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Campus Progress Publication Grants

We are now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 school year. The priority deadline has passed but we will continue to accept applications on a rolling basis to become part of Campus Progress's Publications Network.

Join our national network of student publications.

Campus Progress is a national effort to strengthen progressive voices on college and university campuses across America. As part of that effort, we offer funding, journalism training, technical and content support, and other assistance to a limited number of progressive student online and print publications.

After decades of aggressive and well-funded organizing, conservative publications aimed at colleges and universities are more influential than ever. A dozen top conservative institutions spend nearly $40 million each year on campus outreach efforts. A substantial portion of those efforts are devoted to funding and sustaining a growing network of more than 80 right-wing campus newspapers that gain attention on campus far beyond their numbers.

Progressive students, meanwhile, have been left to fend for themselves. Progressive efforts and progressive publications on campuses often lag behind the right-wing in organization and funding.

Students want new and stronger alternatives to right-wing campus journalism. They can't do it alone. We want to enable student creativity, energy, and ideas.

Campus Progress provides grants to online and print publications run by undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at U.S. colleges and universities. Primary emphasis is on undergraduate publications. Campus Progress does not support faculty-run or staff-run campus publications.

Campus Progress supports publications whose orientation and content furthers the mission of the Center for American Progress (as outlined at http://www.americanprogress.org/aboutus), including by expanding the diversity of voices on college campuses.

Campus Progress supports existing student publications with a track record of publishing high-quality material.

Campus Progress supports new student publications whose designated editors have demonstrated skills, potential, and achievement.

Campus Progress requires its grantee student publications to maintain high standards of journalistic ethics and integrity.

Campus Progress expects student publications to have a strategy for content development, production, dissemination, and marketing.

In most cases, Campus Progress requires student publications to have or obtain a faculty advisor.

Members of Campus Progress-supported publications play a special role in the development of our CampusProgress.org web publication and receive access to our members-only online publications network.

Members of Campus Progress-supported publications also have the opportunity to host Campus Progress speaking events on their campuses, including events with journalists and media critics.

Currently our grants to student publications are in the range of $500 to $3000 per year. Campus Progress grants are disbursed on either a per semester or per year basis and are for actual, out-of-pocket expenses of the publications – for web design, printing, supplies, promotion, publication-sponsored speaking events, and other educational activities. Campus Progress grants do not support salaries or stipends for student staff members.

Campus Progress does not necessarily agree with all views expressed by supported publications, and nor does Campus Progress expect those publications to agree with views expressed by Campus Progress.

Application Procedure:

One student should serve as the applicant (on his or her own behalf or on behalf of the publication). Anyone enrolled as an undergraduate, graduate, or professional student at a U.S. college or university may apply.

Complete the application below and MAIL or e-mail the following supplemental materials upon completion of your application:

Verification of your organization's university or non-profit status, if any, or your pending application for such status, if any
Two recent issues of your publication. It is critical that if you have hard copies, you send them to us as opposed to emailing pdfs so we can get a sense of your layout and presentation. For web-based publications, you may email hyperlinks to recent content (for existing publications only)

Please mail to:

Thomas Coen
The Center for American Progress
1333 H Street, NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC

Or email to: publications@americanprogress.org

Email: *

First Name: *

Last Name: *

Phone: *

School:: *

Degree sought:: *

Current School Mailing Address:: *

School Phone:: *

Permanent Home Address: *

Home Phone: *

Email Address:: *

Date of Birth(xx/xx/xxxx):: *

Gender:: *

How did you hear about the publication grant?: *

New or Existing publication?:

Name of publication:: *

URL (if you have one)::

Founding Date:: *

Your position:: *

Faculty Advisor (if you have one)::

Previous semester's budget:: *

Circulation:: *

Frequency of printing (per semester):: *

Membership/staff size:: *

Are you a university sponsored organization?:

If so, how much money did/will you receive from your school or campus activities committee for your publication last semester and this coming semester?: *

Please list the names, phone numbers and emails for no fewer than THREE of your publication's staff members. (Feel free to attach resumes and writing samples for these individuals along with yours in the space provided at the end):: *

What size grant are you seeking? (Grants range from approximately $500 to $3,000 per academic year): *

What is the mission of your publication?: *

For Print publications, how many issues do you intend to publish per semester? What will be the approximate size of each printing? Will the publication be free to students? How will it be disseminated and publicized?: *

For web-based publications, how do you plan to draw traffic to your website? How will you ensure that content is updated on a regular basis?:

How does your publication fit among existing publications on your campus?: *

Are there currently any conservative periodicals on your campus?: *

Are there any other progressive publications on your campus?: *

Does your school have a daily newspaper?: *

Please describe the political climate on your campus.: *

Why does your publication need assistance from Campus Progress?: *

How do you plan to use the Campus Progress grant? Please provide a detailed budget for your publication for the upcoming year and include as much information as possible. Feel free to e-mail additional spreadsheets and budget breakdowns to publications@campusprogress.org.: *

Please paste your resume in the space below.: *

Please paste writing sample 1 of 2 in the space below.: *

Please paste writing sample 2 of 2 in the space below.: *

Please paste any additional resumes of staff members below.:

Please paste any additional writing samples in the space below.:

Feel free to use this space to include any additional information you would like for us to know.:

* denotes required field

Once you submit the application, you will receive an e-mail confirming receipt of your application. If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail, then the application did not process correctly and you will have to resubmit it.

When you apply for a grant we will add your e-mail address to our list and send you updates about Campus Progress and our campaigns. You can unsubscribe from the mailing list at any time by following the instructions included in each message you receive from us. You can review the Campus Progress / Center for American Progress privacy policy governing the collection and use of your information by clicking here.

For more information, please contact:

publications@americanprogress.org