VCRD’s Climate Catalysts Innovation Fund provides small grants to local innovators developing solutions that move Vermont closer to its climate and energy goals. Applications are now open for the 2024 round! Grants range from $500-4,000 and will be awarded based on a mix of innovation, resilience, collaboration, replicability, and addressing Vermonters in need. Eligible applicants include municipalities, town committees, schools, businesses, and non-profit organizations. Application deadline is October 28th @ 5pm. Award decisions will be made and funds distributed by the end of November. This fund helps community projects move from an ambitious idea to an implemented climate-based solution. The first three rounds awarded a total of over $200,000 to 68 local innovators for a diversity of projects including a floodplain public food forest, frontline emergency preparedness kits, climate economy workforce training, e-bikes at local libraries, solar with back-up battery storage for a library community hub, and more.
Vermont Council On Rural Development Climate Catalysts Innovation Fund
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Deadline for Grant Submissions is 5 pm on Monday October 28th, 2024. You are able to edit your application up until that time.
