Board grants

Welcome to the overviewing page of the Committee of Board Grants and Stimulation Fund of Tilburg University.

This introduction page will provide information regarding the upcoming year 2020-2021. This year, the process will differ in comparison to the previous years, below you can read a summary of this process. New changes regarding the board grants website page will be communicated directly to the boards.

Student associations play an important role on and around the Tilburg University campus. For example, 22 student sports clubs are affiliated to the Sports Center. Within all Schools, the study associations are a single point of contact for all students. In addition, they organize many activities that benefit education. There are associations active in employment and internship mediation and there are several cultural associations. The student associations also constantly contribute to student life in Tilburg. Finally, Tilburg students are very active in student participation. Together, these associations provide a wide range of activities organized for and by students. These associations are important discussion partners and co-organizers for the School Boards and the Executive Board. Tilburg University attaches great value to the contribution these active students make during their study period by organizing all these activities and keeping all these associations and foundations alive.

Tilburg University is known with an extensive system of board grants to support board activities. This website describes how this system will function from the academic year 2020-2021 and on. In this system, associations will be scanned once in three years. This scan will allocate grants for these three years. Not only there is the possibility to receive board grants for board activities, but committees are also eligible for committee grants. This system not only includes the board grants, but the stimulation fund and skills program as well. The Committee Board Grants and Stimulation Fund (from now on CBS) is responsible for the execution of these three components.

Below, information for each component is provided. The finished website, with application procedures, is aired from October 2020.

Board grants and committee grants

Every university has a Profile Fund to support students who are delayed in their studies due to special circumstances. This also includes membership of the board of a student organization, a student participation position within the university, and activities in the administrative or social field.

To determine how many board grants will be received, associations will be scanned once in three years. By means of a standardised form, associations are asked to inform us of their operations. This board document will be more extensive in the first year in comparison with the two years after. These documents will be used as guidelines for the conversations that will be held with all associations. After a conversation with the board and after evaluation of the scan, the associations will receive a formal acknowledgement of Tilburg University. Besides, they receive knowledge regarding the amount of board grants for the next three years. Also, there are committee grants to be allocated for committee activity of substantial size. The amount of a board grant is 308 euro each month and a committee grant is 154 euro each month. For board members who face extensive workload, the committee provides two extra board months.

Stimulation Fund

Skills program

Committee Board Grants and Stimulation Fund

The CBS consists of three employees of Tilburg University and three student members. The committee advises the Executive Board regarding associations and the provision of board and committee grants. Additionally, the committee advises regarding the provision of subsidy (stimulation fund) and the committee is responsible for the organization of the skills sessions, in collaboration with the Student Career Services.

If there are additional questions regarding these new components or the payment of board grants from the previous academic year, please do not hesitate to contact your committee member.

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