TROY, N.Y. — The Louis & Hortense Rubin Community Fellows Program is accepting applications for grant funding to support collaborations between not-for-profit or government agencies in Rensselaer County and faculty experts from Emma Willard School, Hudson Valley Community College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or Russell Sage College.

Proposed projects should serve the residents of Rensselaer County. Preliminary concept applications are due by February 1, 2021. Projects that receive grant funding will be announced in May 2021 and must be completed between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022. 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 Russell Sage College, 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 Russell Sage College.

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