Request for Proposals
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Biola University, with the help of a very generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation, and under the direction of Peter Hill and Robert Emmons, welcomes proposals from various disciplines to investigate questions that concern Gratitude to God.
We anticipate proposals for empirical and non-empirical projects. Proposals may be for projects that utilize the methodologies of the behavioral sciences, philosophy, theology, or religious studies. Empirical projects may be multi-method, qualitative, theoretical, cross-cultural, employ behavioral measures, or incorporate developmental approaches (though none of these are required). For the empirical projects, experimental methodologies are encouraged. There will be 4 separate award competitions: (1) Empirical large grants, (2) Empirical early career grants, (3) Non-empirical large grants, and (4) Non-empirical early career grants.
Submit an Application
Letters of Intent are due by January 29, 2020. Notification will be made by March 1, 2020, with submission of full proposals no later than April 30, 2020. Final award decisions will be issued by July 1, 2020. All funded projects will run for two years with a start date between September 1, 2020 and November 1, 2020 and an end date between August 31, 2022 and October 31, 2022.
Letter of Intent (LOI) for Empirical Proposals
All applicants are required to submit:
i. A complete curriculum vitae for the project leader and all other team members (if applicable).
ii. A letter of intent that includes the central questions of the project, the background and significance of the questions, and identification of which RFP question(s) [see “RFP Questions” in the RFP] the project addresses, and a summary of the methodology and specific hypotheses in testable form. The letter should be between 1,000–1,500 words (references do not count toward this total).
iii. The amount of funding requested (one sentence of rationale is fine for this). No budget narrative or justification is needed at this stage. The amount can be revised at the full proposal stage but should not normally exceed a 20% increase over that specified in the LOI.
Letter of Intent (LOI) for Non-Empirical Proposals
All applicants are required to submit:
i. A complete curriculum vitae for the project leader and all other team members (if applicable).
ii. A letter of intent that includes the central questions of the project, the background and significance of the questions, identification of which of the RFP question(s) [see “RFP Questions” in the RFP] the project addresses, and a summary of the main ideas and arguments. The letter should be between 1,000–1,500 words (references do not count toward this total).
iii. The amount of funding requested (one sentence is fine for this). No budget narrative or justification is needed at this stage. The amount can be revised at the full proposal stage, but should not normally exceed a 20% increase over that specified in the LOI.