Religion Field

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Constant H. Jacquet Research Awards

-- Sponsor: Religious Research Association

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor awards small research grants. The Committee especially encourages proposal submissions from scholars who are in the early stages of their careers, as well as proposals from students.

-- Deadline: 04/01/2008

-- Contact: Robert Woodberry, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A1700, Austin, TX 78712

-- E-mail: bobwood@mail.la.utexas.edu

-- Program URL: http://rra.hartsem.edu/constant.htm

-- OBJECTIVES: Applied, client-centered projects are given priority, but basic research is also regularly funded.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be members of the sponsor's organization. Full-time students may join the Association at the time of their application. All others must hold membership in the RRA for at least one full year prior to the application deadline.

-- FUNDING: The 2008 total purse is $17,000. Grants in excess of $4,000 to a single recipient/agency are rare. Funding may be used for research expenses and release time, but not for supplemental income or capital equipment. Because funds are limited, applicants are also encouraged to seek support from alternative sources of funding.

• Calihan Academic Fellowship Program

-- Sponsor: Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty

-- SYNOPSIS: The Calihan Academic Fellowships provide scholarships and research grants to future scholars and religious leaders whose academic work shows outstanding potential. Applicants studying theology, philosophy, economics, or related fields must demonstrate the potential to advance understanding in the relationship between theology and the principles of the free and virtuous society. Such principles include recognition of human dignity, the importance of the rule of law, limited government, religious liberty, and freedom in economic life.

-- Deadline: 07/01/2008, 10/31/2008

-- E-mail: apienta@acton.org

-- Web Site: http://www.acton.org/

-- Program URL: http://www.acton.org/programs/students/calihan_academic_scholarship.php

-- DEADLINE NOTE: The deadline for Fall semester fellowships is July 1, 2008. The deadline for Spring semester fellowships is October 31, 2008.

-- OBJECTIVES: The Calihan Academic Fellowships provide scholarships and research grants to future scholars and religious leaders whose academic work shows outstanding potential.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Seminarians and graduate students in theology, philosophy, religion, economics, or related fields are eligible to apply.

-- FUNDING: Students and seminarians selected by the Acton Institute will receive up to $3,000. Fellowships are not renewable but recipients are eligible to reapply.