First Application period: November 1st, 2023 9:00am – November 30, 2023, 5:00pm
The Graduate Assembly Mutual Aid Fund (previously called the S.O.S. Fund) was created through GA Resolution 1903A, in recognition of the various circumstances that may come to impact a student’s term as a student on campus and in recognition of how existing forms of campus financial support were: (1) insufficient in capturing need, (2) often restrictive of circumstances that graduate and professional students may face, and (3) had significant institutional and relational barriers to access.
The GA Mutual Aid Fund
This fund serves students experiencing an emergency such as:
- Incurred costs due to death
- Outstanding medical expenses that hinder the ability of an individual to be a student
- In the event of a graduate or professional student needing to relocate themselves (either in securing alternative accommodations or travel returning to the Bay Area) while conducting fieldwork outside the Bay Area or at an academic conference due to an instance of sexual violence or sexual harassment
- In the event a student is found to be housing insecure
- In the event a student is found to be food insecure
- Instances in which a delay or lapse in funding causes financial stress to a professional or graduate student
- Dependent care
Details on the GA Mutual Aid Fund:
Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis during the application window – check out the 2023-2024 Mutual Aid Funding Guide for more detailed information and the latest information on deadlines. Please keep in mind that applying to this fund does not guarantee funding. Further, having been previously awarded funding – in any way – from the GA, the Student Advocate’s Office (SAO), or other campus entity does not guarantee GA Mutual Aid funding. Students can apply to the GA Mutual Aid Fund once per semester, and are capped at receiving GA Mutual Aid grants to once per academic year.