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Chapter Activity Grants
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2025-2026 academic year.
Check back in Fall 2026 for the next application cycle!
Since 1981, Pi Sigma Alpha has offered Chapter Activity Grants to support on-campus events and activities.
The 2025-26 budget for Chapter Activity Grants is $85,000, with maximum grant awards of $2,000. The faculty grant committee meets in November, and grants are awarded immediately thereafter. Chapters are encouraged to think creatively when planning their events, as the selection committee prioritizes proposals for activities that go beyond the traditional initiation ceremony.
Chapters that are inviting guest speakers for their event may also ask to be considered for the Nancy McManus Speaker Grant. Named in honor of longtime Pi Sigma Alpha administrator, Nancy McManus, the McManus Grant provides an additional $1,000 to one chapter per year to support the honorarium and/or travel fees for a notable guest speaker.
Grantees are required to report on their funded activities, including an accounting of fund expenditures, by June 15, 2026.
PLEASE NOTE: As of 2023, travel activities are no longer funded.
What is a Strong Grant Proposal?
One of the great benefits of the Chapter Activity Grant program is the practice it gives students in proposal-writing. A good proposal will clearly describe the exact nature and scope of the proposed activity and will be concisely written with no unnecessary verbiage or other information. It will have a complete and realistic budget which follows the guidelines specified in the program announcement. And finally, the proposed activity will be worthwhile, feasible, and compatible with the purposes of PSA.
Below are links to examples of well-written, feasible projects with reasonable and detailed budgets. The range of possible proposals is, of course, much broader than the examples below.
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Initiation Ceremony
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Lecture or Panel Session
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Debate and Discussion
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Speaker Series
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Film Series
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Student Conference
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Community Engagement
Sample Activity Grant Proposal: Collaboration
2025-26 Chapter Activity Grant Awardees
American University (Beta Psi) $2,000
Barton College (Omega Tau) $225
Bowling Green State University (Alpha Mu) $1,000
Brigham Young University (Beta Mu) $2,000
California Lutheran University (Alpha Gamma Omicron) $600
California State University East Bay (Alpha Iota Theta) $1,025
California State University Fresno (Alpha Delta Beta) $1,500
California State University, Fullerton (Epsilon Eta) $1,242
California State University San Bernardino (Theta Iota) $1,450
Canisius University (Iota Alpha) $704
Catholic University of America (Mu Theta) $1,425
Centenary College of Louisiana (Psi Gamma) $375
Clemson University (Eta Lambda) $475
Columbia University (Mu) $1,440
Creighton University (Theta Alpha) $975
DePaul University (Xi Iota) $1,150
East Central University (Rho Beta) $525
Eastern Michigan University (Zeta Tau) $500
Eastern University (Alpha Theta Upsilon) $350
Emory University (Alpha Epsilon) $1,025
Florida International University (Tau Rho) $740
Franklin Pierce University (Omega Zeta) $225
Georgetown University (Delta Eta) $1,250
Gettysburg College (Nu Psi) $750
Gonzaga University (Alpha Beta Xi) $525
Hampton University (Upsilon Theta) $465
Hartwick College (Mu Delta) $400
Howard University (Gamma Kappa) $1,125
John Jay College, CUNY (Alpha Theta Theta) $975
La Salle University (Psi Mu) $800
Lee University (Alpha Alpha Gamma) $600
Lincoln University of PA (Rho Delta) $250
Loyola University Chicago (Zeta Mu) $850
Loyola University New Orleans (Eta Epsilon) $800
Macalester College (Delta Chi) $950
Middle Tennessee State University (Zeta Nu) $950
Muhlenberg College (Eta Upsilon) $1,700*
New Mexico State University (Eta Eta) $600
Nicholls State University (Alpha Gamma Alpha) $560
North Carolina Central University (Tau Epsilon) $825
Oakland University (Nu Omega) $1,395
Oklahoma State University (Delta Kappa) $600
Ohio Northern University (Pi Iota) $500
Penn State Harrisburg (Alpha Lambda Omicron) $250
Providence College (Epsilon Chi) $2,000
Purdue University (Delta Omega) $450
Rhodes College (Tau Delta) $350
Rice University (Alpha Epsilon Pi) $1,260
Ripon College (Alpha Iota Pi) $250
Saginaw Valley State University (Alpha Eta Sigma) $1,050
Saint Anselm College (Upsilon Lambda) $975
Samford University (Psi Iota) $525
San José State University (Epsilon Iota) $1,750
Southern Nazarene University (Alpha Lambda Nu) $250
St. Thomas University (Alpha Nu Epsilon) $500
Sul Ross State University (Omicron Phi) $275
SUNY Oswego (Nu Beta) $500
SUNY Stony Brook University (Eta Theta) $875
Tennessee State University (Rho Upsilon) $400
The Pennsylvania State University (Beta Pi) $2,000
The University of Texas at El Paso (Epsilon Epsilon) $500
Trinity University (Xi Omicron) $575
Tuskegee University (Tau Chi) $500
Union College (Zeta Upsilon) $1,060
United States Air Force Academy (Phi Iota) $700
University of Akron (Alpha Alpha) $600
University of Alaska, Anchorage (Pi Rho) $650
University of California, Riverside (Sigma Phi) $1,725
University of Central Oklahoma (Sigma Mu) $725
University of Illinois Springfield (Tau Eta) $700
University of Maine (Epsilon Delta) $740
University of Maryland Baltimore County (Omicron Eta) $600
University of Massachusetts Amherst (Delta Lambda) $1,625
University of Massachusetts Lowell (Alpha Iota Sigma) $900
University of Montana (Epsilon Mu) $450
University of Montevallo (Alpha Delta Tau) $375
University of Nevada, Reno (Delta Xi) $500
University of North Carolina Charlotte (Theta Epsilon) $1,325
University of Notre Dame (Gamma Delta) $400
University of Pennsylvania (Beta Tau) $1,650
University of Redlands (Alpha Delta Psi) $525
University of Rhode Island (Gamma Epsilon) $1,025
University of Richmond (Beta Xi) $1,250
University of St. Thomas (Chi Theta) $1,000
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Alpha Zeta Zeta) $725
University of Vermont (Chi Nu) $500
University of Washington (Nu) $625
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (Epsilon Xi) $600
Utah State University (Alpha Iota) $600
Valparaiso University (Beta Nu) $525
Virginia State University (Kappa Psi) $500
West Chester University (Xi Gamma) $514
Western Washington University (Delta Tau) $225
Wheaton College (Upsilon Psi) $600
William & Mary (Eta Rho) $1,800
*Recipient of the Nancy McManus Speaker Grant