Sample Grants
Grant Title Award Date Grant Amount
 
Science, Evolution and Catholicism: Contemporary Perspectives

Rev. James L Heft, President
Instigute for Advanced Catholic Studies
University of Dayton (Dayton, OH)

This grant supports an interdisciplinary conversation on Science, Evolution, and Catholicism to set a strategic focus for the Institute of Advanced Cathoilc Studies
 April 2001 $20,000
Contemporary Sciences and Christianity: A Resource in Science and Religion for Korean Clergy and Scholars

Professor Heup Young Kim
Department of Theology
Kangnam University (Kyeonggi-do South Korea)

This grant supported research toward publication of a resource book in Korean, meant to catalyze science and religion dialogue in Korea. The volume will be accessible to pastors and Church leaders, college and graduate students, and seminarians. The textbook Contemporary Sciences and Christianity was published in 2006.
 October 2004 $44,285
Science and Orthodoxy

Magdalena Stavinschi, Ph.D.
Association for the Dialogue Between Science and Theology in Romania (Bucharest Romania)

The objective of this project is to establish the field of Science and Religion in the academic and media landscape in Romania in a way that is likely to spread in neighboring Orthodox countries. The project will primarily focus on the development of research and education in Science and Theology at the national level as well as on a number of publications and specific media activities.
August 2004 $2,051,807.40
Light from the East: Theology, Science and the Eastern Orthodox Tradition

Dr. Alexei V. Nesteruk, Senior Lecturer
School of Computer Science & Mathematics
University of Portsmouth (Portsmouth UK)

This grant provided funds for the Russian translation and publication of the book Light from the East: Theology, Science and the Eastern Orthodox Tradition. The English version of the book was supported in part by JTF Grant ID# 1573 in 2000.
 July 2004 $7,827
Workshops for Science Teachers on Evolution and Creationism

Professor Edward B. Davis
Messiah College (Grantham PA)

This program offered workshops for science teachers on evolution and creationism. The goal is to help teachers understand the problems with "ID" and offer more scientifically valid alternatives.
 April 2005 $15,140
Faith & Science: Multimedia Interactive E-Course

Dr. Luder G. Whitlock Jr., President
Excelsis (Orlando FL)

This grant supported development, production, and dissemination of an interactive multimedia e-course on Science and Religion taught by Rev. Dr. Alister McGrath, Professor of Historical Theology and Director of the Theology Centre for Christian Apologetics at Oxford University. The course coalesces twenty years of his research and reflection on the coherence and synergy of faith and science, and argues in support of the place of spirituality and science in public discourse.
 July 2005 $400,000
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