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​Graduate student journals supported by GSA Publications are one of UCLA’s best-kept secrets and one of its most important assets in fostering new ways of thinking about scholarly communication. GSA’s publishing program, one of the largest of its kind in the country, has always supported less commercially viable and socially progressive scholarship and often under-supported forms of scholarly communication such as aggregation as well as traditionally defined areas of intellectual endeavor.
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GSA Publications’ graduate student journals are ahead of the general scholarly curve in actively seeking out new ways to generate and disseminate knowledge by adopting new models, new methods, and new partnerships.

To visit GSA's publications website, please visit here. (Website not up to date.)

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Funding Application

Deadline: Wednesday, March 17th at 11:59pm PST

Dear distinguished Journals and Editors, 

I hope this finds you well. I'm writing to formally introduce myself to you and to update you on the GSA Publications funds for this academic year of 2020-2021.

My name is Amira Hassnaoui and I am a PhD student in the Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance. I had the honor to be recently appointed as the new GSA Director of Publications. As you were previously informed by my colleague and Vice President of Academic Affairs Letty, it has been very challenging to manage the GSA Publications this year due to two major factors:

1. A delay in my hiring due to administrative processing.
2. The previous GSA publications Office unfortunately did not provide any transition documents for me or our office when I took up the position. 

This led me to rebuild and reconstruct the GSA Publications from scratch with the help and support of my colleague Letty. This meant having to learn and navigate several steps including gaining access to the GSA Publications email  account and other websites to purchase ISBN and barcodes for your respective journals. In addition, we've been responding to countless emails and questions regarding lingering issues from last year. This is just to give you a very brief overview on what we have been navigating since the Summer.

For this year, I have been developing a vision that would hopefully make the process much more equitable for everyone but also a process that values quality over quantity. This means taking several aspects into consideration when applying for funds to GSA publications.

Below I'm providing you with: 

1. The link to the application.
2. A Disclaimer document with the guidelines for this academic year's application process (2020-2021), that also outlines some changes to the application process for next academic year's application process (2021-2022). 
3. A sample budget for those that need an example.

Please make sure you read the disclaimer fully and carefully. You will need to sign it and submit it with your application, along with an itemized budget. All applications are due by Wednesday, March 17th at 11:59 pm PST.
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I'm looking forward to working with you and supporting your contributions to knowledge productions.

Kind Regards,
Amira Hassnaoui
Director of Publications, Graduate Students Association (GSA)
PhD candidate, World Arts and Culture/Dance, UCLA

Funding Application 2020-2021

Disclaimer (Signed copy required for application)

Sample Budget

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Funding Schedule

Application	Funding Period
2019-2020 Application	Date of notification until June 30, 2021.
2020-2021 Application	Date of notification until June 30, 2022.
2021-2022 Application	Date of notification until June 30, 2023.

Any funds left unused at the end of the Funding Period are forfeit and will revert back to GSA Publications.

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Funding Allocations from 2019-2020 School Year

Publications awarded funding in the 2019-2020 school year must submit a requisition form for their funding by June 30, 2021 or forfeit their funding.

Publication	Funding Allocation	Available Funds*
5511-Animatrix	288.51	288.51
5521-Asian Pacific American Law Journal (APALJ)	743.00	743.00
5525-Carte Italiane	93.48	93.48
5542-Entertainment Law Review	724.63	724.63
5543-Echo: A Music-Centered Journal	2,700.00	2,700.00
5555-Issues in Applied Linguistics	​1,822.12	1,822.12
5563-Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs (JILFA)	2,834.00	2,834.00
5571-MESTER	1,588.75	1, 288.75
5583-Pacific Basin Law Journal	​3,412.47	​3,412.47
5585-Ethnomusicology Review (formerly Pacific Review of Ethnomu)	6,050.00	1,735.01
5591-Paroles Gelees	109.24	109.24
5595-Romantic Studies Group	99.17	99.17
5612-Pool (Architecture & Urban Planning)	2,841.80	549.96
5631-Women's Law Journal	521.00	521.00
5632-Indigenous Peoples' Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance	1,730.00	1,730.00
​5633-Disability Law Journal	1,700.00	1,700.00
5635-Ufahamu: Journal of the African Activist Association	7,899.00	7,563.03
5644-Journal of Environmental Law & Policy	29.68	29.68
5658-Criminal Justice Law Review	2,592.50	2,592.50
​5659-Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT)	370.00	370.00
5662-Dukeminier Awards Jrnl of Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity	370.00	370.00

*These numbers reflect the amounts available as of 3/2/2021

How to Access Funds

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There are only two ways to access funds from GSA:

1. You pay and then are reimbursed.
2. Student Government Accounting send a check directly to your vendor.

​Once you decide on how you want to access your funds follow the steps below:

1. Gather documentation (receipts, invoices, etc.)
2. Fill out a Requisition Form. Your 21-digit account number is explained below...​
   Entity - 2
   Fund - 4500
   Division - 550
   Department - YOUR PUBLICATION-SPECIFIC # (You can locate this 4-digit number next to your name above.)
   GL - 6220
   Event - 00000
3. Once filled out, a pdf will be emailed to you. Sign the Requisition Form (Signatures > GSA Approvals > Student Org. Rep.).
4. Then email the form to pubs@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu and cc vpaa@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu with the subject line [Signature Required] Publication Funding - PUBLICATION NAME.
5. On our end we will verify your funding source, sign the form, then send it in for processing. If any additional paperwork is required you will be contacted by Student Government Accounting. Otherwise, processing will begin within 48hrs.
6. During the pandemic, reimbursements will be mailed directly to the student/vendor. Expect 2-3 week processing and mailing time for domestic addresses and 5-7 weeks for international addresses.