Summer Stipend
Please note that this grant program will not be offered after the
2008-09 grant year.
The Louisville Institute, however, will continue to offer grants to support
both pastoral sabbaticals and research by scholar/pastors and scholar/educators
that strengthens the religious life of North American Christians and their
institutions while simultaneously advancing American religious and theological
scholarship. These grant programs aim to serve three strategic
constituencies who are essential to the future of the church. The new
grant programs will continue to address questions related to Christian faith and
life, religious institutions, and pastoral leadership in North America.
Information about the new grant opportunities offered by the Louisville
Institute will be available on this website after July 15, 2009.
The Summer Stipend Program offers grants to academics and
pastors engaged in summer research projects pertaining to American Christianity, especially
those related to the priorities of the Louisville Institute.
Eligibility
Applicants must have earned the terminal degree in their chosen vocation (e.g. M.Div., Ph.D., Th.D.) and
must demonstrate a capacity to complete the proposed project in a timely fashion. Questions about eligibility
may be sent to info@louisville-institute.org.
The Summer Stipend is intended to support ten weeks of research and writing.
Preference will be given to those proposals that address the current program priorities of
the Louisville Institute: Christian faith and life, religious institutions, and pastoral leadership.
Proposed projects may employ
a variety of methodological perspectives, including, but not limited to, history, ethics,
the social sciences, biblical studies, and historical, systematic, and practical theology. They may also be
interdisciplinary in nature.
Applicants may not submit applications to more than one Louisville Institute grant
program within the same grant year (June 1-May 31).
Application and Selection Procedure
Application materials for the Summer Stipend program may be downloaded from this web site. Applications
include:
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Applicant Information and Project Summary Form,
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5-7 page narrative description of your project (double-spaced and
typed in a 12 point font, 2000-word limit),
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Selective bibliography (2-3
pages double-spaced),
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Copy of your current
Curriculum Vitae or résumé (no more than 4 pages).
Please submit one copy of
the complete proposal, using paper clips, without the use of staples and mail to the
office of the Louisville Institute by the appropriate deadline. These materials,
except for the Applicant Information and Project Summary Form (if submitted online)
should be assembled in the order listed above.
All materials should be postmarked no later than October 15. Grantees
will be chosen by a selection committee including at least two members of the
Board of the Louisville Institute and one other appropriate scholar.
Summer Stipend grantees will be selected and notified in late January. All
applicants will be notified of the selection committee's decisions by late
January, and the awards must be used during the following summer.
Duration of Award and Stipend
Stipends of $9,000 each will be awarded. Summer Stipend awards are not renewable.
Grant checks will be issued in mid-May. The Institute will pay the grant
award directly to the recipient.
Conditions
Grantees may not accept other awards that provide a stipend during
the tenure of this award. The Summer Stipend program has no residence requirement. In the
year of their award, however, all grantees are expected to participate in the Louisville
Institute's two-day Winter Seminar. Travel and lodging expenses for the Seminar will be
covered by the Louisville Institute.
Please note that Louisville Institute
grantees may not simultaneously hold two grants from Lilly Endowment-funded
organizations that total more than $45,000.