Higher Education

Supporting Student Leadership Grant

Creating opportunities for student leadership development focused on interfaith and bridgebuilding skills.

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The Opportunity

If you’re committed to supporting student leadership on campus, the Supporting Student Leadership grant can provide the funding and support to help you implement your project. The grant offers funding of up to $5,000 to educators who are leading, designing, or facilitating projects aimed at interfaith and bridgebuilding leadership development. Grantees will become part of a cohort, led by IA staff, that will offer resources and support that will help strengthen and highlight your work.

Developing student leadership is critical at this moment in higher education and this grant empowers trained educators and campus professionals to achieve that goal. This grant is only open to educators/professionals who attended the 2025 Interfaith Leadership Summit; it is meant to catalyze your learnings at the Summit and help you bring those skills back to your campus and to the work you do with students.

More Details

Successful applications will clearly demonstrate how they intended to develop, enhance, and empower student leaders on your campus in the skills of interfaith work and bridgebuilding.

Applicants must have attended the 2025 Interfaith Leadership Summit.

Strong applications will also showcase investment from senior level administration on campus along with student involvement in the shaping of the program.

Grants will be awarded up to $5,000.

Deliverables:

  • Grantees must design and/or run a program, project, or initiative focused on developing student interfaith and bridgebuilding leadership.
  • Grantees must attend quarterly virtual cohort meetings hosted by Interfaith America (4 meetings throughout the 2025-2026 school year). Grantees will also be asked to complete a mid-grant and final report.
  • and initiatives. As well, we ask for the submission of any media material (i.e. news articles, university media mentions, etc.) concerning the project and/or any significant created resources or tools related to the project.
  • ​​August 27, 2025​: The application period is open.
  • ​​September 29, 2025​: The application period is closed.
  • ​​October 2025​: Selection decisions communicated to applicants.
  • ​​October 2025​: Grant implementation period begins.
  • ​​February 6, 2026​: Grantees will submit a progress report on their projects.
  • ​​June 19, 2026​: Grantees will submit a final report on their projects.

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Contact Us

Please contact us with any questions about this opportunity.

Carr Harkrader

Interim Director of Student and Educator Programs

Interfaith America

Pluralistic campuses will have a commitment to engaging all students in this work, prioritizing a variety of intervention points across the campus experience.

— Fostering Pluralism in Higher Education: A Playbook for Senior Leaders

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