Shirin Fozdar Community Service Projects (CSP) Grants

The Shirin Fozdar CSP Grants is established to facilitate the advancement of the women community and aims to instil continued passion for the long-term development of the community. It will fund meaningful and sustainable local and overseas community service projects with the desire to make a difference to women’s lives. 

• The fund will be awarded at the project team level. It will be used to assist students in meeting their project expenses in delivering effective programmes in tandem with the benefitting organisation / community.
• Each grant is valued at a maximum of $5,000 for local and $10,000 for overseas community service projects.

• Projects must be endorsed by the Centre for Social Responsibility (C4SR) or eligible club-based activities must be endorsed by the Office of Student Life (OSL) / respective Schools.
• Project Leaders to apply on behalf of team for projects that meet any of Shirin Fozdar Programme’s objectives below:

1. To equip women and families in need with life skills and resources to nurture a resilient community.
2. To organize conferences, dialogues and research to enhance a gender perspective in national policies.
3. To partner with businesses, policy makers, private and non-profit organisations  to design collective programmes for change.
4. To develop and support community capability resources to add value to women’s development growth.

• Priority will be given to projects of a sustainable nature and with a focus on female majority.
• The grant is intended to cover essential operational and programme costs, and cannot be used for t-shirts, gifts, prizes or giveaway items. 

• Upon completion of their projects, the recipient project teams must submit a post-project report, incorporating updates on their proposed project deliverables, utilization of the grant and photographs of their community outreach experiences.
• Recipient teams will also need to share their experiences through either: a presentation at a Shirin Fozdar Programme (SFP) event, or essay/article that can be posted on SFP’s website.

• No repayment is required
• However, repayment is required in full or in part if the project is not carried out.

• Apply to the Centre for Social Responsibility
• Project leader to apply on behalf of the team

Centre for Social Responsibility (C4SR)
Office of Dean of Students
Email: commsvcs@smu.edu.sg