Project Grants

Application Form

To apply for a Project grant, complete our online application form using the Submittable platform.

APPLY FOR A FAll 2026 PROJECT GRANT

See the questions ahead of time!

View the PDF of the information that will be requested during the application process about your organization and project, including narrative questions.
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Ask questions of our Grants team!

Due to drastic budget cuts at the National Endowment for the Humanities, we no longer have the staffing capacity to hold one-on-one meetings with potential applicants.

However, we are offering several Zoom sessions where you can ask questions of our Grants team. Sign up for one of these sessions:

• Monday, August 17 at 4:30 pm
• Thursday, August 20 at 4:00 pm
• Wednesday, September 2 at 4:00 pm

The registration form will ask you to submit any questions you might have ahead of time.

We may add additional sessions, depending on the demand for these Q&A events.

About the review process

Vermont Humanities staff performs an initial grant review of all applications to ensure eligibility before sharing the applications with our grant review committee, which is made up of members of our Board of Directors and other community members in Vermont. The committee uses the following criteria to evaluate proposals for funding:

• Mission: The project uses humanities tools and meets Vermont Humanities’ mission to connect with people across Vermont to create just, vibrant, and resilient communities and to inspire a lifelong love of learning.
• Engagement: The project provides opportunities to increase understanding of the humanities in public life, build civic engagement, or encourage democratic practice.
• Collaboration: The project includes strategies that value collaboration and partnership.
• Location: The project will take place in an underserved, rural, or under-resourced community.
• Population: The project includes leaders from and/or substantially engages with Native people or People of Color, LGBTQ+ folks, people with disabilities, or others who may have historically lacked access to humanities-related funding.
• Access: The project is fully accessible, meets or exceeds ADA guidelines, and increases community commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.
• Evaluation: The organizers understand how to set goals and evaluate success.

If awarded, we ask grantees to commit to:

• Returning the signed Grant Agreement.
• Providing us with event information for any activities open to the public.
• Submitting a Final Report within 90 days after the project ends. This will be sent to you via Submittable.

About Submittable

Vermont Humanities now uses the online Submittable platform to manage grant applications for a number of our programs, including Project Grants and Vermont Reads. Please note that you will be prompted to create a Submittable account in order to apply for a Vermont Humanities grant.

Learn more about using Submittable.

You can browse our Submittable homepage to view our available grant opportunities.