Vibrant Virginia Agenda What is Vibrant Virginia Vibrant

Vibrant Virginia

Agenda • What is Vibrant Virginia? • Vibrant Virginia Impact Fund • Proposal process • Q&A

Vibrant Virginia Goals • Building urban and rural connections across Virginia • Addressing economic, social, health, and environmental issues in Virginia communities • Enhancing the impact of higher education across the Commonwealth

Vibrant Virginia 1. 0 (2018 -2020) § § § State policy report External community connections Campus community of practice Book project Beyond Boundaries impact goals Project seed funding Vib ran t Vir ginia 1. 0 Sum mary r eport: https: //cece. vt. edu/content/dam /cece_vt_edu/vibrantvirginiafinalrep ort. pdf

Vibrant Virginia 2. 0 (2020 -2022) § Virtual conference series https: // cece. vt. edu/Vibrant. Virginia/ VVConference. Series. html § VT Council on Vibrant Virginia https: // cece. vt. edu/Vibrant. Virginia/ VTCouncilon. Vibrant. html § Vibrant Virginia Impact Fund https: // cece. vt. edu/Vibrant. Virginia/ VTCouncilon. Vibrant/VVC FP. h tm l. ht ml

Vibrant Virginia Impact Fund General requi rem ents: § § Impacting communities across urban and rural regions of the state Activities impacting areas such as: § job creation and entrepreneurship, talent development and education, community development and placemaking, health and community well-being, and civic innovation or leadership development § § § § Areas of special interest: Actively engaging external partners Non-VT matching funds, 1: 1 cash or in-kind, in-hand or applied for § § Advancing community solutions and resilience to environmental change across Virginia Involving interdisciplinary faculty teams that are aligned with university research priorities and are eligible for seed funding from ICTAS Advancing experiential learning for students that are eligible for funding from the 4 VA program Advancing individual and community health and well-being

Proposal process § Expressions of interest § § § Full p rop o sals § § For full consideration submit by July 3 250 -word abstract to John Provo, jprovo@vt. edu By invitation from VT Council on Vibrant Virginia Proposal totals no more than 7 pages Possible request to present to the council Project s § § Anticipated start date fall semester Work through FY 22

Additional resources • Searchable on-line database with project examples • • Database survey still open, please add examples of past work • • https: //www. rvi. econdev. vt. edu/ https: //virginiatech. qualtrics. com/jfe/form/SV_0 Agp. Nh. Pc. Obs 2 q 33 Center for Economic and Community Engagement • https: //cece. vt. edu/

Contact John Provo, Ph. D. | Director Center for Economic and Community Engagement Outreach and International Affairs Virginia Tech 702 University City Blvd. (0373), Blacksburg, VA Website: http: //www. cece. vt. edu Tel: 540 -357 -2949 Email: jprovo@vt. edu