Program Guidelines

How To Apply

Program Guidelines

American Art

Luce Fund In American Art is for special exhibitions only. June 15 is the annual deadline for receipt of proposals, although a prior letter of inquiry is required to be received by April 1. (Please note that this is a new due date for inquiries.) Responsive Grants category accepts proposals at any time, but a prior letter of inquiry is advised. The national competition for Dissertation Fellowships is administered by American Council of Learned Societies in New York City, which should be contacted for application information.

Asia

Responsive Grants:
Requests for funding may be submitted at any time during the year, beginning with a brief letter of inquiry which should include: a description of the project and its significance, participants, the timeframe, the project's total budget and the amount requested from the Foundation, and other existing or potential sources of funding.
Restrictions for Responsive Grants:
The Foundation's guidelines and resources do not allow the inclusion of South or Central Asia. Also, there is no separate category of support for travel, publications, translation or individual research, and funding is not generally provided for conferences.
Special Initiatives:
The final awards of the five-year Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History were approved in 2010. The program is no longer accepting proposals. The Asia program staff is currently conducting research on a new special initiative.

Public Policy and the Environment

The Environmental Initiative in the Public Policy Program is no longer accepting proposals for new grants.

Luce Scholars

Candidates for the Luce Scholars Program are nominated by 67 colleges and universities in the United States. To be eligible for the program, a candidate must be an American citizen who has earned at least a bachelor’s degree (or expects to receive that degree before taking part in the program.) Candidates must be in good health and no more than 29 years of age on September first of the year they would enter the program.

Candidates should have a record of the highest academic achievement, combined with the evidence of outstanding leadership ability. Most important, candidates must have a clearly defined career goal in a specific field and must have given evidence of potential for accomplishment within that field. Personal characteristics that typify successful candidates include creativity, maturity, initiative, self-confidence, breadth of interest, enthusiasm, and sensitivity.

Applications cannot be considered from those who already have had significant exposure to Asian culture or who have a specific career interest in Asian affairs. The Luce Scholars Program aims to provide an intensive experience in Asia for those who would not, in the normal course of their careers, have such an exposure.

Luce Scholars are chosen without regard to sex, race, religion, ethnic background, marital status, or financial need.

Theology

The Theology Program supports individual scholarly research through the Henry Luce III Fellowships in Theology. The program seeks to foster excellence in theological scholarship, and to strengthen the links among theological research, churches and wider publics. The fellowships are administered by the Association of Theological Schools (www.ats.edu), which should be contacted for guidelines and application forms.

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