Announcements & Events

The Lilly Network Faculty Grant Opportunities:

• Small Grants Program (up to $5,000): Supports on-campus reading groups, workshops, or guest speakers focused on church-related mission and academic vocation.

• Mentoring Program Grants ($20,000): For developing new programs to nurture faculty at all career stages through mentoring relationships. 

• Collaboration & Conference Grants ($25,000): To host or participate in conferences that bring together faculty across the Lilly Network.

• Network Exchange Grants ($30,000): Aimed at showcasing distinctive GFU programs, projects, institutes or curricula for visiting faculty from other member schools.

More information is available on the Lilly Network website. If you're interested in applying, please talk with your direct supervisor and reach out to Leanna Smith, Director of Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations. Please note all grants are due by September 15, 2026. 

2026 Gathering: June 8-11

William Penn University, Oskaloosa, Iowa

A Quaker Pedagogy: Call for Presentations

This year’s conference invites presenters from across academic disciplines to consider whether there is a uniquely Quaker approach to higher education that offers value to the wider academic community. Under this umbrella, presenters are encouraged to share the research and work they do with students that undergirds this sense of a uniquely Quaker approach to the instruction within higher education. Any presentations related to the theme of A Quaker Pedagogy are encouraged, as are presentations that could be developed into essays for inclusion in the latest volume in the FAHE Quakers and the Disciplines series on Quakers and Higher Education.

The full call with additional background and guiding queries is available at https://quakerfahe.com/2026/02/05/fahe-call-for-proposals-for-2026-conference/

Please submit proposals to Randall.Nichols@wmpenn.edu by 

April 15, 2026, although proposals submitted after this date may be considered, space permitting.