Applications for grants from the annual $250,000 Division II membership fund are due October 1.

Application materials are online.

The Division II membership fund is designed to retain current schools and attract new members to the division. This is the second round for the 2010 application period. Awards for this application period will be selected in November and allocated in December 2010.

The membership fund is an outcome of the 2007 Presidents and Chancellors Summit, during which Division II presidents determined the need for resources to retain current active institutions and help attract new schools or conferences to the division. The fund was approved by the Division II Planning and Finance Committee (which oversees the fund) in 2009 as part of the biennial budget process.

Requests for funds must:

• Identify and encourage new Division II members or create opportunities for successful Division II active membership.
• Fund initiatives that stabilize current Division II membership (such as projects to enhance or develop additional Division II projects to promote continued membership opportunities for independents or assistance with conference membership).
• Fund initiatives that guard against membership attrition, such as educational sessions to counsel presidents, chancellors and governing boards on the benefits of Division II membership.