IFMA West Michigan Educational Grant (EOG)

The IFMA - West Michigan Chapter would like to assist you in your facility management education. If you have a particular seminar, conference, workshop, or project in mind and need financial help, you are just the person we would like to have apply to this program. The grant application process usually begins in August of each year and runs through January.

In order to expand and share our chapter resources, the board has established a fund from which grants are awarded to individuals who want to further their facility management knowledge, experience and skills. The grants can be used to cover expenses such as tuition, registration, travel, lodging, and meals, with each individual grant not to exceed $1,000

Purpose of the program

q  To allow our own chapter members to benefit from their own fundraising efforts and generous support.

q  To provide educational opportunities that expand and enrich the entire facility management community in West Michigan.

q  To create opportunities for chapter members who would otherwise not be financially able.

q  To create a full-circle relationship of the West Michigan Chapter working for and with its members.

Eligibility

q  An applicant must be an IFMA - West Michigan chapter member in good standing and must not have received an EOG grant in the previous five years. Recipients must submit a report on their experiences within six months of their completion for possible inclusion in the newsletter.

q  Applicants need not be a Certified Facility Manager (CFM) to apply.

q  Under certain circumstances, schools or organizations may apply for this grant.

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Type of Educational Grant Being Applied For:

q  Individual - may reapply 5 years after last award ($1,000 maximum).

q  Student (under age 25) - may reapply every two years until the age of 25, after which Individual Grant rules are in effect. Students must be fulltime ($1,000 maximum).

q  Other (school, church, etc) - may reapply every year ($1,500 maximum).

Name of recipient (individual, student, chapter or school):

Address:

Street

City State

Zip code

Contact Information:

Phone Cell Phone Fax

Email address:

If grant is awarded, to whom should the check be issued to? (Name and address)

1. How would you use the educational grant? 100 word limit.

2. What is the “educational” aspect? 100 word limit.

3. Why do you need this grant (lack of funding, etc)? 100 word limit.

4. What is your contribution to the project? 100 word limit.

5. How will you change your plan if you receive a reduced or no award? 100 word limit.

6. How would you/your organization/school/ help others to benefit? 100 word limit.

7. Please give a brief itemized budget for how you intent to use the grant

(Budget may exceed grant request amount). 100 word limit. You may attach an additional sheet if desired.

8. Have you received an Educational Grant previously?

q  Yes (if yes, please describe below: grant date, amount, and project. 100 word limit)

q  No

Please submit this form to Wayne Veneklasen at .