UVM’s Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships announces wave of grants to tackle challenges faced by rural communities statewide

More than $1.7M in funding will benefit vital projects in all 14 counties across Vermont

Vermont organizations representing a broad spectrum of diverse interests including community school building, clean energy, flood resilience, regenerative agriculture and health care access will be lifted by a wave of support this spring when the first round of grant funding is administered by the University of Vermont’s Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships (LIRP).

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Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships featured as a national leader in community outreach

The University of Vermont's Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships is featured as a national leader in community outreach in a January 31 story that appeared in the Hechinger Report and aired on

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UVM researchers and Vermont Agency of Education partner to create community schools

A piece of legislation passed in 2021 and an outside-the-box research partnership between UVM researchers and the Vermont Agency of Education could change the narrative of what school are and what we want them to be in Vermont.

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