Teacher-Scholar Grants

In addition to grants to institutions, we award Teacher-Scholar Grants of up to $15,000 to individuals who wish to research character education in higher education, deepen our collective understanding of character, and/or expand their capacity to educate character in their contexts.

Current Grantees

David Busch, Cuyahoga Community College
Prefigurative Virtue Ethics: A Lost Vision of Liberal Education

Randall Curren, University of Rochester
Promoting Integrative Emotion Regulation Across the Curriculum

Paul Gannon, Montana State University
Enhancing Character Education in STEM through Indigenous Perspectives at Montana State University (MSU), a Land-Grant Institution

Robert Hartman, Ohio Northern University
Improving Character: Moral Virtues, Strategies, and Questions

Lauren Kuykendall, George Mason University
Virtues for Self-Knowledge

J. Mark Manry, Rochester Christian University
Christian Pilgrimage and Character Formation: A Case Study of the Camino de Santiago

Elyse L. Postlewaite, Montclair State University
Differentiating Character Strengths and Fostering Belonging for Culturally Diverse Students

Sara Protasi, University of Puget Sound
Cultivating Courage in an Age of Fear

Will Small, University of Illinois, Chicago
Beyond the Skill Analogy: A Metaphysics and Practical Epistemology of Virtue of Character

Malavika Sundararajan, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Character Building for Social Justice: Learning from Ramapough Munsee Lenape Leaders

Kevin Timpe, Calvin University
Disability Studies as the Locus for Civic Virtue

Rebecca Vidra, Duke University
Cultivating a sense of purpose through character education in the Nicholas School of the Environment