Student Health at Rutgers Independent Mini-grant Project (SHRIMP) Coordinator

The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs

With the supervision and direct support of the Director of the RUHS Department of Health Education, this student will be responsible for coordinating and providing student support to the process of SHRIMP. SHRIMP is the department's mini-grant program, encouraging students to apply for small amounts of financial support to stimulate creative ideas for promoting health on campus and special projects relevant to the mission and values of the DHE. Consistent with the department vision of student empowerment, this person will be considered a student staff member of the Department of Health Education, and thus afforded the rights, responsibilities, and privileges which accompany such a title.

As the Department of Health Education SHRIMP Coordinator, this student will:

Organize and coordinate meetings for the SHRIMP Review Board and other meetings (such as training to complete the SHRIMP application form);
Receive hard and electronic copies of SHRIMP applications to be reviewed by the SHRIMP Review Board;
Arrange application reviews through the reproduction of applications and review sheets, coordination of Review Board meetings, evaluation of results, and verification of continued communication between applicants and Review Board Liaison;
Oversee communication between successful applicants and the review board, and among board members;
Publicize SHRIMP opportunities;
Maintain meeting minutes, materials (such as SHRIMP business cards), review summaries, and regular reports, including expenses.

All applicants must be Rutgers University students with the availability to work 3-6 hours per week. Applicants should possess the ability to facilitate effective meetings, as well as the ability to express themselves in a clear and concise manner. Experience with e-mail and word processing is required.

Click here for the student staff application.

Last Modified 10/2/2002