Questions were also raised about how the Trust should approach committee members who were also applying for funding for their group. Many of the students serving on the Trust committee also have close ties to women's groups on campus who will depend on the Trust for money.

"People who are applying for funding cannot be involved in the deliberations," said Sarah B. Stapleton '02. "That's not fair, and that's not objective."

Though the Trust will not accept applications for grants until next fall, it has been funding events on campus like the recent production of the Vagina Monologues at Agassiz Theater, with money from the Houghton Endowment.

The Houghton Endowment is the primary source of funding for the Trust and was established in 1997 to raise the awareness of women and women's issues at Harvard. The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study also plans to contribute money to the Trust.

The Trust committee agreed to meet again before spring break.