Sample Grants
Grant Title Award Date Grant Amount
 
Inward, Outward, Upward Prayer: Programmatic Research Development

Professor Kevin L. Ladd
Department of Psychology
Indiana University South Bend (South Bend, IN)

This three-year grant is to conduct a series of investigations concerning the relation between prayer and the physical body. In the first study, emphasis is placed on how the body is positioned during various prayer acts. The second study seeks to discern any unique qualities associated with bodily movement (walking) during prayer. In a final study, relations between prayer and the body as a vehicle for sight and sound receive attention.
  June 2007 $735,849
The Impact of Prayer on Individual and Marital Well-Being: A Comparison of Three Approaches to Enhancing Marriage

Professor Steven R.H. Beach, Director
Institute for Behavioral Research
University of Georgia (Athens GA)

Dr. Frank D. Fincham, Director
Family Institute
Florida State University (Tallahassee FL)

Professor Lily D. McNair, Assoc. Provost for Research
Spelman College (Atlanta GA)

Professor Velma McBride Murry, Co-Director
University of Georgia (Athens GA)

This research study, employing a range of methodologies, hypothesizes that regular intercessory prayer for one's partner increases commitment, ease of forgiveness, and positive intentions toward the partner.
 August 2005 $1,129,825
One Nation Under God: The History of Prayer in America

Chip Duncan
Duncan Group (Milwaukee WI)

James P. Moore, Jr.

The book One Nation Under God, by James P. Moore, Jr., profiles the ways in which prayer has played a key role in the development of freedom and democracy in America. The grant will enable Iowa Public Television to develop and produce a documentary for the PBS system.
 December 2005 $1,942,499
Contemplative Practice in University Life: The Role of Psychospiritual Inquiry in Higher Education

Professor Jared D. Kass, Director
Study Project on Well-Being, Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences
Lesley University (Cambridge MA)

This research project focused on stimulating dialogue among the primary stakeholders in higher education (students, parents, faculty, and administrative leaders) concerning the role of contemplative practices and psychospiritual maturation in university life. The University of Notre Dame Press projects a 2007 publication date for the results of the research in a book titled Contemplative Practice in University Life: Developing Meaning, Resilience, and Multifaith Community through Spiritual and Psychological Growth – Student Narratives from a Project in Developmental Education.
 August 2003 $50,000
Beneficial Correlates of Prayer Among Non-Churchgoing 13- to 15-year-olds in England and Wales

Revd. Professor Leslie J. Francis, Director
The Welsh National Centre for Religious Education
University of Wales, Bangor (Bangor Gwynedd UK)

This research built on a pilot study assessing the possible consequences of prayer among individuals ages 13-15. The research resulted in an edited volume Religion, Education and Adolescence: International Empirical Perspectives, published by University of Wales Press in 2005.
 June 2002 $38,770
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