Attracting and Training a Climate Workforce for Vermont’s Future
A partnership to help create the workforce needed to meet the demands - and seize the opportunities - of Vermont’s future climate economy.
Community-Based Organization to Foster Rural Immigration
This partnership is working to establish a community-based organization to support new American community that is resettling in the region.
Developing a Strong Workforce for Vermont's Critical Water Resources Industry
A project to attract young workers to rewarding careers in the drinking water and wastewater industry, where their skills can be foundational to Vermont’s future economic development and environmental resilience.
Enriching Vermont’s Cultural and Economic Landscape by Supporting Food Entrepreneurs from the African Diaspora
Clemmons Family Farm and its UVM partners are developing an institute to support the creative efforts of African diaspora culinary entrepreneurs. The initiative promises to help spark new Vermont businesses that will contribute to Vermont’s rich food tourism heritage.
Every Day Counts: Reducing Absenteeism in Vermont’s Schools
This project unites UVM researchers with educators and health practitioners to research and support methods that bolster school attendance and wellbeing among Vermont's youth.
Examining the Possible Use of Rural Libraries as Telehealth Hubs
People in Vermont’s rural communities don’t always have adequate access to basic healthcare services. UVM experts and their community partners are exploring if it would be possible to meet this need with telehealth services delivered through local libraries.
Farmer-Led Research for Crop Productivity, Soil Health and Water Quality
UVM researchers have partnered with farmers' watershed organizations to transform research into actions that can simultaneously boost farm production and environmental health.
A Maple Syrup Quality Testing Lab
The UVM Extension Maple Program is working with industry partners to establish a lab to standardize the testing and grading of pure maple syrup. This resource would benefit Vermont's individual maple producers and the industry as a whole.
A Medicine to Help Dairy Farms
NEK Biosciences is developing CorioGraft wound healing gel to more effectively heal wounds from which dairy cows often suffer; wounds that can be dangerous for cows and very costly for farmers. This grant is supporting NEK Bioscience's partnerships with several UVM departments to further develop the scientific and business foundations for CorioGraft.
More Effective Asthma Care for Vermont Children
A collaboration to improve access to essential healthcare for children with asthma in rural Vermont schools. This partnership includes UVM faculty and students, community partners, primary and specialty care clinicians, and parents to of children with asthma.
A Proactive Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in the Field
A pilot program that equips first-responders to administer buprenorphine to people suffering from an opioid overdose. This practice has the potential to reduce recurring overdoses, and put patients on a faster path to addiction recovery.
Preparing Vermont’s Grid for Increased Electricity Use
Research support the increased grid demands from an electrified economy, while also allowing Vermont's electric utilities, and their customers, to potentially save millions of dollars.
Removing microplastics and other toxins from Vermont’s drinking water supply
UVM researchers and their partners at Applied Research Associates are working to develop microbots that could be used to remove microplastics and other contaminants from our ecosystems.
A Statewide Weather Monitoring Network to Increase Community Resilience to Extreme Weather
UVM researchers and their state partners are working to establish a more complete network of weather monitoring stations that could help communities better prepare for extreme weather events.
Supply Network Analysis to Accelerate Vermont’s Food Hub Development and Collaboration
UVM researchers and their partners are using spatial analysis tools and stakeholder engagement to better understand how food from Vermont farms is grown, processed, delivered and marketed. The goal is to help improve the entire supply chain and build a more resilient food system in Vermont.
Vermont Evaluation of Rural Technical Assistance (VERTA)
This initiative partners UVM, state agencies, and Technical Assistance service providers to create actionable recommendations for an integrated approach to delivering rural technical assistance to Vermont’s towns.