Deadline: 09-Sep-2025
The Campus Set Aside Initiative, funded by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Campus Program, is accepting applications to support Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). This initiative aims to strengthen institutional responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
The funding will help institutions build capacity to implement effective strategies tailored to the needs of their students. These strategies may include prevention programs, response protocols, and victim support services.
Funds may be used to provide training, personnel, technical assistance, and equipment for better investigation and adjudication of these crimes on campus. Institutions can also use funds to create or enhance policies and services, including training for Title IX coordinators, campus security, and judicial boards.
Projects may include ongoing, culturally relevant prevention and education programs that address abuse and promote respectful behavior. These should be developed with experts in intimate partner and sexual violence.
Victim services can also be developed or expanded, including legal, medical, and psychological support. Programs may also guide victims through disciplinary or legal actions and immigration assistance.
Other allowable uses include improving data systems linking campus security with local law enforcement, making capital improvements such as lighting and communication infrastructure, and promoting collaboration between campus and law enforcement personnel.
Additional support can be used for producing educational materials that are culturally and linguistically accessible and for designing population-specific outreach strategies for underserved groups on campus.
Training for campus health centers and faculty to recognize and respond to abuse is also supported. This includes universal education on the impact of violence and how to identify unhealthy relationships.
Campus personnel may also be trained in trauma-informed, victim-centered interviewing techniques, focusing on supporting survivors without judgment and based on evidence-based research.
The total estimated program funding is $12.5 million. Awards range from $450,000 to $500,000 and are expected to last for 48 months.
Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education that qualify as HSIs, HBCUs, or TCUs. These must be public or nonprofit institutions authorized to offer post-secondary education, award degrees, and be accredited or pre-accredited by a nationally recognized agency approved by the Secretary of Education.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.