{"id":3796,"date":"2025-01-29T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/sexualmisconduct\/?page_id=3796"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:06:35","slug":"funding-and-co-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/sexualmisconduct\/training\/funding-and-co-sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding &#038; Co-Sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Funding &amp; Co-Sponsorship Opportunities with Title IX<\/h3>\n<p>The Title IX Prevention and Education team collaborates with University departments and student organizations on campus to foster individual and collective action to reduce sexual and interpersonal violence. One of the many ways we do this is by sponsoring and co-sponsoring events and offering opportunities for University-approved student organizations to apply for mini-grants.<\/p>\n<h3>Title IX mini-grant application process<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/college\/wcsa\/organizations\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University-recognized student organizations<\/a> are invited to apply for a mini-grant to develop a program or activity that exemplifies the spirit and purpose of Title IX in our community. As a reminder, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (\u201cTitle IX\u201d) is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex\u2014including pregnancy and related conditions\u2014in educational programs and activities.<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, the program\/event must be in line with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/sexualmisconduct\/title-ix-explained\/about-the-title-ix-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Title IX Office\u2019s mission<\/a> of fostering a culture of prevention and awareness to end sexual violence, cultivate dating relationship respect, and create consent culture through education in the University community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"y-flag\"><strong>Title IX mini-grants will be awarded in the amount of $200<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Grant proposals will be reviewed by members of the selection committee, which is chaired by Dr. Mace McDonald, Title IX Sexual Misconduct Prevention Education Specialist.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Evaluation Criteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To help us understand how you plan to <strong>create or develop a new program or activity that exemplifies the spirit and purpose of Title IX in our community<\/strong>, all funding proposals must include the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A detailed description of how your event, program, or activity proposal&#8217;s main focus is to incorporate prevention, awareness, or discouragement of sexual violence within the University community. The proposal should describe how it will help participants or attendees:\n<ul>\n<li>understand the legal or University definitions of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, affirmative consent, and\/or will help them navigate the legal landscape of Title IX; or<\/li>\n<li>brings awareness of the above terms and their impacts, or establishes opportunities for attendees to become more involved in long-term sexual misconduct prevention work on campus; or<\/li>\n<li>helps attendees gain focused education on those or similarly related topics; or<\/li>\n<li>builds skills through hands-on bystander intervention training, workshops for creating healthy and respectful dating relationships, or opportunities to practice affirmative consent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Who the program will impact<\/li>\n<li>How the participants will engage in the program<\/li>\n<li>Lasting effects of the program<\/li>\n<li>What the University community will gain from participation<\/li>\n<li>Your budget, including logistics like quotes from suppliers, catering costs, a\/v equipment, printing, and other resources<\/li>\n<li>Any co-sponsorships with student organizations or University departments<\/li>\n<li>Include a brief overview of any similar previous programs, including attendance, the impact your program had on participants, and any feedback<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>Examples of Potential New Programs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Examples of new programs that exemplify the spirit of Title IX prevention and education efforts and might qualify for funding include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prevention and Awareness events during Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October) and Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April).<\/li>\n<li>A book club that reads a book from River Campus Libraries and Title IX&#8217;s curated <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.rochester.edu\/domesticviolence\">#DVAM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.rochester.edu\/c.php?g=1313850&amp;p=9659077\">#SAAM<\/a> LibGuide collection and hosts a discussion about the themes of the book.<\/li>\n<li>Workshops to practice establishing healthy boundaries and respecting the boundaries of others.<\/li>\n<li>Hosting a watch party of a movie or TV episode that depicts healthy or unhealthy examples of dating relationships, stalking, or shows ways someone asked for consent or didn&#8217;t ask for consent related to engaging in sexual activity.<\/li>\n<li>BADASS Bystander intervention training to teach participants active ways to intervene.<\/li>\n<li>Consent Culture events, such as a Consent Cocoa or Affirmative Consent Workshops, which engage participants in positive ways to practice giving and asking for consent.<\/li>\n<li>An Ultimate Frisbee tournament that teaches members how to navigate consensual and non-consensual touch during a sporting event.<\/li>\n<li>A baking club event focused on creating recipes for healthy dating relationships.<\/li>\n<li>A pregnancy education program that teaches students about their options in the case of an unexpected pregnancy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Student-led programming or events that qualified for funding:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Examples of <span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">events focused on Sexual Misconduct Awareness or Prevention that are student-led and have qualified for funding:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> Take Back the Night march<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Walk a Mile event<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">One Love Dedication Athletic Meets<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">The Clothesline Project<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Morado: The Color of Bruises, The Color of Resistance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funding &amp; Co-Sponsorship Opportunities with Title IX The Title IX Prevention and Education team collaborates with University departments and student organizations on campus to foster individual and collective action to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":2606,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/one-column.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3796","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Funding &amp; Co-Sponsorship - Sexual Misconduct and Title IX<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All students are invited to apply for funding through a mini grant to develop a program or activity that exemplifies the spirit and purpose of Title IX to our community. 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