Purpose:
NEW APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 22, 2008
Scholarly Planning Grants and Initiative Grants to Network Christian Scholars
The purpose of these annual programs is to enable small groups of Christian scholars to network in ways that will lead to collaborative scholarship on 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 in ways that will advance distinctively Christian scholarship. 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.
Objectives:
Although all scholarship that seeks to illuminate some aspect of God's creation may be viewed as Christian scholarship, broadly conceived, preference will be given in this program to supporting research for which the substance of the scholarship is significantly informed by a Christian faith perspective.
Past efforts that exemplify this networking strategy for Christian scholarship are the recent work of Christian historians on religion's role in American history, Christian political scientists on the role of religion in American politics, Christian sociologists on the nature of evangelicalism, and Christian philosophers on epistemology. However, potential themes should not be limited to research about religion. Any theme is appropriate if there is potential for Christian perspectives on that theme to make an important contribution to conversations beyond the Christian Academy (projects for which dissemination is targeted primarily for Christian audiences, such as the production of textual material for CCCU institutions, are not eligible for awards).
This endowed program is established by Walter Hansen in memory of his parents, Ken and Jean Hansen, with appreciation for their modeling the integration of faith with learning and living in the ServiceMaster Company and at Wheaton College.
Up to four 1-year Scholarly Planning Grants of $2,500 each will be awarded annually to research teams wishing to plan research projects. Up to two 3-year Initiative Grants of $18,000 each will be awarded annually to implement research projects. The terms for these two types of grants are as follows.
Highlights:
Program Steering Committee:
Dr. Ron Mahurin
Vice President, Professional Development and Research
CCCU
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Joel Carpenter
Director, Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
Dr. Susan VanZanten Gallagher
Director, Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA
Dr. Harold Heie
CCCU Senior Fellow
Senior Fellow, Center for Christian Studies
Gordon College
Wenham, MA
Dr. Karen Longman
Professor of Higher Education
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA
Dr. Michael Peterson
Professor of Philosophy
Asbury College
Wilmore, KY
Dr. Tom Fikes
Associate Professor of Psychology
Westmont College
Santa Barbara, CA
Dr. Susanna Bede Caroselli
Professor of Art History
Messiah College
Grantham, PA
