The Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict

The Center has compiled a list of organizations and foundations that provide research funding and assistance to both undergraduate and graduate students. This index is an ongoing project that includes resources offered at ASU and other external sources.

Undergraduate students click here.

Graduate students click here.

Friends of the Center Undergraduate and Graduate Awards

The Friends of the Center Undergraduate and Graduate Awards are designed to deepen student’s practical knowledge and understanding about religion, conflict and peacebuilding. Activities that can be funded through this program range from participation in reputable, internationally-oriented training programs in religion, conflict and peacebuilding (a list of program examples is available on the Center’s website) to research activities that advance understanding of the intersections of religion and conflict. Award funds may be used to cover the costs of participation in programs, including tuition and airfare, or to underwrite the cost of research for an honor’s or master’s thesis, doctoral dissertation, or related research project, including travel, summer support, or archival research.  For program ideas see the sample list as well as the international opportunites page.

FOC Travel Research Award Application Due March 15, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Past winners of the Award (formerly known as the Hardt Scholarships/Fellowships in Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies):

2010

Danielle Back, Interfaith Peacebuilders Program

Scott Ross, Education and Global Studies major who travelled to Lira, Uganda on a four-month research trip

2009

Bennett Furlow, Ph.D. student in Religious Studies
Project: Religion and Politics in Somalia: The Islamic Union Court

Semiha Topal, Ph.D. student in Religious Studies, 
Project: Pious yet Modern Subjects: Turkish Muslim Women in the Public Sphere

Nastja Cijic, Political Science, Global Studies, 
South African Human Rights and Peacebuilding Program

Leticia Martinez, Justice Studies 
South Africa Community Fund—Programs in Peacebuilding

2008

Blake Jones, Ph.D. student in History 
Project: Secular and Religious Influences in Jimmy Carter’s thoughts on Peace, Human Rights and the Global Community

Iona Mateson, Ph.D. student in Political Science 
Project: The Participation of Hamas in a National Unity Government

Whitney Meshay, Barrett Honors College, Political Science, German, Religious Studies
South Africa Community Fund—Programs in Peacebuilding

2007

Blake Smith, Masters student in Art Education, 
South Africa Community Fund—Programs in Peacebuilding

Sandra Afloeri, Journalism 
South Africa Community Fund—Programs in Peacebuilding

2006

Alex Ginsburg, Barrett Honors College, Religious Studies
Rabbis for Human Rights, Israel

Elizabeth Fritze, Barrett Honors College, English Literature
South Africa Community Fund—Programs in Peacebuilding