The Kroc Institute offers several kinds of grants to faculty and fellows. Meet recent recipients of Kroc research grants »
Kroc Faculty Fellow Research Grant
Research grants of up to $4,000 are offered to faculty fellows for archival or field research, travel, or other research-related expenses that arise in connection with scholarly work.The application consists of a cover sheet that includes the applicant’s contact information, a curriculum vitae, and a five-page proposal with a research plan, the goals of the project, a budget, and a bibliography. Applicants should demonstrate the fit of their proposal with peace studies. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. They will be considered and awards made by the end of the fall and spring semesters each year.
Kroc Faculty Research Grant
All Kroc faculty (joint appointments and full-time Kroc faculty) are eligible for research grants up to $5,000. These grants are made at the recommendation of the Research Committee and with final approval of the Regan Director. Grants may be requested for initiatives that seed new research projects or enhance current research work. Funding may be used for research workshops, travel, grant-writing, research assistance, and other activities. This grant program cannot be used to fund public events or to supplement faculty salary. The duration of the grant is twelve months from its approval.
Application
Applicants should submit a cover letter and an updated curriculum vitae; a research proposal of three pages maximum detailing the project and its potential to attract additional funding support. Applications will be sent to the Research Director, who will appoint annually a task force of three members of the Research Committee who are not applicants for these grants. Selection criteria include: quality of the research proposal; relevance of the proposal to the Institute’s research strategy; potential of the proposal to attract further funding.
Terms of the Award
Successful applicants will submit a report to the Research Committee. This should include a review of work funded by the grant, indications of follow-up activities, and a breakdown of spending. The report should be submitted within one month of the termination of the grant. Successful applicants may apply again every other year; further applications must include a report on use of past funds.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. They will be considered and awards made by the end of the fall and spring semesters each year.
Faculty Associate Fellowship
The Kroc Faculty Associate Fellowship provides support for one semester and one summer. Only Kroc faculty fellows (excluding faculty whose appointment is in full or part through the Kroc Institute) are eligible for this award. Assistant professors are eligible to apply starting the year of their third-year review, and the fellowship award will be contingent on contract renewal by the University. Fellowship awards made during the year of tenure evaluation are contingent on receiving tenure from the University. Funding levels are set at half of the successful applicant’s annual salary to a maximum of $40,000; summer support is $4,000. Kroc faculty associates are eligible for a repeat fellowship seven years after the initial award.
Terms of the Award
Obligations for the Kroc faculty associate are presenting a “work in progress” brown-bag lunch talk early in the leave semester, participating in most Kroc Institute events during the semester, and developing at least two of the following after the grant period: a lecture open to the Notre Dame community and the public; a syllabus for a future course that shows significant peace studies influence; a policy paper for publication on the Kroc website; dissemination of a published product resulting from the period of the award. The research support of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies should be acknowledged in any publication that results from the term of the fellowship.
Kroc/ISLA Interdisciplinary Course Development
Each year, the Kroc Institute and the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts jointly support a limited number of faculty courses that integrate peace studies into classroom teaching. In recent years, this initiative has supported new courses covering the role of religion in peacebuilding, literature and peace studies, and the psychological dimensions of international conflict resolution. Proposals will be evaluated according to the same criteria as ISLA’s regular course development grants. These are materials grants of up to $3,500.
For more information about any fellowship or grant, please contact:
Hal Culbertson, Executive Director, (574) 631-8832
Applications should be sent to:
Attn: Hal Culbertson, Executive Director
112 Hesburgh Center
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
