The Virginia Beach Historic Preservation Commission established a Research Grant Program in 2016 to encourage scholarship about persons, places and events significant to the history of the City of Virginia Beach, Princess Anne County and the related earlier historic and prehistoric eras in this area of southeastern Virginia. The grant program supports research on local history that provides a final report or other stated product, such as a historic marker or interpretive sign.
The Research Grant Program has successfully helped to fund several state historical highway markers, curriculum development in the local public school system and important new research about the diverse history of our community. The Commission approved six grants in 2016 totaling $10,000; four grants in 2017 totaling $8,460; and, 9 grants in 2018 totaling $13,000. One supplemental grant of $2,425 has been provided in 2019.
Read more information on many of the completed research projects.
Applications for the 2019/20 grant cycle will be accepted July 8 through August 15, 2019. Click here to download a grant application form. Completed applications may be submitted in person to the Historic Preservation Planner or in PDF format as an attachment and sent via e-mail to mreed@vbgov.com. The Historic Preservation Commission encourages the pursuit of research projects that increase our knowledge of Virginia Beach and that help to raise awareness about the rich and diverse history and historic resources.
Please contact Mark Reed, Historic Preservation Planner, for additional information about the 2019/20 Research Grant Program – mreed@vbgov.com; 757-385-8573.