Grant Programs
Louisville Institute grant programs support religious and theological study conducted by pastors, scholars, and researchers. Read on to discover which grant might be right for your project!
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Pastoral Study Project
The Louisville Institute Pastoral Study Project Grant (PSP) awards grants of up to $20,000 (USD) to support 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. Grants are awarded to skilled and innovative clergy, lay leaders, and staff working in diverse Christian contexts in the United States and Canada.
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Grant for Researchers
The Louisville Institute Grant for Researchers (GFR) provides grants of up to $55,000 (USD) 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 program is open to scholars and researchers in the United States and Canada
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The First Book Grant (FBG) for Research on Minoritized Christian Communities in North America
The First Book Grant (FBG) for Research on Minoritized Christian Communities in North America provides grants up to $55,000 (USD) supporting research leaves to complete book projects addressing studies of Christian faith and practice in the United States or Canada, examining how communities’ religious beliefs, worship, leadership, and institutions are shaped by social history, migration, and cultural difference in North American contexts. The First Book Grant supports early-career scholars, especially those teaching at theological schools, while they complete research and writing for publication of their first book (or a second book, if necessary for tenure).