Chancellor Biddy Martin chose eight final proposals to receive the first round of Madison Initiative for Undergraduate funds last week.
The MIU, which Martin proposed last spring, is an additional tuition fee for all UW-Madison undergraduates.
According to a release, the eight chosen proposals came from all over campus, including the Offices of the Dean of Students, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Division of International Studies, College of Letters and Science and the School of Business.
The release said the remaining funds were used to open up more sections of high-demand courses and to hire a researcher to focus on data analysis and development of the MIU.
Aaron Brower, UW-Madison vice provost for teaching and learning, said that he overall felt the proposals submitted were well thought-out, and that the decision making process went smoothly.
""I really was so inspired both to see the kind of quality of proposals that came in … and also the seriousness and thoroughness in which the committee members took their jobs,"" he said.
According to Brower, the initiative aims to increase need-based financial aid, to open up access to high-demand courses and to generate high-impact practices inside and outside of the classroom.
He said roughly half of the $10 million generated by the initiative goes toward need-based financial aid, and the remaining $5 million gets allocated to various colleges, organizations and groups on campus.
He said several student groups and deans or directors of major colleges and organizations submitted a total of 29 proposals in request for the funds on Oct. 1.
Among these proposals included requests for more advisors, internship programs, expansion of First-year Interest Groups, and more staff and faculty.
These 29 proposals were then sent to two different committees, one of which includes students and Associated Students of Madison members, and the other consists of mainly faculty and staff.
Brower said the committees then choose several proposals to submit to Martin, who made the final decision.
The release said the proposals for the next round of MIU funding are due Nov. 15, and the decisions will be announced early next year.
