Graduate Student Budget Board

The Graduate Student Budget Board Funding Requests will go live September 2nd in the fall and January 16th in the spring. All graduate student organizations with "Graduate" in their title are eligible to apply for regular funding requests from October 2nd - November 30th in the Fall and February 15th – April 30th in the spring. Events occurring from December 1st – February 14th must request funding by November 1st  for general funding or October 1st for Major Event Funding. Events occurring from May 1st to October 1st must request funding by March 31st or 60 days before any Major Event, whichever comes sooner. See “Semester-in-advance requests” in the GSBB Policy and Procedure document for more information.

The funding categories include General Program, Organizational Program, Fundraising, Outreach Events, Conference and Competition Funding, Operational Expense, and Major Event Funding. Please refer to the GSBB funding policy and procedure document for more information on our funding policies.

The funding request document can be found at GobblerConnect as "[Academic year] RSO/USLP Funding - Graduate Student Budget Board (GSBB) ".  For academic year 2025-2026, this will read "2025-2026 RSO/USLP Funding - Graduate Student Budget Board (GSBB)."

To create a request, members will have to go to their organization page,  click on the Finance section --> Create New Budget Request-->  " [Academic year] RSO/USLP Funding - Graduate Student Budget Board (GSBB)" and follow the prompts.  

For further information or clarification please reach out to:

•  gsbb-resc@vt.edu for funding request related info

• budgetboard@vt.edu for reimbursement related information