One-Time Funding Requests

We offer One-Time Funding to students and community members! This funding opportunity provides financial support for campus and community projects or initiatives around social and environmental justice. Currently, the maximum amount available is $750 per project. You can find out more information and the application here.

Centre for Community Based Research (CCBR) Bursaries

The CCBR is focused on strengthening communities through social research. Their approach to research is participatory and action-oriented in a way that mobilizes people to participate as full and equal members of society. They are an independent, non-profit organization located in Kitchener, Ontario. 

The Helmut Braun Memorial Award was established in 2001 by CCBR. This award is named after Helmut Braun, an advocate for the rights of folks living with mental health issues. The fund contributes to the cost of post-secondary education for students pursuing social studies in a variety of disciplines, for students in financial need. From 2015 to 2019, the award was largely funded by LSPIRG.

More info here!

Projects funded in the 2020-2021 year! (so far)

  • WLU Palestinian Students’ Association

  • KW May Day Event Series

  • Survivors are Fighters - Concert in Brantford

  • Writing Difficult Conversations Series (Waterloo)

  • Accessible Learning Event Series (Brantford)

  • Brantford Food Distro and PPE distribution (personal protective equipment i.e. masks, gloves)

  • The Protected Place - Kahnonstaton

  • Supplies for Unsheltered People (Waterloo)

  • Academic Research on Top Surgery for Trans Folks

  • Yardshare Project (via KW Urban Harvesters)

  • Seed and Soil Distro (via KWUH)

  • Mask Distro (via KWUH)

  • Postcard Project (Waterloo)

  • Food Distro and PPE (via KW Food Not Bombs)

  • THE ISLANDS (Laurier's Association of Caribbean Students)

  • O:se Kenhionhata:tie (support the general work of Land Back Camp in KW as well as "Stories from Land Back Camp")

  • 1492 Land Back Lane (to support legal funds of Six Nations Land Defenders)

  • Textile Magazine Project 2020 (amplifying Black, Indigenous and racialized voices)

  • KW Urban Harvester to support the Indigenous Food Sovereignty of Waterloo Region and the N6NA community garden (to fund garden plots for Indigenous folks in Waterloo)

  • Kitchener Food Not Bombs and Community Kitchen Co-operative of Kitchener Waterloo for two rounds of "Cooking for a Crowd" (which includes food distribution in Waterloo. One collective for students and one for community members).

Projects funded in the 2018-2019 year!