The Regina Public Interest Research Group (RPIRG) is a student centre at the University of Regina that works on social and environmental justice issues. RPIRG gives out up to $35,000 in funding each year to students for events, projects, or training opportunities.
To learn more about all of our grant programs, who is eligible to apply, and compare them, please visit our funding page.
The BIPOC fund community service microgrants are meant to specifically fund initiatives that support:
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Racial justice organizing/advocacy/research being done individually or as part of groups, collectives, and organizations based in Regina (or led by UofR students in Saskatchewan more broadly)
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General health, wellbeing, and safety of racialized students and Regina residents
Please note: we are running these new grants as a pilot project until February 28, 2022 - We will use feedback from the pilot to assess for any needed adjustments (amount of funding, scope, etc,) and continue this program moving forward.
For more information about our BIPOC fund, visit www.rpirg.org/BIPOC-fund
Applications for microgrants have no deadline, and are accepted on a rolling basis until our funds run out. They can be submitted to fund initiatives retroactively up to one year in the past.
Please note: Applications can take up to 4 weeks to process and approve, but are typically processed within 2 weeks.
Microgrant maximum budget: $200 once per RPIRG fiscal year (May 1-Apr 30)
Eligible initiatives
- Projects and events including advocacy and legal actions, campaigns, workshops, community surveys or similar feedback tools
- Training and conferences including gatherings and other professional development
- Grad research
Please note: we are a non-partisan organization and as such do not provide funding to political parties or their candidates/electoral campaigns. However, non-partisan educational events such as election town halls which will include all political parties may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us to discuss.
Please also note: Fundraisers are generally not eligible for funding. If your fundraiser fits RPIRG’s funding requirements and you believe it should be eligible for funding, you can bring your rationale to the RPIRG Board of Directors and we will make a decision on a case-by-case basis.
Event is defined as a one-time activity with a particular goal. For example, hosting a workshop, rally, or speaker.
Project is defined as a series of activities or events coordinated to reach a particular goal with specific start and end dates. For example, organizing a campaign with multiple aspects over a number of days or weeks, organizing a community survey, a workshop series or other community programming, starting a community garden, a campaign or advocacy work, etc.
Training and Research Funding provides one-time funding to help individuals and groups attend a conference, training opportunity, or grad research that is focused on social or environmental justice issues.
Grad research funding prioritizes research taking place in Regina and Saskatchewan, or benefitting groups or communities living there. Applicants can only receive funding once per project, and cannot pair it with conference/training funding.