Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Postdoctoral Fellowship provides early career theological educators with vocational and professional formation through a two-year job placement. Fellows receive US$30,000 each year (plus housing, health benefits, and moving benefits), and join with a peer cohort of other fellows for three formational gatherings each year as part of the Vocation of the Theological Educator Initiative (VTE).
Duration
2 years
Funding
The Postdoctoral Fellowship provides a stipend of US$30,000 each of the two years of the placement, as well as insurance, housing, and moving benefits.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants:
- are scholars based in the United States and Canada who will complete all Ph.D./Th.D. work, defend their dissertation, and receive their degree no later than June 30 the year the fellowship begins
- demonstrate appreciation for the Christian church and a commitment to theological education, and are able to articulate how their doctoral work and other related experiences have prepared them to be a theological educator
- come from diverse fields such as history, systematic and practical theology, pastoral studies, social sciences, ethics, or biblical studies, or bring interdisciplinary approaches to their scholarship
- are aware that postdoctoral placements often require relocation in order to match fellows with appropriate schools/departments