Networking Grants

**Note: In light of the recent economic downturn, it is with regret that we must hold on funding any new grants for 2009.  We are comitted to stewardship of our funding for initiative grants and must wait to offer additional ones until after the market provides greater returns to the endowment for these grants.  Thank you for your interest and we will announce when this program is open to receive new proposals. (11/24/08)**

The CCCU Program of Networking Grants for Christian scholars has two options: Inititative Grants and Scholarly Planning Grants.  Three one-year Scholarly Planning Grants of $2,500 each will be awarded annually to research teams wishing to plan research projects.  Two three-year Initiative Grants of $18,000 each will be awarded annually to implement research projects.

The purpose of these annual programs is to enable small groups of Christian scholars to network in ways that will lead to collaborative scholarship that is significantly informed by a Christian perspective, and that addresses themes of interest to the larger academy. These programs seek to connect Christian scholars serving at CCCU member institutions to a broader network of Christian scholars. Approved projects will create networks with promise for disseminating their scholarly results in high quality academic venues, thereby introducing Christian voices into contemporary academic conversations beyond the Christian academy.

While all approved projects must be significantly informed by a Christian perspective, this program does not prescribe ways in which the proposed research must be so informed (as part of the application materials, applicants will be expected to elaborate on the ways in which they believe their proposed research is informed by a Christian  perspective).

For more information on: Initiative Grants to Network Christian Scholars 

For more information on: Scholarly Planning Grants to Network Christian Scholars