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Name(Required)
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Position Title(Required)
Email(Required)
University Office Phone #
Skip if a student group.
Cell Phone #(Required)

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What group do you represent?(Required)
Is your group a University Department or Student Group?(Required)
Have you talked with your Dean, Department Chair, Director, or Advisor about submitting this project?(Required)
- Yes
- No
If yes, who have you talked with?

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Project Title(Required)
Please identify the category your project best falls under:(Required)
This helps us categorize and evaluate the opportunity of each application.
Overview(Required)
In a short paragraph, please explain your project's purpose and how you will tell your project's narrative to an online audience.
Short Summary(Required)
Please describe in one sentence how you will spend funds raised through PonyUp.
Project leaders(Required)
Please provide the name and contact information for 2-3 individuals who will serve as your project's leaders to develop content and contacts as well as lead outreach. Project Leaders: As a project leader, you are the one with ultimate responsibility for the success of your PonyUp campaign. It is your job to create a team to executive your project’s goals. You’ll work with the champions and amplifiers to ensure that success.
Project Champions(Required)
Please provide the name and contact information for 2-3 individuals who will serve as your project's champions to develop contacts and lead outreach. Project Champions: As a project champion, you are someone who is a direct beneficiary of the money being raised or directly connected to the implementation of a project. You will help develop content that leaders need support creating as well as identifying contacts and reaching out to them to support your project.
Project Amplifiers(Required)
Project amplifiers are a key component of reaching out to a larger audience to support your project. Please identify individuals who will assist you in making direct contact with their networks, asking them for support in donating and sharing your project to their own personal network. We recommend you have between 8 and 10 project amplifiers to help get the word out and increase your donations.

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Who is your audience (i.e. band alumni, newsletter recipients, etc.)(Required)
One of the most unique aspects of crowdfunding is its ability to share your story. Who will your story most resonate with? And, resonate in such a way to secure a donation?
Approximately how many existing contacts do you and your project team have?(Required)
Contacts can be friends, colleagues, family, alumni, department newsletter recipients, etc. Please submit a number and the method in which you engage those contacts.
What existing communications channels do you have with your anticipated audience.(Required)
Funding Amount Needed(Required)
Suggested Range is $2,000-$15,000
Do you have other sources of funding (i.e. grants, etc.) that can help support your project? If so, what are they?(Required)
Please note, having other sources of funding does not affect your eligibility for the PonyUp platform.
Why do you think you will be successful in achieving your financial goals?(Required)
Goals should be set to be achievable in 30 days. If you do not reach the full goal during that time, are you prepared to explain how the funding received-to-date will be used?(Required)
Please note, all PonyUp projects receive all the funds they raise, regardless of whether they reach their goals or not.
- Yes
- No
Is funding for this project urgent?(Required)
- Yes
- No
If so, please explain the immediacy of the need:
If no, would you be willing to wait up to 3-6 months for your project to be posted online?
- Yes
- No
Date Funding Needed By:(Required)
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What is your estimated budget?(Required)

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Do you have images to include on your project's site?(Required)
- Yes
- No
Do you have video on or related to your project?(Required)
- Yes
- No
If not, will you be willing and able to work with University Advancement to write and produce a video for your Boise State PonyUp site?(Required)
- Yes
- No
Projects listed on PonyUp will run for 30-45 days. You as the project leader will need to provide updates and remain actively engaged (new video, postings, using social media such as Twitter and Facebook as well as email). Are you committed to being available for the duration of your project's posting?(Required)
- Yes
- No

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Perks and Giving Levels: Do you plan to offer perks or establish giving levels to recognize certain donation levels?(Required)
Perks can be tangible ways to inspire giving such as Facebook recognition posts, a signed photo of your team, an invitation to a special event, etc. Giving levels are established incremental goals that often correspond to the context of your project (e.g. $325 supports one student's travel to a service project).
- Perks
- Giving Levels
Please include a list of the perks and/or giving levels that you think could be provided to your donors.(Required)
Please note, this list is just a draft, is not required, and is intended to give us a better idea of your project's goals and content.
Are you capable of fulfilling perks or giving levels within that 60 days after your project?(Required)
Important: any perks and goals you offer must be fulfilled within a 60 day time frame after the completion of the project posting on PonyUp.
- Yes
- No

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If selected, the project will comply with all Boise State University policies and any research, if applicable, conducted as a result of the project will be compliant with all research policies and procedures established by the University.(Required)
- I agree by these terms and conditions.

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