The University of New Mexico Student Union Building 1021    -    Telephone: (505) 277-3803    -    Fax: (505) 277-4159    -    Email: unmgpsa@gmail.com 

PB FUNDS

Pro-Rated Benefit (PB) Funds are available each semester to every recognized departmental student association (RDSA) that has chartered with the Student Activities Center.


All graduate / professional students pay $25 in GPSA fees when they pay their tuition each semester. RDSAs can request a percent of this fee for their department’s use. These allocations, available in the fall and spring semesters, are called PB Funds.


PB Funds are awarded based on the number of students enrolled in your department. For enrolled graduate students, your RDSA is eligible for a percentage of their GPSA fee.  The more students you have in your department the more PB Funds you are eligible for.


To collect your PB funds, first verify that your organization is an RDSA and is chartered with the Student Activities Center.


List of Chartered Student Organizations


NOTE: Your RDSA's charter must be renewed each year. Generally organizations do this at the beginning of fall semester. Only officers listed on an RDSA charter can request PB funds. Make sure to keep your department up to date!


Watch for workshops from GPSA and Student Government Accounting Office during August and September. These sessions provide orientation to SGAO operations and overview the PB Funds request process and are required!


To Request PB Funds:


PB Funds requests can be submitted at the start of fall and spring semester, as soon as the Official Enrollment Report is published. Requests must be received by June 15 in order to be processed for the current fiscal year.


1. Charter your organization with the Student Activities Center, Room 1018, in the Student Union Building. Contact the SAC (277-4706) for questions regarding your RDSA's charter.


2. Attend at least 1 SGAO PB Fund workshop during August/September. If there are no longer PB Fund workshops offered, you must schedule and attend a meeting with the SGAO Accountant (sgao@unm.edu) or the GPSA Executive Finance Committee Chair (unmgpsafinance@gmail.com).


3. Email the following information to sgao@unm.edu to submit your application. Other comments may be included at your discretion.


A) Organization name,


B) SINGLE academic department,


C) Contact information of an officer in the organization,


D) SGAO Account Number,


E) The estimated number of students enrolled in your department


Your request will be checked against the Official Enrollment Report from the Registrar’s Office and then processed.


Collect your PB Funds.


Once your enrollment numbers are confirmed in Student Government Accounting, it takes about two weeks to transfer the funds to your department's account.


Inquiries may be directed to SGAO or GPSA using the information above.


Organizations requesting funding must:

•Be a graduate/professional student departmental organization;

•Be chartered with the Student Activities Center (Student Union Building, Suite 1018, 277-4706);

•Have an account number with the Student Government Accounting Office (SGAO, Student Union Building, Suite 1018, 277-7888).


Allocations submitted will be processed as they are received and only after enrollment statistics are made available from the Registrar's office through the Official Enrollment Report.