Travel Grants for
Scholars and Writers
I. BASIC INFORMATION
A. Eligibility: open to scholars and writers who are members of the Conference on Christianity and Literature, and who show a need to travel in support of their research and writing. Proposals will be evaluated with the mission of CCL in mind: "an international society of scholars dedicated to a growing awareness and understanding of the relationships between Christianity and the creation, study, and teaching of literature."
NOTE: RECIPIENTS OF CCL TRAVEL GRANTS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE GRANT. TO BE ELIGIBLE, APPLICANTS MUST HAVE FILED A REPORT FOR THE MOST RECENT GRANT THEY RECEIVED.
B. Maximum Grant: $2,000 for direct expenses pertaining to travel
C. Purposes for Grants:
- Individual literary research leading to publishable results
- Creation of literary works (poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction)
D. Period of Grants: Travel must be planned for the calendar year 2011
E. Application Deadline: September 1, 2010
II. APPLICATION PROCEDURES
A. Complete the information requested on the application cover sheet. Answer all items (write "N/A" if it does not apply to your project).
B. On separate sheets, write a brief but comprehensive and clear description of the proposed work which includes (please use these headings in your proposal):
- Summary of the project, one page in length, in lay terms
- Background, including prior work by you supported with previous CCL aid, if any, and a concise record/listing of projects completed in the previous 5 years
- Goals and objectives of the project
- Significance of the project (relation to other scholars' work; importance to your professional development; benefit to CCL)
- Evaluation: A statement of how to evaluate the success of your project
- Mail all materials to:
Department of English,
St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63108.
** Applications must be no more than 4-6 pages, excluding cover sheet. Additional materials may not be submitted**
III. FINAL REPORT REQUIRED
A. Submit a report on how the objectives have been met to the President of CCL.
B. Deadline: January 15, 2012
IV. CCL ENDOWED TRAVEL GRANTS
- The Paul and June Schlueter Travel Grant, for graduate students, untenured faculty members, and independent scholars and writers
- The Clyde S. Kilby Memorial Travel Grant
- The Charles A. Huttar Travel Grant
- The Roy Battenhouse Travel Grant
Questions to Tammy Ditmore (tammy.ditmore@pepperdine.edu)