On behalf of the Jewish Cultural Endowment (JCE) at Boston University, the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce an October 24 deadline for the 2025-2026 grant application cycle. The JCE supports Jewish cultural programs across the University, sponsoring lectures, conferences, literary events, curricular enhancement, and artistic performances and exhibitions. Their mission is to foster an appreciation of Jewish culture in all its richness and diversity.

The JCE invites grant proposals from individuals (faculty, students, and staff) with access to a BU program administration that will be responsible for planning, promoting and executing the event. JCE-funded events must take place on the BU campus or virtually and should directly benefit the BU community. For more information, please see https://sites.bu.edu/jce/.

You will find a list of submission guidelines below. Please read all guidelines carefully. Send your proposals and questions to Theresa Cooney, JCE Staff Administrator, at ewcjs@bu.edu.

Deadline

Friday, October 24, 2025

Submission Guidelines

  1. All JCE-funded projects must take place on the Boston University campus or virtually. Organizers are encouraged to consider holding in-person events at the Florence and Chafetz Hillel House at 213 Bay State Road. Please contact Chief Operating Officer Deborah Glickman at debglick@bu.edu for details.
  2. The proposal must make clear that the organizer of the event is a BU staff member, faculty, or student, or BU Hillel staff member, and that this person or persons is capable of managing all tasks associated with planning, promoting and executing the proposed program. Applications from persons not associated with BU will not be considered.
  3. JCE funds are intended to support fully developed and public-presenting cultural programs and projects. Applications for projects that are still in the development stage, such as applications to fund screenplay writing, book writing/publishing, filmmaking, etc. will not be considered. Please email ewcjs@bu.edu with any questions about this policy.
  4. All proposals will be discussed and voted on by the JCE steering committee within two weeks of their submission.
  5. Off-cycle proposals will be considered only in extraordinary circumstances.
  6. The JCE typically limits awards to $10K, and looks favorably on proposals with multiple sources of funding.
  7. Every proposal must include a detailed, itemized budget. Along with the budget, each proposal should include a designation of which on-campus unit (department, program or student organization) will be available to receive and disburse JCE funds.
  8. In accordance with Boston University policy, if funds are being paid by reimbursement, all receipts must be submitted to our staff administrator no later than 30 days from the completion of the funded event. Original receipts are required. If funds are being paid by account transfer, the awardee must contact the JCE staff administrator at ewcjs@bu.edu and provide a BU cost center object into which funds can be transferred. If the JCE pays directly for any internal services such as Catering on the Charles, all organization of the service must be done by the organizer, and the organizer must supply the JCE administrator with a quote or order sheet from the vendor in order to process payment. Unused allocated money will revert back to the JCE.
  9. A detailed publicity plan must be submitted a minimum of 6 weeks prior to the event for approval from the board. This plan must be implemented at least 4 weeks prior to the event.  Publicity should include online and print calendar listings, flyers to departments, online advertising, and, if appropriate, printed ads. If an event is virtual, promotion can be digital rather than print.
  10. All promotional materials must be emailed (NO HARD COPIES) to the JCE staff administrator (ewcjs@bu.edu) at the time of their distribution.  Files may be sent in Word, PDF, or JPEG format.
  11. All publicity material must note JCE sponsorship.

  12. Approved grants must be used within 18 months.  If they are not used within this period, the applicant must reapply for funding.

If these guidelines are not met by the grantee, the JCE will not be able to provide financial support for any part of the program.

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