Officers and leaders of Recognized Student Organizations (RSOs) are encouraged to apply for the Abbott “We Give Blood” RSO Awards to expand their organization’s impact in the Husker community.
The funds are to be used for events or projects that directly support UNL students or community health and well-being in the areas of emotional, physical, or social well-being.
• Emotional well-being is the ability to successfully express and manage an entire range of feelings, including anger, doubt, hope, joy, as well as many others. Positive emotional well-being encompasses high self-esteem, positive body image, knowing how to regulate feelings and knowing where to seek support and help regarding mental health.
• Physical well-being is the ability to actively make healthy decisions such as eating a nutritionally balanced diet, getting adequate sleep, visiting the doctor routinely, maintaining positive interpersonal relationships, and making healthy sexual decisions consistent with individual values and beliefs. A physically-well individual exercises three to five times per week, limits or abstains from alcohol and drugs, possesses the ability to identify and fulfill personal needs, and is aware of and respects their body’s limitations.
• Social well-being is the ability to build healthy relationships based on interdependence, trust and respect. It includes being aware of the feelings of others. Socially well individuals develop a network of friends and co-workers who share in common purpose, who provide support and validation.
Award amounts can range from a minimum of $500 to a maximum of $7,500. In total, up to $150,000 will be awarded to approved RSO applications. Project ideas can be new initiatives or support existing events or projects the RSO sponsors as long as they support at least one of the well-being areas identified. RSOs can only submit one application, but it could cover multiple related events.
September 1, 2025 is the preferred application deadline for consideration. A second application deadline is October 6 for those who did not receive funding in September or who missed the 1st deadline. October 6 will be the final application deadline. More details regarding the grant, how to apply, and the grant application can be found here!.
The grant funds are a portion of the $1 million award provided to UNL as the inaugural recipient of the We Give Blood Drive competition sponsored by Abbott.
More details at: https://involved.unl.edu/funds/wegiveblood/