application forms

Please review the qualifications and instructions to the right before completing these forms.

Graduate Fellowship Awards

In order to assist exceptional scholars complete their Ph.D. work, who might not otherwise have the opportunity without financial assistance, The Christian Scholarship Foundation, Inc. offers three to five Graduate Fellowships annually, each ranging from $5,000 to $20,000.

Graduate Fellowship Eligibility

The CSF Graduate Fellowship is available to members of Churches of Christ who are teaching or who plan to teach religion and related subjects at a collegiate level (e.g. colleges, universities, schools of theology). Applicant’s course of study may be pursued in any field related to the recognized theological disciplines in programs of instruction leading toward the Ph.D. or equivalent degree. Applicants must have satisfactorily completed at least one full year of study as a candidate for the Ph.D. or equivalent post-graduate degree prior to the year of application.

Applicants who have previously applied and were not awarded a Fellowship are eligible to re-apply. Previous recipients are eligible to apply and may receive the award one additional time. All second-time applicants will undergo the same application and evaluation procedures as first-time applicants.

Graduate Fellowship Application Procedure

A complete application includes:

  • The Christian Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Graduate Fellowship application form;
  • A summary statement of plans for the academic year for which application is made, including signature of approval by the applicant’s faculty advisor or major professor;
  • An estimated budget which includes income and expenditures for the academic year for which application is made;
  • Official transcripts of all previous academic work, undergraduate and graduate;
  • Four (4) letters of recommendation regarding personal, religious and intellectual development;
  • A research paper or other example of the applicant’s most scholarly written work (not more than 50 pp. in length).

Application Deadline

Application form and supporting documents must be received by The Christian Scholarship Foundation, Inc. by January 15 of the award year.

All applicants will be notified of their status by April 1. Recipients are not permitted to defer the Fellowship. The award payment will be made in September.

Mail completed application and supporting documents to:

The Christian Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
c/o Dr. Gregory E. Sterling
Yale Divinity School
409 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Direct all inquiries to:

The Christian Scholarship Foundation, Inc.
c/o Dr. Gregory E. Sterling
gregory.sterling@yale.edu

Application Form

Print the application form from the PDF linked below or request a form to be mailed to you.
Download the Application Form (PDF)

Recommendation Form

Print four (4) recommendation forms from the PDF linked below or request the forms to be mailed to you.
Download the Recommendation Form (PDF)