Funding Resources

Student Council provides two types of financial assistance to active Contracted Independent Organizations (CIOs) at UVA for their organization’s expenses: Student Activities Fee (SAF) funding and co-sponsorship funding*.  

As of Spring 2024, Student Council no longer offers Diversity Grants. Instead, this program has been absorbed into the co-sponsorship program. If you are seeking funding for any CIO event, please apply for co-sponsorship.

All active CIOs can apply for any of these resources, though they should prioritize SAF funding —which serves as Student Council’s main financial resource pool for general CIO expenses. Usually, if an expense is eligible to receive co-sponsorship funding, it is eligible to receive SAF funding. 

CIOs can also request to have Student Council co-sponsor an event of theirs, which may entail added financial support and/or assistance with marketing and planning. 

*PLEASE NOTE: Any CIO that has not yet received any type of funding from Student Council this year must follow the steps outlined in the “Set-up & Getting a Supplier Number” section below before applying! To receive funding, all CIOs must have a valid supplier number tied to their organization, a member, or a vendor.

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Set-up & Getting a Supplier Number

Supplier numbers are used by the VPSA Finance Office to identify and store information regarding the bank accounts of recipients of university dollars. 

In order to receive and spend funding that Student Council allocates to your CIO, you must provide one or more valid supplier numbers on the funding request form. Particularly, any member, CIO account, or vendor you wish to compensate with SAF directly must have a supplier number. 

To request a supplier number, CIOs should fill out the supplier number request form linked below. Following this, the individual/group receiving the supplier number will receive an email containing a second form to register with PaymentWorks. Once the PaymentWorks form is completed and processed, the individual/group will receive a supplier number, which can be used for any future funding requests.  

 **NOTE: each individual/organization receiving funds only needs to fill out this form once, NOT each time your CIO submits a request. If a registered individual/organization forgets their supplier number, they should simply fill out the supplier number request form linked above and VPSA Finance will email them their number.** 

Please contact the VPSA Finance Office at vpsafinance@virginia.edu with any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this process! 

Points of Contact

  • For questions , comments, or concerns regarding the supplier number registration process (PaymentWorks) or Prescene/HoosInvolved, please contact Student Engagement at studentengagement@virginia.edu