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MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

The Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities was established in 1991 to strengthen the quality and shape the character of church-related higher learning by developing leaders for church-related colleges and universities and providing opportunities for conversation about church-related higher learning.


Network members represent a diverse range of denominational traditions, institutional types, and geographical locations. Financial support for Network activities comes from an annual membership fee for Network schools that ranges from $2,000 to $6,500 annually, depending on the size of the institution.

Along with Postdoctoral and Graduate Fellowships, the Network sponsors a variety of activities to achieve its goals.

Member schools participate in sustained conversation on church-related higher education through opportunities such as:

  • Sending campus representatives to attend the annual Lilly Network National Conference with all expenses paid except transportation.

  • Sending campus leaders to the annual Workshop for Senior Administrators completely free of charge (including travel).

  • Nominating up to three of their graduating seniors or recent alums for the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program.

  • Applying for faculty development grants ranging from $1,500 to $12,000.

  • Applying for grants to sponsor Network-funded academic programs that serve faculty from many campuses, including Regional Collaborations and Conferences, and Network Exchanges.

  • Sending faculty to any of these programs held on other Network campuses.

  • Nominating mid-career faculty for the Faculty Fellows Program.

  • Nominating a member of your faculty for the biennial Arlin G. Meyer Prize.

  • Receiving publications such as the quarterly electronic newsletter Lilly Network Update.