Financement discrétionnaire

QPIRG McGill’s Board of Directors sets aside an annual budget exclusively for funding smaller-scale, non-institutional, external projects, that align with QPIRG’s et effectuera. Campus and community groups, as well as individuals, are encouraged to apply to this discretionary fund for any use aligned with our mandate, including but not limited to events, legal funds, and operational expenses. 

The maximum amount per request is $500. The fund is disbursed twice a month.

Application Form
Funding Policy

Please read the form carefully, as it gives additional details about the application process and our criteria.

If you still have questions about the discretionary funding application process after reviewing the application form and the funding policy, please nous contacter.

For recipients of discretionary funding, please remember to fill out your report-back! This short check-in helps us make sure discretionary funds are supporting projects that align with QPIRG-McGill’s mandate.

Submit your report back

Full application questions

  1. Project name
  2. Contact person
  3. Organization information: If you are applying on behalf of a group or organization, you must answer the questions in this section. Individuals can skip ahead to the next section.
    • Organization name
    • Mandate or short description
    • Does your group receive funding from other sources? Specify the name of the sources if so.
    • Website / social media accounts
  4. Individual information: If you are not replying on behalf of a group or organization, you must answer the questions in this section. Groups can continue to the next section.
    • Do you have any previous experience (including lived experience) relevant to your project? If so, please describe below. 
  5. Project information
    • Does this project involve one or more of these 2025-2026 priorities? The board has set aside funds for projects related to the themes below.
      • Homelessness in Milton-Parc
      • Palestine organizing
      • Decolonization / indigenization
      • McGill student organizing
      • Migrant justice
    • Project description
    • How does your project fit into QPIRG-McGill’s mandate, linked cliquez ici on our website?
    • Please describe any barriers you see to project implementation (e.g. difficulty promoting to your desired audience, bureaucratic hurdles, difficulty finding funding).
    • Please copy and paste your detailed budget below. Please be sure to include your expenses as well as confirmed and expected revenues/sources of funding. Here’s an example: Budgeting for Working Groups // Budgets pour les groupes de travail
    • If you have received discretionary funding from QPIRG-McGill in the past, please list those projects.
  6. Anything else you’d like to add?
  7. Before submitting, please verify the following information:
    • This request does not include stipends for members of the group (honoraria for eg. workshop facilitators is allowed)
    • This request does not include travel related expenditures