Funding for cultural projects is available to individual students, departmental groups, Chartered Organizations, and ad hoc groups at all campuses where doctoral students are located. In order to apply for a DSC Cultural Affairs Grant, applicants must submit a proposal and estimated budget. The Cultural Affairs Committee of the DSC evaluates the proposals and selects recipients.

Each semester, the DSC allocates funds to programs with representation during that semester. Program Representatives (after consulting with their constituencies) can spend these monies on anything that benefits students in their program. For example, program allocations can be spent on food and beverages for a party, to buy a microwave, a journal subscription, hold a mini-conference, etc. Only Program Representatives can authorize program allocation expenditures; faculty and administrators do not have access to these funds.