Lindsay Jones Memorial Research Fund Grant

Note: The Lindsay Jones Memorial Research Fund has been paused while the ACSF Board assesses its impact and sustainability.
Interfaith, Interdisciplinary, International
The Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Forum believes the design and experience of the built environment can assist the spiritual development of humanity in service of addressing the world’s most pressing issues.
The Mission of the Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Forum is to provide an international forum for scholarship, education, practice, and advocacy regarding the cultural and spiritual significance of the built environment.
Our Grants
Lindsay Jones Memorial Research Fund furthers research on the meaning and significance of the built environment.
About the Grant
Lindsay Jones Memorial Research Fund (LJMRF) was established in 2021 through a generous gift from the late Lindsay Jones. Lindsay was a groundbreaking scholar of Mesoamerican architecture most known for his two volume The Hermeneutics of Sacred Architecture, and as editor of the second edition of Mircea Eliade’s fifteen-volume Encyclopedia of Religion. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago and taught for most of his career in the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University.
A longtime member of ACSF and frequent presenter at ACSF symposia, Lindsay is remembered for his highly-regarded, original research and courage for taking the road less traveled. His legacy lives on in the advancement of rigorous, innovative research supported by this fund.

Eligibility

We fund research on the meaning and significance of the built environment. The LJMRF is intended as seed funding to support long-term scholarly agendas. We encourage applicants and proposals from a range of built environment disciplines(e.g., architecture, landscape architecture, sacred arts, urbanism, interior design, environmental psychology, material culture, phenomenology, etc.). Project proposals should identify one of the four principal areas of the fund: scholarly research practice service teaching Successful applications might propose projects in a range of venues and media including, but not limited to, scholarly writing, film or other broadcast media, built works or projects, community engagement programs, or educational innovation.We welcome applicants from anywhere in the world. We only fund individuals, not institutions or organizations.

Ineligibility

Funds may not be used for overhead or operating costs, academic coursework or tuition, or attending the ACSF symposium for presenting final results.