Activity/Program Eligibility:
- Essential to a quality educational program;
- Provide an important instructional experience for any student enrolled in the respective program;
- Substantially related to an instructional program and a direct extension of the in-class experience;
- Directly involve faculty in the management and supervision of the activity/program;
- Provide an identifiable benefit to a significant number of students;
- Enhance the overall balance of university programs and the breadth and balance of IRA activities/programs;
- Cannot duplicate another university certified activity.
If you answer "yes" to all the above, you are eligible to apply for certification.
Certification Process:
- Requests for certification can happen anytime.
- Your Dean or Director requests certification from the IRA Committee (Application Procedure).
- The IRA Committee votes to recommend the activity/program as part of IRA.
- The IRA Committee sends the recommendation to the Provost for final approval.
PLEASE NOTE:
- Certification and recognition as an Instructionally Related Activity does not guarantee funding.
- If an activity/program that has been discontinued wishes to become recertified they must reapply for certification.
General Funding Process
- Available funding for the following academic year is determined during the spring semester by the IRA Committee.
- The IRA Committee allocates funding to each college Dean or Director.
- The Dean or Director allocates funding to the individual activity/program.*
- The funds are available beginning the following academic year.
Source of IRA Funds
- Funding for activities/programs is provided by an Instructionally Related Activities fee paid by all students each semester when they enroll in University classes.
- Funding requests must be for those costs that are not a part of the regular cost of instruction.