GRANTS FOR KELLOGG FACULTY FELLOWS

Working Groups

The Institute offers funding to groups of Kellogg faculty fellows for activities that advance scholarship in a particular area of focus and promote intellectual collaboration and innovation in a group format.

Eligibility and application information appear below. Click on these names to learn more about the current Kellogg Working Groups and other groups hosted by the Institute:

The Institute provides funding for working groups that stimulate intellectual activity within the Kellogg community and more broadly throughout the University on issues critical to its core research themes of democracy and human development. Led by Institute faculty fellows, the groups typically draw together an interdisciplinary mix of faculty members, visiting fellows, graduate students, and even undergraduates to further inquiry on emerging research themes and or focus attention on topical, interdisciplinary issues.  The Kellogg Institute usually funds working groups for one or two semesters at a time but welcomes multi-year proposals.  Awards cover working group expenses, which will vary with the nature of a group and can be renewed through the competitive grant process. The Institute may provide logistical support for planned activities scheduled well in advance.

Please use the tabs below to find information on Kellogg working group grants.

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Submission deadlines for A/Y 2024 - 25: 

Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

 
  • The complete application will require:
  •  A detailed description of the activities which clearly identifies:
    - the focus of the proposed working group
    - the group’s international dimension
    - the group's relationship to the thematic priorities of the Kellogg Institute
    - the group’s substantive goals
    - the nature of planned activities to attain substantive goals
    - expected accomplishments during the requested funding period
    - the schedule for planned activities. Note, any dates must be coordinated with Kellogg's Senior Events Program Manager Therese Hanlon in advance of the proposal submission.
    - a plan to share the group’s products with the wider Kellogg community
  • List of participants that meet the above eligibility requirements
  • A detailed line-item budget (see budget template below)
  • A narrative budget justification that provides an explanation of your budget at a high level; it does not need to be extensive nor detail proposed expenditures line by line as your budget does that.  The goal of the justification, which can be brief, is to allow you to explain in a narrative the rationale for the requested funds, why the requested amounts (e.g., number of trips, length of stay, etc) is necessary for the completion of your research, and how you calculated the amounts requested in order to demonstrate to the committee that the amounts requested are reasonable and not made up.
  • A progress report and self-assessment of working group activities and accomplishments to date (for working group renewals only)

 

Budget Template

Allowable Expenses

The Kellogg Institute usually funds working groups for one or two semesters at a time though multi-year proposals are welcome.  Awards cover working group expenses, which will vary with the nature of a group and can be renewed through the competitive grant process.

Funding is available for a variety of costs, including but not limited to the following:

  • PERSONNEL - Includes student assistants. Working Groups are highly encouraged to have a graduate student coordinator.
  • GUEST SPEAKER TRAVEL - Includes airfare, ground transportation, and lodging.
  • MEALS -  Includes meals with speakers, meeting snacks, receptions, etc.
  • SUPPLIES - Includes posters and reading material copies.
  • Honoraria are not allowable expenses.

Funding Amount

Awards average approximately $7,500 per academic year; larger amounts are occasionally considered for particularly ambitious proposals.

In all cases, final determination of the amount awarded is at the discretion of the grants committee and will depend on their assessment of the specified needs in the proposal, budget, and justification.

Applicants must notify the Kellogg Institute of any funding received from another source; the Institute may adjust the award accordingly. No duplicate funding (that is, funding for the same purpose) is allowed.

An interdisciplinary committee of Kellogg faculty fellows reviews proposals for Kellogg working group grants. Accordingly, applicants should make sure that the proposal is clear to someone outside the applicant’s discipline.

Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

  • Relation to Kellogg core research theme(s) of democracy and/or human development
  • Potential to stimulate intellectual activity within the Kellogg community and more broadly throughout the University on critical global issues
  • Level of intellectual rigor and interest to the Kellogg community
  • Potential to produce concrete academic results (conferences, publications, research projects, or outside funding)
  • Overall quality of the proposal including its potential for innovation, as well as professional presentation (e.g., spelling, grammar, and accurate budgeting)
  • Budgetary appropriateness (i.e., the requested expenses are justified as necessary to the completion of the research)
  • Priority will be given to interdisciplinary groups

Kellogg faculty fellows are eligible to apply for working group grants.  Proposals must be within the field of international studies and should relate to at least one of Kellogg’s core research themes of democracy and human development.  The group must meet all of the following requirements:

  • At least 5 participants total;
  • At least 2 participants who are affiliated with the Institute (faculty or doctoral students);
  • At least 2 regular Notre Dame faculty members; and
  • The chair or co-chair of a working group must be a Kellogg faculty fellow.

Current Working Groups

Africa Working Group

The Africa Working Group provides a forum for resident faculty, graduate students, and outside scholars to present and discuss cutting edge research on Africa. Participants, who come from a range of disciplines, share a common interest in investigating Africa’s past, present, and future, as well as Africa’s place in the larger global order. The group also sponsors Africanist events, enriching the study of Africa on campus and building on growing student interest in the region.
Chair: Paul Ocobock

 

 

 

Development Economics Working Group

The Development Economics Working Group supports graduate and faculty research in the economic determinants of human development and how economic policy can be used to promote human development. It promotes dialogue among researchers with different areas of expertise, from a variety of perspectives and subject areas, such as health, education, infrastructure, governance, and migration. Regular meetings allow participants to workshop research in progress, while occasional seminars bring external researchers to campus to discuss their work and provide feedback on projects of group members.
Chair: Taryn Dinkelman
Cochairs: Santosh Kumar and Niharika Singh

 

 

Histories of Economics and Development in the Global South

Histories of Economics and Development in the Global South

The Histories of Economics and Development in the Global South working group aims to bring together scholars studying histories of capitalism, economic inequalities, human development, and international trade - just to name a few. Geographically, the working group will focus on research being conducted in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The group endeavors to bridge the gap between the humanities and social sciences, connecting the research and methods of historians with economists, political scientists, and sociologists. We hope to create a truly interdisciplinary space that will enrich the scholarship of Kellogg’s faculty fellows and graduate students.

Cochairs: Paul Ocobock, Ted Beatty, Nikhil Menon

 

Integral Ecology Working Group

The Integral Ecology (IE) Working Group seeks to provide a platform for more focused discussion on the notion of integral ecology.  In its conceptualization, integral ecology is the notion at the heart of Pope Francis’ ecological encyclical Laudato Si’. Francis sees integral ecology as the “integrated approach” which brings together the various dimensions – scientific, economic, cultural, spiritual, political, and educational – in responding to the twin cries of the earth and of the poor.  There are many unanswered questions relating to the meaning, vision, and practicability of the notion of integral ecology. For instance, how does it relate to other notions of Catholic social teaching such as integral human development? As a mindset and way of living, can integral ecology be cultivated, learned, and taught? How? What might its impact look like?
Chair: Fr. Emmanuel Katongole
Graduate Assistant: Emanuel Ojeifo

Latin American History Working Group

The Latin American History Working Group brings together Latin American historians – both faculty and graduate students – for serious, extended, and creative intellectual exchange. Monthly meetings feature paper presentations by faculty members, graduate students, and invited scholars. Encouraging an interdisciplinary approach, the group aims to strengthen the growing community of Latin American historians at Notre Dame, to professionalize its graduate students, and to host notable scholars in the field at the University.
Cochairs: Ted Beatty, Karen Graubart, and Jaime Pensado

 

 

 

Latin American Culture WG

Latin American Critical Cultural Studies Working Group

The Latin American Critical Cultural Studies Working Group will focus on Latin American Studies with a critical cultural approach. We will open the space for discussion of humanities that are equally fundamental to the debate on Latin American democracies and development. Issues like migration, poverty and inequality, civil and human rights, modernization processes, collective memory, social movements and feminism, authoritarianism, and racial violence cannot be properly analyzed without inclusion of their expressions in the arts and literatures of the region.
Cochairs: Vanesa Miseres, Maria Rosa Olivera Williams, Magdalena López

 

Mexico Working Group

The Mexico Working Group serves as a venue for resident and visiting faculty and graduate and undergraduate students to consider issues related to Mexico. With the goal of strengthening the presence of Mexico at Notre Dame, the group supports conferences, talks, cultural events, and academic discussions. The group also fosters academic and cultural exchanges to link the University with Mexico and Mexican Studies institutions and coordinates a biennial Undergraduate Research Conference focused on Mexican issues.
Chair: Jaime Pensado
Graduate Assistant:  Victoria Basulto

 

Romero Studies Working Group

The Romero Studies Working Group supports scholarly conversations and academic research on the life and work of St. Óscar Romero. Our goal is to bring together a diverse, interdisciplinary, and global community of scholars to engage the significance of Romero’s legacy for today’s world. The Working Group will host regular academic presentations and work-in-progress sessions related to the study of Romero. As a new working group, sessions in the fall 2024 will seek to establish the strongest possible foundation for our work. We will have five sessions focused on “The Future of Romero Studies,” with leading scholars starting our conversations off with their own vision of what academic studies have achieved thus far and what remains the most important avenues for further exploration. 
Cochairs: Todd Walatka and David Lantigua
Graduate Assistant: Amirah Orozco

Other Groups

Comparative Politics Workshop

The Comparative Politics Workshop is a graduate student-led forum geared towards presenting and discussing papers and research projects. During the academic semester, regular sessions are held at the Hesburgh Center. These meetings are open to everyone, particularly students, faculty and Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellows. Participants have the chance to present their work and receive valuable, constructive feedback from their colleagues. 
Organizer: Gessica de Freitas
More information: Comparative Politics Workshop site

Upcoming Working Group Events