{"id":79246,"date":"2024-04-23T09:59:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?page_id=79246"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T19:07:26","slug":"aef-spring-2026-application","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/aef-spring-2026-application\/","title":{"rendered":"AEF Fall 2026 Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please complete the fields below to apply for funding from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/faculty-staff\/instructors-guide\/academic-enhancement-fund\/\">Virginia Sapiro Academic Enhancement Fund<\/a> for Fall 2026. We look forward to reading about your proposed activity!<\/p>\n<p>Questions may be directed to <a href=\"esalius@bu.edu\">Erin Salius<\/a>, director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas-connector\/\">CAS Experiential Learning Connector<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var gform;gform||(document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.scriptsLoaded=!0}),window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){gform.domLoaded=!0}),gform={domLoaded:!1,scriptsLoaded:!1,initializeOnLoaded:function(o){gform.domLoaded&&gform.scriptsLoaded?o():!gform.domLoaded&&gform.scriptsLoaded?window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",o):document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",o)},hooks:{action:{},filter:{}},addAction:function(o,n,r,t){gform.addHook(\"action\",o,n,r,t)},addFilter:function(o,n,r,t){gform.addHook(\"filter\",o,n,r,t)},doAction:function(o){gform.doHook(\"action\",o,arguments)},applyFilters:function(o){return 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