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Strengthening the quality and shaping the character of church-related higher education

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Strengthening the quality and shaping the character of church-related higher education

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Meet Our 100 Member Institutions

A new name and look. The same important mission.
Formerly The Lilly Fellows Program.

A new name and look. The same important mission.
Formerly the Lilly Fellows Program.

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Lilly Network Leadership Institute

As colleges and universities face a variety of extraordinary challenges, the Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities has launched an innovative new program to advance the mission of church-related higher education and help ensure that the wisdom, responsibility, and faith it engenders can carry forward in today’s world. More information is available here.

Call for Applications: Lilly Faculty Fellows Program

The Lilly Faculty Fellows Program is accepting applications for Cohort 5 (2026-2028) for mid-career faculty leaders across the disciplines to engage the intersections of Christian thought and practice with the academic vocation.

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New LinkedIn Page

The Lilly Network has a new LinkedIn page - please come follow us there, too!

Special Call for Proposals for Network Exchange Grants

The Lilly Network is issuing a special call for Network Exchange Proposals on the topic of congregational and/or community engagement. Schools that have exemplary programs connecting their campus to congregations and/or engaging their campus with local communities are invited to apply for a Network Exchange grant, which provides funding to host a workshop showcasing such a program.

Lilly Network Senior Fellow Authors New Book

We’re excited to share that Lilly Network Senior Fellow Thomas Albert (Tal) Howard has authored a new book.

Lilly Network Grant Program Funding Increases

The Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities is excited to announce increases to its grant funding for Network institutions.

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November 15, 2025

Faculty Fellows Program (Cohort 5) Applications Due
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September 15, 2026

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Mentoring Program Grant Applications Due
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Small Grant Applications Due
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Network Exchange Grant Applications Due
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Collaborations and Conferences Grant Applications Due
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Inciting Peace from the Inside Out

In conjunction with a recent Faculty Fellows Program campus project, Seton Hall University recently published the 2023 Conference Proceedings of the The Institute for Communication and Religion. See this page for more details on this important collection of articles from a multi-disciplinary group of scholars exploring the connections between reconciliation practices and spiritual dynamics.

New Edition of Leading Lives That Matter recently released

Mark Schwehn, Founding Director, and Dorothy Bass, Senior Fellow, recently published a second edition of their beloved anthology Leading Lives That Matter. This text has often been used in the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Graduate Fellows Program.

Leading Lives That Matter draws upon both religious and secular wisdom from writers like Toni Morrison, Kazuo Ishiguro, Denise Levertov, Malcolm Gladwell, Julia Alvarez, Alice Walker, Martin Luther King, Jr., Pope Francis, and Chuang Tzu, to bring these sources into conversation about living a meaningful life.

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