Each CSUN student pays per semester for the Associated Students fee. Fifty cents per student per semester of that fee is put in the Academically Related Reserves Account (ARRA), for a total each year of approximately $35,000.

Please Reveiw the Budget Language for the funding request procedures.

The purpose of ARRA is to encourage individual (or small group) CSUN undergraduate and graduate students’ intellectual development through partial funding of the costs associated with the creation of original research or other scholarly works (papers, posters, performance pieces, etc.), and their presentation at academic or professional conferences or competitions.

Up to $1,000 is available for small group academic research projects, and typically, up to $500 per person. The following are hypothetical examples of eligible research projects:

-Thesis research/projects
-Senior projects which may include interviews, field trips, animation, etc.
-Film projects, screenwriting, play, workshop, musical work and performance
-Scientific and quasi-scientific study or experiment
-Research projects relating to one’s academic discipline

Other information about these funds may be found in the last two pages of the 2005-2006 A.S. Budget Language.

Up to $400 (a maximum of $1,600 for as many as four persons per conference) is available for travel to academic conferences. Examples of covered expenditures include conference registration fees, airfare, hotel, and ground transportation.

ARRA funding is available on a first come-first served basis. There is no annual application process. Requests for ARRA funding may be submitted at least one month before needed throughout the academic year by currently enrolled students. In order to qualify for presentation-related conference travel, students must submit proof of an invitation or receipt from the upcoming conference. Retroactive funding is not permitted. Download application forms (called the Budget Amendment Request) or contact the Central Office of Associated Students at: financedirector@csunas.org

Associated Students, California State University, Northridge
118111 Nordhoff Street , USU 100
Northridge, CA 91330-8260
Tel (818) 677-2477