Overview

Supports the sharing of student organization curiosity, interests, and educational aims directly with the larger Duke undergraduate community

• Rolling (hearings every Tuesday)
• Submit a request on DukeGroups by Sundays at 7 PM ET to be eligible for funding for an event at least a week from the Thursday after the Sunday of submission.
  • SOFC cannot fund events retroactively
• Timeline:
  • Sundays: Applications due for the week by 7 PM ET
  • Mondays: Invitation to sign up for SOFC Hearing slot
  • Tuesdays: SOFC Hearing
    • To prepare, feel free to use these sample questions or meet with the SOFC Team during Office Hours or Drop-In Hours.
  • Wednesdays: DSG Senate Approval (only needed if the request is > $1,500)
  • Thursdays: Business & Finance initiated fund transfer (arrives the latest by the following Thursday)

Events must be accessible, open, and free to all Duke undergraduates. Groups must register their events in DukeGroups. You do not need to wait for Student Affairs to approve the event in Duke Groups in order to apply for SOFC funding unless the event has any of the following criteria:

• Estimated attendance of 100+
• Alcohol present
• Outdoor amplified sound
• Events including a guest speaker
• Political campaign events featuring political candidate for office and/or voter registration drives
• Events requiring a contracts and/or paid performer
• Events including off-campus attendees and participants (includes minors)
• Events charging admission
• Outdoor recreation events (5Ks, races, field days, etc.)
• Events must be advertised where possible ("Class of" Facebook groups, Instagram, listservs)
• We will support Duke-created, Duke undergraduate-centered conferences, provided that they are on Duke campus or platforms.
  • Conferences open to non-Duke undergraduate individuals will likely only be partially funded. The percentage of Duke undergraduates in attendance will likely determine the percentage funded.

If you plan to host the same event multiple times (ex: a series of classes, a roundtable every Friday, etc.) please submit one request for all the events. The committee can fund multiple events in a series so you don't have to fill out a request and attend a hearing each time. Please note that the committee might fund 50% of the events in a series to start so assessment on the success of the events can be done before further funds are allocated.

After the event, unused funds must be returned to SOFC via the Student Organization and Programming Finance Office.