Chapter Resources

Chapter Resources

Chapter and Student Branch Chapter Funding

Speaker Expenses

The Society provides an allotment up to $3,500 per SPS Chapter and SPS Student Branch Chapters annually to use towards scheduling Society appointed Distinguished Lecturers or other invited speakers, provided they are pre-approved by the Program Coordinator. The allotment is to help defray speaker travel expenses. Any unused balance from one year does not carry over to the next.

Additional Chapter Support

The Society also provides support for coffee breaks and other small social gathering in conjunction with meetings up to $500 per SPS Chapter annually. Please note that funding will be done on a reimbursement basis and funds must be pre-approved by the Director, Operations, Theresa Argiropoulos.

Student Branch Chapter Support

Student Branch Chapters are eligible for $500 annually to help support invited speakers, career development activities such as soft skill training, social functions in connection to Student Branch Chapter meetings, and similar related activities. Funding will be provided up front based on the submitted proposal/request. The funded Student Branch Chapter will be expected to provide receipts in a timely fashion based on IEEE’s guidelines after the event, and any continued funding for the following years would be contingent on the Student Branch Chapter having properly submitted receipts for the prior year. Student Branch Chapters must also write a small summary of the event to be featured in the SPS Newsletter. Requests for funding can be submitted to the SBC Funding Request form, using the SBC Budget Template as a supporting document. Any questions can be directed to sp-sbc-funding@listserv.ieee.org.

Student Branch Chapter Growth Reward

Student Branch Chapters are eligible to receive $25 for each new member, up to a maximum of $250 annually to be used towards additional funding for such activities as networking events, soft skill training, social functions in connection to Student Branch Chapter meetings, Distinguished Lecture related activities and similar related activities. This item is subject to budget approval by the Executive Committee. Questions regarding the Student Branch Chapter Growth reward can be submitted to the SPS Administrative Assistant, George Olekson.