Summer Grants

Purpose: Enable a period of focused engagement with Hildebrandian and personalist ideas resulting in new writing destined for publication.

Number of Awards: Up to 8 grants awarded annually

Focus Areas

• Writing projects on any theme in the thought of Dietrich von Hildebrand
• Christian personalism, including work of Karol Wojtyła, Max Scheler, Edith Stein, Jacques Maritain, or related thinkers
• Eligible project types: MA thesis, PhD dissertation, scholarly article, book chapter

Eligibility

• Applicants: Graduate students and faculty in any field
• Geographic Scope: International
• Project Timing: Work conducted May-September or through end of calendar year
• Requirements: Project must be new or significantly advanced by the grant; projects already reasonably likely to be completed without additional support are not eligible

What Funding Supports

• Replacing income from summer teaching
• Travel for research or to present at/attend conferences
• Other expenses that meaningfully enable the work

Additional Benefits

• Publication Incentive: $250 for work published in peer-reviewed scholarly journal within 18 months of September 30
• Publication Incentive: $100 for work published in non-peer-reviewed outlets (e.g., First Things, Plough, Church Life Journal) within 12 months

Application Process

1. Submit the following materials to info@hildebrandproject.org:
   • 1-3 page proposal explaining the envisioned project, its philosophical import, and what the applicant hopes to achieve during the grant period
   • Short proposed bibliography
   • Academic CV or resume
2. Proposal Requirements:
   • Clearly explain how the funding will meaningfully enable your work
   • Examples of enabling uses: replacing summer teaching income, supporting research travel, enabling conference attendance
3. Review and Notification:
   • Applications reviewed by committee of scholars in Christian personalism
   • All award decisions communicated by specified deadline
   • All decisions are final
4. Post-Award Requirements:
   • Grantees must submit report on fruits of their work by January 2023
   • To claim publication incentive, submit copy of published work or brief note from journal editor confirming imminent publication