The Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship program is pleased to announce the 2022 Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellows. Since its first awards in 2006, the Vision Fellowship has supported local individuals committed to the Island’s communities and natural environment and who recognize the importance of contributing to the health and well-being of both. The 2022 Fellows join a thriving community of 137 current and past fellows, and their mentors and sponsoring organizations.

Nomination letters for places in the 2022 Vision Fellowship program are due via email on Friday, December 3rd, 2021, at 12:00 p.m.

Nominees will be notified as to whether they will be invited to apply for a place in the 2021 Vision Fellowship program in mid- to late-December, 2021.

Applications will be due on Friday, February 11th, 2022, at 12:00 p.m.

Interviews will be conducted in mid to late March 2022.

Please review the website carefully for other important information regarding the process.

The Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship program hereby announces the 2021 Vision Fellows. Since its first class of Fellows in 2006, the Vision Fellowship has sought to support Island-based individuals committed to the community and natural environment and who recognize the importance of sustaining both. The 2021 Fellows join a robust community of 126 current and past fellows, their mentors and sponsoring organizations.

Click here for the Fall 2020 Vision Fellowship newsletter

Nomination letters for a place in the 2021 Vision Fellowship program are due via email on Friday, December 4th, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.

Nominees will be notified as to whether they will be invited to apply for a place in the 2021 Vision Fellowship program in mid- to late-December, 2020.

Applications will be due on Thursday, February 11th, 2020, at 12:00 p.m.

Interviews will be conducted on Thursday, March 18th, and Friday, March 19th, 2021.

Please review the website carefully for other important information regarding the process.

The Spring 2020 Vision Fellowship newsletter is here with some good news during these challenging times.

In the midst of a pandemic that reaches every corner of society, it’s especially important to recognize those who are committed to strengthening crucial components of the Island community. For this reason, the Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship is excited to announce this year’s Vision Fellows, each of whom are doing just that. These new Fellows impressed the Vision Fellowship Grants Committee with inspirational insight, talent, passion and/or expertise in fields that are vital to the Island’s social and environmental sustainability. These awardees show great promise for short- and long-term impact in high priority areas for the Vision Fellowship program.

Read all about it! The Fall 2019 Vision Fellowship newsletter is hot off the presses. See some of what’s been happening in the Vision Fellowship community here.

The deadline for submission of nomination papers for a place in the 2020 Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship program is Thursday, December 12, 2019 at noon! Please review this website for answers to common questions. For nominees who subsequently are invited to apply for a 2020 Vision Fellowship, the application deadline is Friday, February 21, 2020.

The Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship is excited to announce this year’s Fellows, each of whom has shown talent, passion and/or expertise in fields that are vital to the Island’s social and environmental sustainability. These awardees show great promise for short- and long-term impact in areas that are high priorities for the Vision Fellowship program.

2019 Vision Fellowship Spring Newsletter to catch up on Vision Fellowship happenings and to learn about what others in the Vision Fellowship community are up to these days.

As part of the Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship-sponsored study to identify the most sustainable and Island-appropriate way to manage food waste on the Island, the Food Waste Committee commissioned a business plan for recycling food waste here. The plan identifies the infrastructure investment needed and projects the operating costs to process food waste on-Island. Read the full report here.

The Fall 2018 Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship Newsletter is here! Read about about Fellow accomplishments, the new Vision Fellowship Advisory Council and the Vision Fellowship’s Food Waste Project here.

The Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship is pleased to announce this year’s Fellows, each of whom has shown talent, passion and/or expertise in fields that are vital to the sustainability of the Island, and each of whom shows great promise for short- and long-term impact in areas that are high priorities for the Vision Fellowship program.

The inaugural issue of the Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship’s newsletter is here! Read about current mid-career and undergraduate fellows and find out where some Vision Fellowship alums are now.

An Island-Wide Organics Composting Feasibility study was conducted between March 2016 and May 2017. The study examined issues around food waste recycling on the Island and developed recommendations for local food waste management. The Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship organized an oversight committee and funded the study partly in response to the impending enforcement of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s commercial food waste ban that targets food operations generating one ton or more of organic waste per week. The ban requires businesses to separate and repurpose or compost this waste. The Island generates an estimated 6,500 tons of food waste annually, but has no public composting facility and no comprehensive plan for local processing.

Please note that the nomination letter deadline for nominations for the 2018 Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship program is now Tuesday, November 28th, at noon!

The deadline for submission of nomination papers for the 2018 Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship program is now Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at noon! Please review this website for answers to common questions. For nominees who subsequently are invited to apply for a 2018 Vision Fellowship, the application deadline is Wednesday, January 24, 2018.