A subcommittee of the Student-Faculty advisory committee made the grant selections for this round of funding. The sub-committee members included Director of the Trust and Assistant Dean of Harvard College Karen E. Avery '87; Julia G. Fox, special assistant to the Dean of Harvard College; Aruna D. Balakrishnan '03; Svetla I. Gueorguieva '02 and Maryanthe E. Malliaris '01.

But rather than creating a situation where a conflict of interest might arise, WLP co-chair and advisory committee member Erin B. Ashwell '02 said she thought the crossover between women's group leaders and the Trust advisory committee was natural.

"It does not seem unreasonable, if the groups' missions are significantly intertwined," she said. "I didn't write the grant application to the Trust, and I think that kind of separation is good."

Ashwell did note that she thought students who were applying for Trust funds should not sit on the grant selection subcommittee.

"It seems kind of basic that you can't read grant applications for grant money you applied for," she said.

In addition to the formal grant money, the Trust has about $30,000 in discretionary funds.

The Women's Initiatives Network (WIN), a newly-formed network of already established campus women's groups, did not receive the funding it asked for through the grants process.

But WIN coordinator Shauna L. Shames '01 said she received a letter from Avery saying that "other support will be provided from the Ann Radcliffe Trust" for the group.