Buehler Grants
Description
Each year, the Center for Ethics and Social Justice has a program of small grants for projects focusing on ethics and/or social justice for Loyola Faculty and/or academic units.
Examples of such projects might include: (a.) A faculty member's research on an ethics or social justice topic that needs financial support for travel to do manuscript research or attend a conference; (b.) An invitation by a Loyola department or school or a group of faculty from several units for a speaker or workshop on an ethics or social justice topic; (c.) Support for a student doing an internship with a social service agency in public policy, graphic arts, nutritional services, environmental impact, etc. These examples, suggested by various department chairs, are offered here not to limit applications to these types, but to stimulate applicants' creativity.
The Center's announcement, when published, will typically entertain proposals with the expectation that two to four projects might be funded, depending on the amounts requested and awarded. These grants will be called "Buehler Grants for Ethics and Social Justice."
The Center's announcement of the availability of grants will indicate when application forms will be available. The application form will ask applicants to describe their project and its ethics and/or social justice focus in some detail. They will need to explain why the help of a Buehler Grant is needed. Applicants will be asked to identify their intended outcomes or objectives in the project as well as indicators of the project's success and their reasons for believing it will succeed if the grant is awarded. The applications will be judged on the merit of the project in relation to the type of project; the clarity and focus of the project and its intended outcomes; the likelihood that the intended outcomes can be achieved; the need for grant support; and the likelihood and extent to which that achievement of the project's outcomes will impact positively on reflection, communication, action, research, teaching, or other aspects of the University's life in relation to ethics and social justice.
Budget: The application must include a detailed budget indicating how the Buehler funds will be spent, the timing of the disbursements from the Buehler grant, and the amount and role of any other funds (and their sources) that might be involved in the project.
Project Report: An appropriate final report to the Center about the project will be required after the project has been completed. Every application should indicate the projected nature and timing of this report.
Approvals: The application will include a form by which the approval of the project by the relevant chair and/or dean will be sought.
Contact Andrew Kenealy at the Center for Ethics and Social Justice for more information (88349 or akeneal@luc.edu).
2004 Buehler Grants Recipients
The Center for Ethics and Social Justice is pleased to announce the 2004 recipients of Buehler Grants for Ethics and Social Justice.
Announced earlier in February, the first deadline for Buehler Grants was Monday, February 23, 2004.
All applications submitted were high quality, carefully developed proposals for small projects well within the goals and budget of the program. Therefore all four applications were approved for grants. Since the funds available were not exhausted in the first round of grants, interested faculty and/or academic departments were invited to submit proposals for a second deadline on March 15, 2004. Funds were sufficient to make three more Buehler Grant awards, for a total of seven.
Two of the grants went to help support faculty research projects; three of the grants went to travel assistance, including one from the moderator of a student organization that helped a group of students attend a conference. A sixth one was used to help support the creation of a University resource on justice, and a seventh provided support for a guest panel on homelessness and wrongful conviction. The faculty who received the 2004 Buehler Grants and the titles of their proposals are:
- Kathleen Adams (Sociology/Anthropology): "Cultivating 'Community' in an Era of Conflict: Artistic and Expressive Strategies for Producing Peace in Two Indonesian Locales"
- Mary Elsbernd (Institute of Pastoral Studies): "Belgian Approaches to Inductive Methodology in Catholic Social Teachings"
- Dan Hartnett, S.J. (Philosophy): "Just Readings: A Loyola University Chicago On-Line Social Justice Reader"
- Vicki Wike (Philosophy, and MAPS moderator): "Participation of Loyola MAPS (Minority Association of Pre-Health Students) members a the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Annual Conference"
- Patricia K. Felkins (Communication) "Developing a Program for Social Justice Immersion Courses in East Africa for Loyola University Students" (travel assistance)
- Julie Ward (Philosophy) "Simone de Beauvoir: Women's Flourishing and the Ethics of Aging" (travel assistance)
- Claudia Becker (English): "Fighting Injustices Found in Chicago Today: A Lecture with Q & A" (support for a guest panel on homelessness and wrongful conviction)
Congratulations to all!