Advancing Religious Pluralism Grant

The Advancing Religious Pluralism Grants generate opportunities for campuses to develop their context-specific plans for integrating interfaith cooperation across the curriculum and co-curriculum in far-reaching and sustainable ways. Grant funds should be used to advance a comprehensive cross-campus strategy, which may include a series of projects such as, but not limited to:

• Integrating interfaith literacy into curricula for business, health care, or other pre-professional programs
• Embedding interfaith education and attention to religious diversity into the broader curriculum, including required first-year courses, other general education courses, diversity courses, courses on world religions, courses on interfaith studies, or courses in disciplines allied with religious studies (philosophy, history, sociology, etc.)
• Launching or expanding interfaith leadership development programs for students, such as an Interfaith Ambassadors or Interfaith Fellows program
• Training counselors in mental health services on how to support students experiencing religious or spiritual exploration or struggles
• Implementing religious diversity training for student leaders, staff, and faculty administrators
• Building bridges between particular faith communities on campus, such as Jews and Christians or Hindus and Muslims, in instances where tensions are prevalent
• Creating a more welcoming physical environment for students of diverse religious backgrounds on campus, such as adding a ritual washing space or a kosher kitchen
• Establishing an interfaith residence hall or living community on campus
• Redesigning or repurposing campus spaces to include symbols, art, or architecture from diverse religious traditions
• Cultivating interfaith partnerships with the local community around issues of shared concern