BOLSAS PARA PESQUISA SOBRE TEMATICAS RELACIONADAS AS INTERFACES ENTRE
RELIGIAO E CIENCIA/ BECAS DE INVESTIGACION PARA TEMATICAS
RELACIONADAS A LAS INTERFACES ENTRE RELIGION Y CIENCIA


Metanexus Institute Invites Applications for Local
Societies Initiative

Deadline: April 1 and July 1, 2006

An initiative of the Metanexus Institute
( http://www.metanexus.net/ ), the Local Societies
Initiative provides three-year grants to fund start-up
costs for dialogue groups exploring the dynamic interface
between religion and science. While focused on colleges,
universities, and seminaries, the program also welcomes
applications from a wide spectrum of interested parties
in other venues worldwide.

This unique program differs from other scholarly grant
programs in that it emphasizes building organizations
and dynamic associations of people who explore the
implications of the science and religion interchange.
Members of local religion and science dialogue societies
engage in a variety of activities, such as reading and
study groups, public lectures, Web publishing, journal
publication, newsletters, and more. LSI is a multi-
disciplinary, multi-faith, and multi-cultural educational
project intended to promote a balanced and exploratory
dialogue between the discoveries of the natural and
social sciences and the wisdom of the world's faith
traditions. There are over two hundred LSI groups active
in more than thirty-five countries in this ongoing
program.

Each grant is for $15,000 paid over three years. The
applicant must be able to match the grant with $15,000
in additional funding over the three years. There will be
a number of supplemental grants of $10,000 each awarded
annually to those projects that are particularly innova-
tive, creative, and effective. Funds may be used for
society events, speakers, the purchase of books for group
study, communications, publicity, outreach, public forums
and travel directly related to the project.

The applicant society that receives a Metanexus LSI grant
must operate as, or be under the auspices of, a nonprofit
organization.

For more information, including application guidelines,
best practices, and links to existing LSI groups, visit
the Metanexus Institute Web site.

RFP Link:
http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10001198/metanexus

For additional RFPs in Religion, visit:
http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_religion.jhtml