PLEASE NOTE: After Dark funds have been depleted for the 2012 spring quarter. Funding applications will not be accepted again until fall 2012.

To apply for After Dark funding, please apply online on the After Dark OrgSync website: https://orgsync.com/35816/chapter.

Click on Forms and go to the second page where you will find the After Dark Application.

UCSB After Dark Late Nite Social Programming is a university-wide effort that focuses on changing the campus social culture through creating and supporting non-alcoholic or non-alcoholic centered activities and venues. UCSB After Dark, in collaboration with student organizations, Associated Students, campus departments and local businesses, develops regular alcohol-free options and provides new entertainment and recreational opportunities as an alternative to partying in the Isla Vista community.

Mission

The mission of the UCSB After Dark Late Nite Social Programming Fund$ is to allocate funds for student-initiated, alcohol-free social events and activities which will serve as alternatives to the Isla Vista party scene and promote safe and responsible social interaction and behavior on and around the UCSB campus.

Goals

• Provide alternatives to Isla Vista’s party scene
• Engage UCSB students in activities that serve as models for how to have fun without excessive and high-risk drinking
• Acknowledge students’ abilities to organize themselves around, respond to,and challenge the highly charged issues of partying and drinking
• Unite student groups that might not typically work together, thereby promoting collaboration, creating community, and building coalitions
• Expose UCSB students to a wide variety of cultures other than their own
• Increase health and safety for all Isla Vista residents
• Decrease crime, irresponsible conduct and unsafe behavior