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VOICE INITIATIVE
Applications for the 2025-2026 VOICE Initiative are open!APPLY HERE
<https://freespeechcenter.submittable.com/submit/9bddfaab-d2db-45ef-944b-5dc68847903f/2025-2026-valuing-open-and-inclusive-conversation-and-engagement-voice-initiati>

Applications must be received by 11:59 pm PT on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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Register for a VOICE information session

Join a 2025-2026 VOICE Initiative information session to learn more about
the VOICE program and application process. Former VOICE recipients will be
available to discuss their projects and their experiences being part of the
larger Center community as well as to answer your questions.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025 from 3pm-4pm PT
<https://uci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ekdiy_XHSk2aVf6o5XwxGA>

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The UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement is pleased to
share the application for the 2025-2026 Valuing Open and Inclusive
Conversation and Engagement (VOICE) Initiative
<https://freespeechcenter.submittable.com/submit/9bddfaab-d2db-45ef-944b-5dc68847903f/2025-2026-valuing-open-and-inclusive-conversation-and-engagement-voice-initiati>.
VOICE provides funding for UC students, staff and faculty who are
interested in conducting research or coordinating programs and activities
that further the Center’s mission of exploring the intersection of
expression, engagement and democratic learning and considering what can be
done to restore trust in the value of free speech on college campuses and
within society at large.

As a VOICE awardee, you will be welcomed into a community of passionate
individuals who share a common purpose of advancing the principles of the
Center on their own campuses. VOICE recipients also become part of a larger
UC-wide and national community of scholars, educators and activists. There
are opportunities to receive leadership guidance and support from previous
VOICE recipients as a new awardee.

Below are some examples of how that might be done.

   - Engage in research and/or activities that promote open discourse among
   members of communities or participation in democracy;
   - Deliver programming that addresses challenges in our current national
   life or discourse around past and upcoming elections; or that examines how
   we might strengthen and rebuild – or even reimagine – community;
   - Enable conversations about peoples’ experiences and perspectives of
   vital social and political issues;
   - Create forums for discussion about democratic processes, such as
   legislative advocacy or voting rights, as they relate to our social and
   political community;
   - Offer workshops and/or symposia that focus on furthering democratic
   literacy and engagement.

Creativity and originality are encouraged. For inspiration, take a look at
the terrific ongoing work of the 2024-25 VOICE Initiative recipients
<https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-resources/2025-voice-recipients/>
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VOICE awards can be up to $5,000 and will be granted on a competitive
basis. The Center will fund the VOICE awards; recipients will administer
awarded projects in compliance with both UC policies and campus-specific
guidance on the campus(es) where the projects take place.

Who is Eligible?

All current UC students, staff and faculty are eligible to receive VOICE
funding as individuals or as members of a group, team, office or
department. All project contributors must be a UC student, faculty or staff
member for the entirety of the 2025-2026 academic year.

Current or former recipients are welcome to apply, but no project can be
funded for more than three years. There is no limit to the number of
individuals that can be included in a single proposal. The primary contact
or author of the proposal must partner with a department on their campus or
have a recharge account to receive funds.

Project Requirements

   - Quarterly Zoom Cohort Meetings: At least one person representing each
   selected project must be available to attend mandatory quarterly VOICE
   cohort (virtual) meetings. Participation in these events serves to further
   community-building, knowledge-sharing and network development both within
   and across cohorts of VOICE awardees.
   - Final Report: Each project is expected to submit a final report
   detailing their activities, a final budget and photos/videos documenting
   the project.

Application Information

Applications must be received by 11:59 pm PT on Monday, June 2, 2025. Awardees
will be notified by late July. Funding is one-time only and must be used by
June 1, 2026. Funds must be transferable to a department recharge account.
If you are not part of a department or registered student organization, you
will need to identify an on-campus sponsor through which funds can be
disbursed.

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Learn more about the VOICE Initiative by watching this brief video:

2025 VOICE Recipients
<https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-resources/2025-voice-recipients/>
2024 VOICE Recipients
<https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-resources/2024-voice-recipients/>
2023 VOICE Recipients
<https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-resources/2023-voice-recipients/>
2022 VOICE Recipients
<https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-resources/voice-22/>
2021 VOICE Recipients
<https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-resources/voice-21/>
2020 VOICE Recipients
<https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/programs-and-resources/voice-20>
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