Special Projects are intended to be those activities and/or partnerships which:

• provide potential positive impacts across a substantial portion of the tobacco region of Virginia;
  
• are so innovative in nature that they provide replicable models that could potentially reshape the economies of communities across the tobacco region;
  
• are so broad in scope and geographic impact that they do not clearly fit under the eligibility and project types for the Commission's other funding pools
  

Special Projects is an "open submission" program (applications may be submitted at any time). However, the deadline for applications to be considered for FY10 funding ended June 15, 2009.

Please contact commission staff regarding future funding cycles.

Fiscal stress data

We encourage all potential applicants to review the Commission's Strategic Plan for guidance on our targeted strategic priorities, and to use our pre-application as a tool for feedback from Commission staff prior to submitting a full application.

Pre-Application Form (doc)

FY10 Special Projects Awards - July 30, 2009

FY09 Special Projects Awards - July 31, 2008

FY08 Special Projects Awards - October 25, 2007

FY07 Special Projects Awards - April 26, 2007

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