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Grants and scholarships

​Truth Initiative offers grants and scholarships to support action on the ground, including opportunities for colleges and universities to adopt commercial tobacco-free campus policies and for students and young people to continue to take action in their communities. Here are our current opportunities. Check back for more.

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Tobacco/Vape-Free College Program

The Truth Initiative Tobacco/Vape-Free College Program is offering grants of up to $20,000 to colleges and universities to support the adoption and implementation of a 100% tobacco/vape-free policy. Grantees of the Tobacco/Vape-Free College Program receive guidance through webinars, an in-person training and one-on-one consultations throughout the grant period. Since 2015, the Tobacco/Vape-Free College Program has provided funding to more than 220 colleges, universities and college systems to advocate for and adopt a 100% tobacco-free policy.

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Impact Scholarship

Truth Initiative empowers and enables young people to be change-makers in their communities — but we know not everyone who has the power to make change has the resources. The truth Impact Scholarship is awarding three $5,000 scholarship to three people as a kickstart toward shaping their futures and reaching their goals. Impact Scholarship winners will work with truth to inspire others to take action and be part of our movement of ending tobacco use for good.

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