It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything.
--Virginia Woolf

The second major area of faculty responsibility at SPU is scholarship, which is inherently connected to teaching. The University encourages, supports, and rewards four distinct yet overlapping types of scholarship: the scholarship of discovery, the scholarship of teaching, the scholarship of application, and the scholarship of synthesis.

The Center administers a number of internally funded grants as well as provides information concerning some external grants.  

SPU GRANTS
SPU Faculty Research Grants can be used either for direct research expenses or for release time to pursue a scholarly project. While all full-time faculty are eligible to apply for a grant, priority in awards is given to pre-tenured faculty. The deadline is February 1 of each year for funding available beginning on July 1.
Download the Faculty Research Grant Applications (PDF Format)
Download the Faculty Research Grant Application for Extension (PDF Format)

SPU Senior Faculty Grants can be used either for direct research expenses or for release time to pursue a scholarship project. Only tenured faculty members are eligible to apply for these grants. The deadline is February 1 of each year for funding available beginning on July 1.
Download the Senior Faculty Grant Application (PDF Format)

Lilly Faculty Grants for the Theological Exploration of Vocation support faculty research and curriculum development in any discipline that centers on theological exploration of vocation.
Download Faculty Vocational Grant Application (PDF Format)

To explore all Lilly Grant opportunities, visit www.spu.edu/depts/csfd/facstaff.asp

Reconciliation Studies Course Development Grants
Faculty grants between $500 and $1500 for a course revision or for a new course, in order to increase the course offerings for emphasis on reconciliation and diversity and to enable greater intercultural competency at SPU. Download Application (PDF Format)

OUTSIDE GRANTS
Detailed Instructions on applying for External Grants

The Calvin College Seminars in Christian Scholarship are held each summer. The Seminars program seeks to promote a strong Christian voice in the academy by addressing issues of current debate within various disciplines from the perspective of a deep Christian commitment and encouraging the production of first-order scholarship.  The application deadline is January 26, 2007.

CCCU Initiative Grants to Network Scholars. The purpose of this program is to enable small groups of Christian scholars to network in ways that will lead to individual and collaborative scholarship on focused themes of keen interest to the larger academy. Any discipline is encouraged to submit a proposal which demonstrates potential for Christian perspectives on the theme to make an important contribution to conversations in the academy. The deadline is February 2, 2007.

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