Are you a professor interested in free market principles? Do you know of one? The Acton Institute is offering mini-grants between $1,000-$10,000 for faculty at colleges, universities, and seminaries in the United States and Canada. The purpose of these mini-grants is to enhance the effectiveness in the teaching and scholarship of market economics. In the past, these mini-grants were only available for business and economics faculty at Christian schools, but this year any faculty (in the U.S. and Canada) working with free market principles are eligible.

The Acton Institute invites proposals from faculty in one or more of the following broad categories:

Course development —specifically adding new courses or strengthening existing courses in the curriculum which address the nature, morality, function, and purpose of free-market economics. This may include courses that deal with religion and economics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, political economy, ethics and economics, the history of economic thought, or other related subject areas.Faculty scholarship —identifying scholarly projects which show promise for advancing the understanding of free markets, particularly in light of globalization.

Ideal proposals will demonstrate how the free market relates to Judeo-Christian faith and ethics. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2015 and winners will be notified by April 15,2015. Successful mini-grant proposals will:

Have a clearly defined topic that the project intends to address, and why this is of value to the teaching, scholarship and practice of free-market economics.Have clearly defined objectives for the project.Have a clear project budget directly related to the proposed activities of the project.Demonstrate that the individual and/or team members have related experience, technical knowledge, networks, and other appropriate resources (intellectual, social, financial) that will contribute to the success of the proposed project.Illustrate how the results will be disseminated throughout the larger academy.

For more information, please visit the Mini-Grant About Page. Proposals may be submitted electronically at [email protected].