Guided by the Binghamton Bond — a pervasive sense of belonging and shared purpose — we acknowledge a mutual responsibility for working together to build a safe community where students are supported, informed, and empowered.
To support these efforts, the VARCC welcomes proposals for the implementation of student-led efforts to increase sexual violence prevention programming on campus, broaden support for survivors, expand bystander intervention training, or propose faculty-mentored research into these topics.
Applications are open now, and will close on Friday, Nov. 20.
APPLY FOR THE CULTURE OF CARE GRANT
Eligibility
- The applicant must have an active affiliation through Binghamton University.
- The initiative must primarily benefit current Binghamton University students, faculty, and/or staff.
- The initiative should be free or low-cost to all attendees
- The initiative must be related to sexual/interpersonal violence concerns (i.e. awareness, prevention education, community norm setting, response).
Required grant committee meeting
A Zoom meeting with a grant committee member is required after submitting an application. A committee member will reach out to schedule the meeting, which will be about 20 to 30 minutes and will review the following:
- Logistics and plan for your proposal
- How the initiative connects to sexual violence
- Grant policies and requirements
- Helpful information regarding the application process
- Questions
Funding priorities and judging criteria
- Alignment with VARCC and Binghamton University Forward Together strategic plan priorities
- VARCC mission: The VARCC was developed to provide collaborative, coordinated, and empowering responses to individuals impacted by sexual violence including harassment, relationship violence, and stalking through trauma-informed advocacy and support with a culturally sensitive lens. The VARCC seeks to foster a campus culture of compassion, healthy relationships, and consent by offering educational programs and referrals to the University community.
- Impact: The initiative makes a meaningful contribution to addressing sexual/interpersonal violence concerns within the Binghamton University community.
- Collaboration: The initiative builds partnerships across campus.
- Evaluation: The proposal clearly identifies how the effectiveness of the initiative is evaluated.
- Quality of proposal: The application provides a clear, thoughtful, and well-developed plan.
- Primary audience: Current Binghamton University students, faculty and/or staff are the primary audience.
- Accessibility: The initiative should be free or low-cost to all attendees
- Trauma-informed and empowerment lens: The initiative promotes student well-being and strengthens the campus community through trauma-informed, empowerment-based efforts.