The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies offers mini-grants to support faculty scholarship and instruction funded by a generous gift from WIPCS founding member Dick Ringler and membership dues from WIPCS member schools. These grants support research and curricular development pertaining to peace and conflict, including not only foreign policy issues and global areas of conflict, but also domestic issues of race, gender, culture, the environment, migration, economic disparity, and similar subjects that contribute to peace, justice, and human flourishing. The Institute is non-partisan and encourages debate and discussion of multiple perspectives.

Academic staff and faculty from WIPCS member schools (prior year, current year, or renewal pending) are eligible to apply for a $300 grant. Individuals can apply more than once, but cannot receive more than one grant per academic year. The recipient is expected to present a related paper or participate in a panel discussion pertinent to the project at an annual WIPCS faculty-student conference, with conference fees waived. Grant recipients and proposals will be announced on the WIPCS website.

To apply, please complete this application form, or contact WIPCS for the link.

AWARD DETAILS

  1. Selection criteria: The award committee will assess each submission on a scale of 1 to 5, answering the following questions:
    a. To what degree does this application support faculty scholarship or instruction in the broad categories of justice, peace, and conflict? Topics might include: social inequalities, interfaith understanding, environmental sustainability, social entrepreneurship, historical patterns of prejudice or injustice, civil liberties, human rights, civic engagement, peace and conflict, international relations, etc.
    b. To what degree is the proposal innovative or representative of an emerging field or subject in peace, justice, and conflict studies?
  2. Deadlines: There will be two application deadlines per year (October 1 application for an November 1 decision; January 15 application for a February 15 decision). Award recipients will be asked to submit an abstract for the next spring conference.
  3. Eligibility: Academic staff and faculty from WIPCS member schools are eligible. WIPCS Executive Committee members can apply for mini-grants, but preference will be given to applicants who are not on that committee. Any individual on the selection committee should recuse themselves from consideration of their own applications.
  4. Payment will be processed as reimbursement upon completion of conference presentation.