Description: Provides seed funding to support long-term scholarly agendas/research on the meaning and significance of the built environment. Applicants and proposals from a range of built environment disciplines (e.g., architecture, landscape architecture, sacred arts, urbanism, interior design, environmental psychology, material culture, phenomenology, etc.) encouraged. Project proposals should identify one of the four principal areas of the fund: scholarly research, practice, service, or teaching. Successful applications might propose projects in a range of venues and media including, but not limited to, scholarly writing, film or other broadcast media, built works or projects, community engagement programs, or educational innovation. Particular interest in projects that advance the ACSF Mission and its vision that the design and experience of the built environment can assist in the spiritual development of humanity in service of addressing the world’s most pressing problems. See website for more info.
Award: $2,000-5,000; project should be completed within two years.
Eligibility: Individuals (not organizations) from all over the world welcome to apply.
Deadline: April 1, 2021