Conference and Workshop Grants

Eligibility

• Faculty members who teach at least one course in the Peace and Justice minor are eligible to apply
• Faculty members must have exhausted departmental funds and dean’s funds
• Faculty must be presenting at a conference on a topic clearly related to the field of Peace and Justice studies OR be attending a workshop related to Peace and Justice studies.
• The faculty member’s conference presentation (or the workshop) must advance one or more of the P&J minor’s learning aims:
  • Understanding of the causes and consequences of violence, the systematic sources of injustice, and/or the inter-relationship of peace and justice
  • Disciplinary/interdisciplinary analysis of concrete cases of conflict
  • Analysis of mechanisms for resolving violent conflict as well as norms, practices, and institutions for building and sustaining peace
  • Application of conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and/or justice advocacy skills in interpersonal, institutional, societal, or global contexts
  • Development of theoretical or practical models for promoting peace and justice

Award amount

• Grant maximum: $2,000

Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• The quality of the proposal
• How strongly the faculty member’s research and/or the conference relate to the Peace and Justice minor’s learning aims, as well as how well these connections are articulated
• The impact of attending this conference on the faculty member’s teaching and/or research, as well as the impact on the P&J program
• If funding is limited, the steering committee will give preference to applicants who have not previously been awarded a P&J conference grant. 

Proposal

The proposal should include: 

1. Faculty name and department
2. Courses the faculty member has taught in the P&J minor (including dates)
3. Title and abstract of research presentation
4. Title and brief description of the conference attending
5. Description of how the faculty member’s research and/or the conference align with P&J learning aims
6. Brief description of how the conference will impact faculty member’s teaching and/or research, as well as the P&J program (ex. courses taught, giving a P&J faculty lunch talk, etc.)
7. Itemized budget
8. Funding exhausted; other funding received to attend this conference (if applicable)
9. Chair’s indication of support
10. Current CV

Procedures

Applicants requesting funding should submit a request to the Peace and Justice director, Dr. Heidi Shaker, by email to hcshaker@loyola.edu  

Service component

Faculty who receive a P&J conference grant are expected to present their work on campus. This may take the form of a Peace and Justice faculty lunch talk, etc. 

Deadline

Faculty may submit requests at any time during the year. Requests will be considered on a rolling basis (the steering committee meets monthly).