What is the main goal for this project?

The Global Student Government (GSG) was created in 2022 by a coalition of student governments collectively representing millions of students across all inhabited continents. The GSG seeks to represent students in international education policymaking and discourse, while providing services to support student governments, other extracurricular groups, and individual students. In Year 2, the GSG would like to focus on developing grants and sponsorships to help establish services to improve the lives of students within its jurisdiction.

Problem students will be solving: The GSG needs to update and revise its sponsorship package and develop a list of reliable grant agencies and sponsors. We need to research these organizations and their needs, and establish contact with them so they can collaborate with us.

Outcome students are expected to achieve: The goal of this project is to 1) revise and update the GSG sponsorship package, 2) create a database of potential grants and sponsorships, and 2) contact these organizations to establish strategic collaborations.

Students will engage in two main activities.

1. Research. Students will research what makes a successful sponsorship package and will apply this knowledge to enhance the GSG's documents. Students will also search for potential funding organizations, compile their contact information in a global database, and develop an understanding of these organizations' main activities and funding criteria to contribute to the formation of GSG proposals to collaborate with them.

2. Outreach. Students will contact potential funding organizations in the database to invite them to collaborate with the GSG. Students will participate in meetings and negotiations with these potential funders and will assist in establishing partnership agreements.

1. Software. Students will receive a GSG email account that is equipped with Google for Nonprofits software, including access to a shared drive for data storage and online meeting functionalities, among other things. Students will gain access to an online project management platform where they can communicate with GSG colleagues.

2. Training. Students will be trained about GSG internal processes and will receive instruction about relevant politics and history of student government and related topics in education policy studies and international relations. Students will learn about the distinct needs of students and their student governments around the world, and about how to work with an international team from a variety of intersectional identities and backgrounds. Students will receive on-the-go training about good practices for partnership outreach, database management, and remote work. In this particular role, students will engage in knowledge co-creation initiatives to deepen their understanding of grants and sponsorships while helping the entire GSG build its capacities in these areas.