Doctoral Fellowship

ORGANIZATION

LOUISVILLE INSTITUTE

PROGRAM

Doctoral Fellowship

DESCRIPTION

This program is designed to help Ph.D. and Th.D. students who are early in their studies (first or second year) decide if they want to pursue a career in theological education (teaching in a seminary or religious college). The fellowship focuses on professional and vocational formation.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must be PhD or ThD students, currently in their first or second year of doctoral study in an accredited graduate program in the United States or Canada. Eligible proposals should describe the applicant’s commitment to the Christian church and theological education and suggest how his or her doctoral work would be an appropriate preparation of a career in theological school teaching. Applicants may represent a variety of academic disciplines, including, but not limited to, history, ethics, the social sciences, biblical studies, and historical, systematic, and practical theology.

In all its grantmaking, including the Doctoral Fellowship program, LI is interested in funding persons and projects with the potential to strengthen the religious life of North American Christians and their institutions while simultaneously advancing American religious and theological scholarship.

Questions about eligibility may be sent to Pamala Collins.

AMOUNT

The fellowship award is $3,000 each year for two years, for a total of $6,000.

DEADLINE

March 1, 2026 (11:59 p.m. EDT)

APPLICATION

https://louisville-institute.org/programs-grants-and-fellowships/fellowships/doctoral-fellowship/ 

Contact Pamala Collins for more information: info@louisville-institute.org