Lilly Theological Research Grants

The Lilly Theological Research Grants program, inaugurated in 1996 and revised in 2001, is designed to enhance the skill and capacity of faculty in ATS schools as theological researchers and scholars. It supports research efforts of faculty, particularly at junior and non-tenured levels in order to nurture the development of their scholarship; seeks to enlarge the pool of faculty actively engaged as theological researchers; works to increase knowledge about grant seeking and the craft of theological research; and nurtures the habit of research as an ongoing aspect of scholarly life.

The ATS Lilly Theological Research Grants program has three components:  

• Faculty Fellowships will support up to five faculty members with awards of $30,000 each during an institutionally approved research leave of at least one full semester.

• Theological Scholars Grants will provide as many as ten grants of up to $12,000 each for research apart from a formal research leave.

• Research Expense Grants will give up to $5,000 each to as many as ten scholars for direct research expenses.

Each grant type supports researchers engaged in well-designed and significant research projects in theological scholarship and education. Applicants to the Lilly Theological Research Grants program must be full-time faculty at ATS accredited and candidate schools. 

Grant Applications

Overview and Application Process
(application instruction booklet for Lilly grants)

 

FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS

Applications may be requested by emailing grants@ats.edu and providing the following information:

1. Your name
2. Your ATS school name
3. Your preferred email address

Signature Page

Request for Letter of Reference

 

THEOLOGICAL SCHOLARS GRANTS

Applications may be requested by emailing grants@ats.edu and providing the following information:

1. Your name
2. Your ATS school name
3. Your preferred email address

Signature Page

Request for Letter of Reference

 

RESEARCH EXPENSE GRANT

Applications may be requested by emailing grants@ats.edu and providing the following information:

1. Your name
2. Your ATS school name
3. Your preferred email address

Request for Letter of Reference

Collaborator Information

Former Grant Recipients

Applicants should consider checking the list of former grant recipients when seeking information regarding the range and kind of proposals that have been funded in the past.