From: Elizabeth Sideri
Date: February 7
Subject: Weekly Roundup - Senate Club Funding and Club Renewal


February 3 - 7, 2025

In This Week's Edition:

  1. Spring 2025 Senate Club Funding
  2. Club Renewal is Now Live!
  3. Sponsorship for Student Orgs
  4. Save these Dates!
  5. Drop-In Advising Hours

Spring 2025 Senate Club Funding

The Spring 2025 Senate Club Funding Application is now open! As a reminder, Senate's overall criteria for club eligibility to receive funding is as follows:

  • Officers of club have completed Student Life Officer Training
  • Transparency around club dues
  • Funding requests must meet following criteria in a per line-item basis:
    • <$25/person
    • No speaker fees
    • No swag, no treks, no retreats, no conferences, and no C-F(x)'s.
    • Operational expenses must be clearly laid out and essential to club function

Spring 2025 Funding Timeline:

  • Today: Application Opens. Apply Here.
  • Monday, March 3 at 11:59pm: Application Closes
  • Friday, March 14: Funding Decisions Announced

Find more information and guidelines for receiving funding here. Please reach out to Mike Sanchez with questions.

Club Renewal is Now Live!

The Club Renewal Survey is now live! Deadline to complete this survey is March 12, 2025 11:59PM EST (Wednesday before Spring SIP & Spring Break).

Before you begin the survey, please be prepared with the following information:

  • Name & Email of New President(s), Finance Lead, & Space Reserver
  • Club's ByLaws (a document will need to be uploaded)
  • Club's Mission Statement & Member Benefits Statement
  • Club's Website (and password if applicable)
  • Club's Instagram (if applicable)

Your responses to the above survey provide Student Life with the info needed to get incoming leaders set up with necessary permissions before future trainings. Once you submit you survey, you will receive a confirmation email from Elizabeth with next steps.

For more info regarding club leadership transition expectations and recommendations (including how to run elections in SloanGroups) review our webpage on Leadership Transition.

Club outgoing and incoming officers are encouraged to meet with the Student Life Office for a transition meeting before Spring SIP. If you are interested in doing so, feel free to book a time with Nicole Willits or Elizabeth Sideri.

Note: If you are a NEW or recently revived club and your leadership team is not changing - please still complete this survey with your current information.

In Practice...

  • Outgoing leaders should remain active with administrative roles through the end of the academic year.
Incoming leaders should shadow until they are set up with permissions to reserve space and view club accounts.

Sponsorship for Student Orgs

Seeking sponsorship from companies is encouraged. However, all companies your group is looking to obtain sponsorship from must be vetted by MIT. Before you contact a company about sponsorship, approval must be granted by MIT to contact that company.

Submit a Sponsor List to the Student Life Office before the companies are solicited for event sponsorship. Please provide the list in excel and include the following information: full name of company, location of company, and type of business.

Click here for sponsorship policies and procedures.

Save these Dates!

SLO Club Leader Trainings:

All co-presidents, finance leads, and space reservers named in the 2025-2026 club transition survey will be required to attend the following two training sessions. Club funding for fall 2025 and spring 2026 semesters provided through the Sloan Senate is contingent upon attendance.

  1. Inclusive Leadership & Sloan Club Management Basics: Monday, April 7, 2025 11:30AM-1PM
  2. Club Finances & Event Planning Training Session: Monday, April 14, 2025 11:30AM-1PM
The MIT Sloan Student Life Office oversees and advises MIT Sloan student clubs. We designed these trainings to ensure that club leaders have the resources, knowledge, and skills required to manage their clubs and contribute the vibrant MIT Sloan community. Click here to RSVP for these sessions.


CDO's Club-apalooza Thursday, April 24, 2025

Club-apalooza is an opportunity to celebrate you as new club leaders, help you connect with your CDO club liaison, and share how we can work together over the next year to support career preparation, share job opportunities, and assist with contacts for industry-focused events for your club members. RSVP here!

Student Leader Drop-In Advising Hours

Stop by E52-118 in the Student Life Office suite (E52-101) where we can help you plan and execute your club activities, discuss marketing strategies, answer your questions about RFPs, your club's financial needs, and more:

  • Wednesdays, 11am-1pm | General Advising Hours 
  • Thursdays, 11am-1pm | Finance Advising Hours

Can't make drop-in advising, but have questions? Book an appointment with any of us using this link!

Questions? Consult the Student Group Leader Handbook
Contact Student Life or Book an appointment with us!
List of current club officers here