Funding overview
As per our mission statement, APIRG provides working group, student and community members with funding for research and social engagement projects in the public interest. Read about our Direct Funding Policy here.
In addition to funding, we provide administrative, informational and technological resources to help students transform social concern into effective action. We also facilitate opportunities for skill development through internships, educational events, workshops, public campaigns and partnerships with community organizations.
Applying for funding
The first step in the APIRG funding process is to determine which category of funding suits your project. Read more about each funding category here:
Past projects funded
Over the years APIRG has provided funding to hundreds of working groups and student-led initiatives, projects, and events. Click on the name of a project to read more about it!
APIRG Working Groups:
Black Lives Matter YEG
Black Pharmacy Student’s Association
Blue University
Campus Sustainability Coalition
Canadian Council for Refugees Youth Network Edmonton
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Cardiovascular Health Advocates, Researchers, and Innovators of Tomorrow (CHARIOT)
Centre for Autism Students’ Association
Centre for Community Organizing and Popular Education
Chinese Diaspora Sharing Circles
Creative Writing Club
Diversity in Engineering
Edmonton Climate Justice Coalition
Edmonton Free School – An Autonomous Learning Collective
Edmonton Indigenous Poets Society
Edmonton Mood Disorder Society
Edmonton Muslim Basketball Association
Edmonton Natural Hair Show
Edmonton Organic Grower’s Guild
Edmontunes
El – Tawhid
Eritrean Ethiopian Students’ Association
Eureka Undergraduate Science Journal
Food Not Bombs
Friends of the Lubicon Alberta
Future Creators
Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom
Greenpeace on Campus
I See Sprouts
In Arms Queer Theatre
Indigenous Medical and Dental Students’ Association
Islamic Relief at the University of Alberta
Land Based Research Group
Migrante Alberta
Native Studies Course Requirement Group
Other Past Working Groups
Prairie Sage Protectors
Queer Scouts
RootUP Edmonton
Sapling Poet Tree
Self-Advocacy Federation
Sexual Violence Advocacy and Accountability Network
Shades of Colour
Somali Students’ Association
South Sudanese Youth of Edmonton
Stand With Fort Chipewyan
The FentaNIL Project
The Hue
The Olive Reading Series
U of A Council of Canadians’ Water Initiative
University of Alberta Council of Canadians
University of Alberta Women’s Centre Collective
Voices for Choices
YEG The Come Up
Projects and Events funded by APIRG:
All Spoons Project
All Ya’ll Calendar Series
Centre for Autism Student Association Annual Conference
Creative Writing Club
Effect of Racism and Micro-aggressions on Mental and Physical Health Talk
Everyday Harm Reduction Online Zine
Fit4Youth
GRadio.ca
How To Get A Thigh Gap
Hungry Zine
Keep Moving Podcast Series: Pekiwewin
La Connexional Adult Swimming Program
Mission SpaceWalker: Analogue Mission
MSDAA BIPOC/Queer Speaker Series
Oh You Fight Like A Girl
Pride Week 2022
Research Project: The impact of accent on assessment of residents by physicians, nurses, and patients
Students for Consent Culture Speaker Series
The Landing Queer Prom
The Queer Agenda
Understanding organizational responses in Edmonton to reports of hate crimes
Voices of the Dead to the Living: A Multimedia Zine of Women in the Margins