NEW AND UPDATED
2025 GRANT & FELLOWSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES FROM
THE LOUISVILLE INSTITUTE |
|
|
2025 Programs Application Deadlines
|
|
The Louisville Institute is excited to announce NEW and UPDATEDopportunities for the 2025 grant and fellowship season. As part of renewed funding, LI will continue to support pastoral leaders, researchers, early career and seasoned scholars, and many others in the United States and Canada whose work resonates with LI’s mission to bridge Church and academy. LI has reimagined many of the existing programs and expanded funding to allow for a greater impact. We are also excited to announce a NEW opportunity: Grant for Researchers.
We have six funding opportunities available for 2025: |
|
PASTORAL STUDY PROJECT GRANT:
AUGUST 1, 2024
(New amount for 2025)
The Pastoral Study Project Grant supports skilled and innovative clergy, lay leaders, and staff working in diverse Christian contexts in the United States and Canada with grants of up to US$20,000 to conduct individual or collaborative study projects on Christian life, religious practices and institutions, and possibilities and ideas for the church, our communities, and the wider world.
________ For complete eligibility and application information:
|
|
GRANT FOR RESEARCHERS:
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
(New grant for 2025)
The Grant for Researchers is a new grant for the 2025 season that provides grants of up to US$55,000 to support scholarly research in Christian faith and life, the practice of ministry, religious trends and movements, Christian and other faith-based institutions, and religion and social issues.
This grant replaces the previous Project and Sabbatical Grants for Researchers, and is open to researchers based in the United States and Canada.
________ For complete eligibility and application information:
|
|
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP:
OCTOBER 15, 2024
(Updated funding structure for 2025)
The Postdoctoral Fellowship provides early-career theological educators with vocational and professional formation through a two-year placement as a visiting scholar at a graduate theological school, college, university, or education and research organization in the United States and Canada.
________ For complete eligibility and application information:
|
|
FIRST BOOK GRANT FOR SCHOLARS OF COLOR:
JANUARY 15, 2025
(New Amount for 2025)
Through awards up to US$55,000, the First Book Grant assists early career, pre-tenured religion scholars of color based in the United States and Canada to complete a major research project about Christian faith and life, the practice of ministry, religious trends and movements, Christian and other faith-based institutions, and religion and social issues.
________ For complete eligibility and application information:
|
|
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP:
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
(New amount for 2025)
Dissertation Fellowships provide US$35,000 to support the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. or Th.D. students in the United States and Canada whose research focuses on Christian faith and life, the practice of ministry, religious trends and movements, Christian and other faith-based institutions, and religion and social issues.
________ For complete eligibility and application information:
|
|
DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP:
MARCH 1, 2025
(Additional formation opportunities for 2025)
Doctoral Fellowships offer current Ph.D./Th.D. students fellowships of US$3,000 each year for two years, and vocational and professional formation as part of the Vocation of the Theological Educator Initiative (VTE).
________ For complete eligibility and application information:
|
|
| Application information and complete application guides are available on individual program pages. The online portal to submit applications opens on June 1, 2024, for all programs. |
|
Wait! What happened to Project Grant for Researchers and Sabbatical Grant for Researchers?
The beauty of the work of the Louisville Institute is that when we see changes in the landscape of Church and academy, we can introduce new programs to meet those shifts. The NEW Grant for Researchers encompasses the previous Project and Sabbatical Grants for Researchers, combining and reimagining them within a single, flexible grant program that responds to changing academic dynamics and practices, and meets the contemporary needs of scholars and institutions. |
|
Would you like to know more?
Join us for brief (20-30 minutes) webinars about each of our funding opportunities. Can't make it? Sign up anyway and we will send a replay link following the live webinar. Participation in these webinars is not required to apply for our grants and fellowships, nor is attendance factored into the selection process. All webinars are free. Questions? communications@louisville-institute.org |
|
LI looks forward to supporting you and your work in 2025 and beyond. Please share these funding opportunities with someone you know today!
If you have additional questions after reviewing any program information, please reach out to us:
|
|
|
|
|
