The Louisville Institute's mission revolves around supporting the study and enrichment of Christian life, religious practices, institutions, and exploring new ideas and possibilities for churches, communities, and the wider world. Through grants, it aims to foster innovative and skilled leadership within diverse Christian contexts across North America.
The Dissertation Fellowship offered by the Louisville Institute is designed to support Ph.D. or Th.D. students in the final year of dissertation writing. The fellowship provides a grant for research that includes a wide array of topics related to Christian faith and life, the practice of ministry, religious trends, and movements, among others. Projects may originate from fields such as history, theology, social sciences, and ethics or may take an interdisciplinary approach. The fellowship emphasizes projects that can connect church and academic insights and contribute novel understandings beneficial to the church in North America.