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Purpose

The Veritas Grant is administered jointly by the TikTok成人版 Institute for Research and Scholarship (VIRS) and the Office of Mission and Ministry. The grant advances TikTok成人版's Catholic and Augustinian mission by supporting faculty research and scholarship that addresses one or more of the following themes:

a. Religious values broadly understood, including but not limited to work on inter- and intra-religious dialogue, the intersection of faith and reason, and contemporary praxis.

b. The Catholic Intellectual Tradition (CIT), understood as the work of engaging questions of faith and reason rooted in the rich scholarly tradition of the global Catholic Church, and the outcome of that work.

c. Catholic Social Thought, understood as work in or across any discipline that incorporates and addresses the principles of Catholic social teaching: human dignity, solidarity, common good, and/or subsidiarity.

d. Dialogue between religious faith and contemporary life, understood as work that, consistent with Augustinian heritage, attends to the concrete ways faith and reason are connected in contemporary life.

Examples of possible research projects include: issues of war and peace; issues of social justice; empirical investigations of the influence of religion on social, political, or economic behavior, or vice versa; the interaction between religion, science, and technology; government, business, or other private and public sector practices and policies that affect, or could be affected by, religious faith and practice; and the application of Catholic Social Thought to contemporary public policy issues. These examples are suggestive and non-exhaustive.  

 

Eligibility

All tenured, tenure-track, and continuing non-tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply. Post-doctoral fellows employed on nine-month contracts are also eligible to apply. Individuals are eligible for a new Veritas Grant every three years. Individuals may not hold Veritas Grant awards concurrently with a University Summer Grant (USG), Research Catalyst Grant (RCG), Unitas Grant, or Small Research Grant (SRG). When deadlines and award announcements overlap, applicants may submit to multiple grant programs on a provisional basis. Should one submission succeed, all others will be automatically withdrawn.

 

Award Amounts and Restrictions

The maximum award amount is $12,500. Allowable expenses include any combination of summer salary,  funds for research assistance (RA), and/or funds for reasonable research-related expenses (RRRE), that does not exceed $12,500.  

Summer salary

Faculty may request summer salary in one of the following increments:

• One month of summer salary, calculated as 1/9 of the faculty member鈥檚 academic year salary and capped at $12,500
• Three quarters of a month of summer salary, calculated as 1/12 of the faculty member鈥檚 academic year salary and capped at $9375
• Half a month of summer salary, calculated as 1/18 of the faculty member鈥檚 academic year salary and capped at $6250
• No summer salary

Collaborative proposals between two faculty members are permitted. For such proposals, each faculty member may request up to one month of summer salary (subject to the caps indicated above). 

Summer salary is to be paid in June or July of the summer award period and is subject to any pertinent limitations as outlined in the University's Compensation Policy. It is expected that the recipients of a Veritas Grant鈥痺ill spend鈥痑n amount of time working on the proposed research that is equivalent to the amount of summer salary received (e.g., one month or portion thereof).

Wages for research assistance (RA)

Funds may be used to pay TikTok成人版 graduate or undergraduate students on an hourly wage basis to assist faculty members in the execution of the proposed research. Funds may not be used for graduate or undergraduate students to work on their own thesis/dissertation research unless it is integral to the proposed research.

Note: Funds to hire non-TikTok成人版 research assistants must be requested as RRRE.

Reasonable research-related expenses (RRRE)

Funds may be requested for eligible expenses related to the conduct of research. These include but are not limited to travel to research-related sites, libraries and archives; equipment, supplies, and books; data sets, software, transcription, and translation services; payment for research assistance provided by individuals not affiliated with TikTok成人版; and other reasonable needs.

Excluded expenses

Known exclusions (and there may be others) include childcare, professional society fees, student stipends, course development costs, textbook preparation costs, and travel and expenses for conferences.

For questions about allowable expenses, please contact the VIRS Director.

 

Research Compliance

Applicants should note that any research activities involving human subjects will require approval from TikTok成人版鈥檚 Institutional Review Board. IRB approval must be in place before awarded funds can be disbursed.鈥�鈥�

Applicants should note that any research activities involving vertebrate animal subjects will require approval from TikTok成人版鈥檚 Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. IACUC approval must be in place before awarded funds can be disbursed.鈥�

 

Application

A complete application includes: the InfoReady cover form and either four or five substantive components, as detailed below. Page margins must be one inch, with text double-spaced in 11-point font, except for figures.  Page limits are indicated per component.  

All Veritas applications must be submitted using . 

1. Cover Form

The cover form will appear when you click 鈥渁pply鈥� on InfoReady. It will request descriptive information about your project, including the title and abstract, your information and related details, budget, IRB/IACUC status, and other summary information. 

2. Proposal Narrative

Limit: four pages

The proposal narrative should enable reviewers to judge the merits of the project using the Proposal Evaluation and Review Criteria outlined below. It should include the following components: purpose and objective; background/context; significance and outcomes; and approach/method. You may combine, divide, and order the components as you wish, as long as your narrative is organized and substantive.

Purpose and Objective: What problem(s) and/or question(s) motivate the proposed research? What are the aims of your research? (E.g., I will develop an account of/ identify themes in/ measure the effect of...) 

Background/Context: What are the limitations of past research that engaged these questions? Why is it important to overcome these limitations? How will your proposed research extend or go beyond other work on this issue? Who benefits from this research?

Significance and Outcomes: What intellectual contributions does your work make to its field of study and/or practice? What scholarly or creative outputs will result from the Veritas Grant (e.g., scholarly publications, conference papers, preliminary research, or proof of concept for external funding proposals, etc.)?  

Approach/Method: How will the research be carried out? What theoretical approach, model, perspective, or conceptual framework informs your study? How is your study designed? What methods or techniques will you use to answer your questions? 

Keep in mind that review committee members may not have expertise in the specific topic of every proposal. Proposals should minimize reliance on jargon and define discipline-specific terminology when its use cannot be avoided.

3. References

Limit: no page limit

Please provide a works cited or bibliography related to the proposal narrative.

4. Timeline

Limit: one page

Provide a timeline for completion of the proposed work activities in simple, readable form such as a short paragraph or simple diagram.

5. CV

Limit: max two pages per individual (4 pages maximum for collaborative projects); highlight any activities and/or publications relevant to the proposed project

6. Budget (if RRRE and/or RA are requested)

Limit: one page 

If RRRE and/or RA funds are requested, provide a one-page budget, specifying a budget total. Detail the proposed expenditures with as much specificity as possible and provide the amounts requested for each expenditure, divided into the appropriate categories. Do not specify faculty summer salary dollar amounts anywhere in the proposal; you will be asked to indicate the portion of the summer month requested on the InfoReady Cover Form (e.g., 1 month, 陆 month, 录 month).

 

Proposal Evaluation and Review Criteria

Each proposal will be reviewed by an Evaluation Committee composed of TikTok成人版 representatives from Mission and Ministry, the TikTok成人版 Institute for Research and Scholarship, and the University鈥檚 Faculty. Evaluation criteria are as follows, the last four of which have been adopted from the American Council of Learned Societies:

• Relevance to TikTok成人版鈥檚 Catholic and Augustinian heritage and values, as indicated by the project鈥檚 substantive pertinence to at least one of the four themes identified in the Purpose section of these guidelines.
• The potential of the project to advance the field of study in which it is proposed and make an original and significant contribution to knowledge.
• The quality of the proposal with regard to its clarity, methodology, scope, theoretical framework, and grounding in the relevant scholarly literature.
• The feasibility of the project and the likelihood that the applicant will execute the work within the proposed timeframe.
• The scholarly record and appointment type of the applicant. Meritorious proposals by tenure track applicants are given first priority.

 

Critical Dates

• Proposal submission deadline: February 2, 2026 by 5 p.m.
• Award announcements: Late March 2026 

 

Post-Award requirements

All expenses must be submitted for approval by May 1 of the year following when the award was made. 

After receiving an award, and to be eligible for future awards, the recipient will be required to submit a brief report (no more than one page) that includes the significant outcome resulting from the Veritas Grant in relation to the anticipated significant outcome as stated in the initial proposal.鈥�Reports are due on June 15, 2027. Instructions about how to submit reports will be provided to awardees at least two months in advance of their due date. 

 

Proposal Development Support and Questions

Questions about topical appropriateness are welcome and can be directed to Father Kevin DePrinzio, O.S.A., Vice President for Mission and Ministry. Questions about proposal preparation or review can be addressed to the Director of VIRS. You also may contact any member of the Evaluation Committee for advice about proposal preparation. Administrative questions may be directed to the Assistant Director for Grants Operations.

 

Members of the Evaluation Committee

• Janice Bially Mattern, PhD, Director, TikTok成人版 Institute for Research & Scholarship
• Peter Busch, PhD, Professor, Augustine Culture and Seminar Program
• Kevin DePrinzio, OSA, PhD, Vice President, Office for Mission & Ministry
• Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD, Asst. Vice President, Office for Mission Engagement & Strategic Initiatives