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NetVUE Grants for Fostering Leadership for Communities of Faith is a grant from the Council of Independent Colleges that funds independent colleges and universities to augment their support for students exploring possible callings to leadership roles in communities of faith. Grant funds support intentional programming, thoughtful mentoring, and vocational discernment activities within a higher education setting.
Eligible applicants are NetVUE member colleges and universities. The application deadline is December 19, 2026. Grant amounts vary.
The program recognizes that higher education settings play a significant role in helping students explore their many callings, including roles of service and leadership within religious communities.
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NetVUE Grants for Fostering Leadership for Communities of Faith - Council of Independent Colleges NetVUE Grants for Fostering Leadership for Communities of Faith - Council of Independent Colleges NetVUE Grants for Fostering Leadership for Communities of Faith NetVUE member colleges and universities recognize that intentional programming and thoughtful mentoring can prove significant in a higher education setting for the exploration and discernment of a student’s many callings in life.
This grant program provides funding for institutions that are working to augment their support for students who are considering possible callings to leadership roles in communities of faith.
Grant funds should be used to develop or extend programming for students, and/or professional development for faculty members and staff, with the goal of connecting students to local faith communities and supporting them as they explore and discern their callings. Initiatives may be developed within or across a variety of academic departments and campus offices, and should involve leaders of one or more faith communities near campus.
This initiative is administered by CIC with generous support from Lilly Endowment Inc. NetVUE Grants for Fostering Leadership for Communities of Faith may be requested in amounts ranging up to $60,000 for use over two years to develop new programs, or to strengthen existing programs, that support students as they consider vocations of leadership for communities of faith.
Programming should seek to develop students’ capacity for such leadership, in part through facilitating formative connections between participating students and particular faith communities. A wide range of proposals for student leadership formation are welcome, but each should include a mechanism for involving students (individually or in groups) with an established faith community near campus.
Particular preference will be given to proposals which include efforts connected to justice or reconciliation, and to approaches that seek to ensure that all students will have access to this opportunity. Funds may be used for a range of purposes, but not to substitute for faculty and staff costs that the institution is presently providing for its vocational exploration activities.
Capital expenditures, new personnel lines, equipment purchases, and indirect or overhead costs are not eligible for grant support; these expenses are to be covered by the institution. Rather, grants are meant to be used to offset one-time costs of program development and implementation. In the previous rounds of this program, CIC awarded 41 grants to NetVUE member institutions.
View Previous Grant Awards In March 2024, awards were given to 18 NetVUE campuses. View summaries of the 2024 program initiatives. In March 2025, awards were given to 23 NetVUE campuses.
View summaries of the 2025 program initiatives. All NetVUE member colleges and universities are eligible to apply for funding. This grant may be held currently with other NetVUE grants; however, please note: If an institution already holds one or more other NetVUE grants, the application must demonstrate that staffing and other resources are adequately distributed to allow all projects to succeed.
Ordinarily this will require that the programs supported by the grants be directed by distinct leadership teams. Institutions that are not yet members may join the network to become eligible for this grant. Learn more about NetVUE membership.
Questions about this and other NetVUE grant programs should be addressed to Carter Aikin, NetVUE grants director, at caikin@cic. edu or (217) 854-5619. Learn more about NetVUE , including the array of programs and services that are available to member institutions.
To report a technical problem with the website, or to offer suggestions for navigation and content issues, please contact Alex Stephenson, NetVUE communications coordinator, at astephenson@cic. edu .
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Independent colleges and universities. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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