund | Danforth Faculty Affairs and Diversity

Student organizations and academic departments in need of funding to defray accommodations expenses for events speakers and attendees with disabilities may apply for funding.

Requests must be made a minimum of three weeks prior to the event. You can expect a decision within ten business days of your request.

This fund is jointly administered by the Center for Diversity & Inclusion and the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity.

Apply as a student organization

Apply as an academic department

Academic department event accommodation request form

Event Accommodations Fund

Faculty Contact Person

Name of Faculty Contact *

Email Address *

Phone Number *

Campus Box *

Campus Box of faculty contact.

Primary Hosting School/Department Information

School *

Department *

Type N/A if you do not belong to a specific department within your school or if your school does not have departments.

Business Manager Contact Person

This should be the name and contact information of the staff member responsible for accounting in your academic unit.

Name of Business Manager *

Co-sponsoring Departments/ Programs

List all co-sponsoring department(s)/programs(s)/speaker series/conference(s) or external partners. Type “none” if there are no co-sponsors. Note there can be only one application per event.

Email Address *

Phone Number *

Campus Box *

Event & Accommodation Information

Event Name *

Event Date(s) *

Event Location *

Accommodation Fund Justification *

State reason for request. What accommodation is being addressed?

Speaker Name(s) *

If your request for accommodation funding is speaker specific, please include speaker names. If not type N/A.

Event Website/URL *

Website/URL of event. Type “none” if there is not a website/URL.

Estimated Costs *

How much will the services you are seeking for your event cost? Funds are limited. This fund is set up to help defray accommodations expenses for speakers and attendees with disabilities, for academic unit-sponsored events.

Vendor Quote *

Maximum file size: 16MB

Please upload documentation from vendor showing the cost estimate for services being sought for your event.

Dean/Chair Approval *

Maximum file size: 16MB

Upload approval note or email from your dean or department chair. This need not be a formal letter. Documentation can include an email chain showing dean/chair approval.

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