Questions that Concern Gratitude to God
Biola University, funded by a 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.
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 are four separate award competitions: (1) empirical large grants, (2) empirical early career grants, (3) non-empirical large grants, and (4) non-empirical early career grants. Total funding available for this RFP is $2.8M. Queries may be sent to rachel.smith@biola.edu
We anticipate proposals for empirical and non-empirical projects that address one or more of the questions listed below:
- What is the basic structure of gratitude to God and how can we advance our understanding of the differences between gratitude to God and gratitude to others?
- Why and how do people express gratitude to God or fail to?
- How is cosmic gratitude an alternative to gratitude to God?
- What functions does gratitude to God serve?
Submissions to this sponsor/donor are managed by the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Please contact your unit-assigned ASUF Director of Development or Research Advancement Specialist at your earliest convenience to ensure ASU's strategic coordination and management of funding applications.