Vermont Humanities

For Applicants

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Grants

Our grant programs include:

  • Rapid-response grants of up to $1,000 for initiatives needing immediate support
  • Regular project grants up to $5,000 that can include both traditional humanities disciplines and applied humanities and community development work
  • A humanities partnership grant program that will provide multi-year flexible support (details by June 15, 2023)

To learn more about our grants programs, email Richelle Franzoni or fill out our Grant Inquiry Form.

Vermont Humanities*** December 10, 2021

Poet Sarah Audsley in a black dress in front of a large gray rock.

Poet Sarah Audsley joined us at the Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park for Words in the Woods.

Group of students walking on a boardwalk into the woods

Humanities Camps are filled with reading and writing projects, field trips, and outdoor activities.

Rep. John Lewis and Andrew Aydin with students in front of a schoolbus

We won a 2020 Schwartz Prize for best public humanities programming in the U.S. for Vermont Reads 2019: “March: Book One.”

Group on tour in snowy Burlington

We supported Historic New England’s “More than a Market” project that explored the experiences of new Americans through food markets.

Woman raising her hand during a public event

Our free public events help bring the power of the humanities to communities across Vermont.