The Louis & Hortense Rubin Community Fellows Program is accepting applications for grant funding to support collaborations between 501(c)(3) agencies in Rensselaer County and faculty experts from Emma Willard School, Hudson Valley Community College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or The Sage Colleges.

Proposed projects should serve the residents of Rensselaer County. Preliminary concept applications are due by February 1, 2020. Projects that receive grant funding will be announced in May 2020 and must be completed between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. More information, including an application and detailed timeline, is available at https://www.sage.edu/rubin.

ABOUT THE LOUIS & HORTENSE RUBIN COMMUNITY FELLOWS PROGRAM
Established in June 1990 with a gift from the Louis Rubin family to The Sage Colleges, The Louis & Hortense Rubin Community Fellows Program is a cooperative venture of Sage, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hudson Valley Community College, Emma Willard School and participating agencies of Rensselaer County. The program is administered by The Sage Colleges.

ABOUT THE SAGE COLLEGES
Sage enrolls approximately 2,600 students in bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs. Beginning in fall 2020, The Sage Colleges will be known as Russell Sage College, a coeducational institution with campuses in Troy and Albany, New York. For more information, visit www.sage.edu.

 

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