The Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities is happy to announce the third cohort of our newest initiative—The Lilly Faculty Fellows Program—for mid-career faculty leaders across the disciplines to engage the intersections of Christian thought and practice with the academic vocation. This initiative will:
- refresh and enliven a sense of calling for participants as people of faith, as teachers, and as scholars;
- provide a space for creative exploration of how Christian thought and practice intersect with the academic vocation;
- provide funds for Fellows to develop and pilot Faculty Fellow programs on their own campuses.
Although the Lilly Network has in the past emphasized faculty programs in humanities and the arts, this project especially seeks applicants from STEM, social scientific, and professional fields. We are looking for faculty interested in creative exploration, as well as a rich disciplinary and ecumenical mix of participants. The funded campus projects will be sites for creativity and experimentation that examine, cultivate, and enliven faculty engagement with Christian thought and practice as experienced on church-related campuses.
The Program
We will select up to 7 teams of two Fellows each, from different Network Schools. Each team will participate in a two-year program that includes four conferences in Indianapolis and Chicago. We will also provide start-up funds of $8,000 to each participating team to inaugurate a Lilly Faculty Fellows Program on its own campus. Individual Fellows also will be awarded a $4,000 honorarium for participation. Travel, meals, and lodging for all four conferences will be provided as well as all necessary books and materials. The schedule for the program is as follows:
- November 15, 2022 Applications Due
- February 15, 2023 Fellows Named
- June 2023 Inaugural Conference
- October 2023 Second Conference
- April 2024 Third Conference
- Academic year 2024-2025 Pilot Faculty Fellow Programs on campuses
- June 2025 Fourth Conference
Eligibility
- In general, applicants must demonstrate a desire for the Fellowship, creative engagement with the intersections of Christian and academic thought and practice, and established campus leadership.
- Applications are for teams of two mid-career faculty members.
- Applicants must be tenured (or have received the equivalent of tenure at their institutions, typically promotion) at a member school of the Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities. Applicants must be teaching faculty.
- At least one member of the team must be in a STEM, social science, or professional field.
- Applicant teams must have approval from their chairs or preferably deans.
- Applicant teams must come from two different academic departments.
- Preference will be given to schools that did not participate in Cohort 1 or 2 of the Faculty Fellows Program.
