Pastoral Study Project Grant
Funds practitioners in pastoral leadership to carry out a focused study project on a question arising from their own practice. Applicable to chaplains, church-based social service staff and other faith-sector practitioners who want protected time and resources to study a practice problem. Grantees attend a mandatory two-day consultation with travel and lodging covered.
- Indicative award
- up to $20k (total award)Funder page states grants of up to $20,000 USD; no published minimum. About 25 grants awarded from a typical pool of 100+ applications.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · AugPublished deadline: 2026-08-12 — passedDeadline August 12, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Awards announced November 2026; project period January 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028. Mandatory two-day consultation in January 2027. Annual cycle.
- Who can apply
- Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Practitioners with theological education and ministerial credentials from a recognized church body — clergy, chaplains, church staff, artists in ministry settings and others in pastoral leadership roles in the US and Canada. Explicitly not an educational scholarship: funds cannot cover tuition or degree expenses, and Ph.D. and Th.D. students are ineligible.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- practitioner study leave · pastoral leadership · practice-based inquiry
- Apply at
- https://louisville-institute.org/programs-grants-and-fellowships/grants/pastoral-study-project/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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