Call for Applications: Cornerstone Learning for Living 2025 (With Grants Available)

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About Cornerstone Learning for Living

The Cornerstone: Learning for Living initiative aims to revitalize the role of the humanities in general education. 

• Sponsor Organisation: The Teagle Foundation

Benefits of Cornerstone Learning for Living

• Implementation grants of varying amounts, up to $300,000 over 24 months, will be made to each funded project participating in this initiative.
• The size of the implementation grant award will be based on the scope of the project. Planning grants up to $25,000 over 6-12 months are strongly encouraged to lay the groundwork for successful curricular reform and faculty professional development.

Cornerstone Learning for Living Requirements

• This funding opportunity is available to regionally accredited private not-for-profit and public institutions of higher education.
• The Cornerstone: Learning for Living initiative welcomes the participation of a diverse array of institutions—community colleges, liberal arts colleges, regional comprehensive institutions, and research universities.

Application Date and Process

• Prepare a Concept Paper

  • Length: 3–5 pages

  • Start with a 200-word abstract summarizing project goals and alignment with the initiative

  • Indicate:

    • Type of grant: Planning or Implementation

    • Requested award amount

  • Include:

    • Names of two co-PIs (tenured or tenure-track faculty)

    • Provisional list of faculty interested in teaching transformative texts

    • Provisional list of texts for the gateway course

  • No budget is required at this stage

• Submit Concept Paper

  • Deadline: December 1, 2025

  • Send via email to: 📧 [email protected]

• Review and Notification

  • Applicants will be notified of their status by February 2026

  • Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal

• Full Proposal Submission

  • Deadline: Early April 2026

  • Details for full proposal will be provided upon invitation

• Grant Start

  • Work may begin as early as Summer 2026

Application Deadline

01 December, 2025

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