University Francisco de Vitoria and the Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation have partnered to announce the Expanded Reason Awards, which aim to recognize and promote academic innovations in the spirit of Benedict XVI’s proposal to broaden the horizons of reason.

Keeping this appreciation of the human desire for the whole of truth alive requires an integrated approach to research and teaching in the sciences, one that recovers the fundamental existential questions which emerge within the context of the particular disciplines and through reflection on the scientific enterprise in general. Science is a natural response to man’s encounter with the wonders of reality, and so the confluence of deeper philosophical and theological questions and scientific inquiry is entirely appropriate.

Opportunity

The University Francisco de Vitoria and the Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI present ‘The Expanded Reason Awards, II Edition’. The aim of these Awards is to recognize researchers and university professors who, following the thought of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, include the idea of ‘Expanded Reason’ in their teaching or research. This concept refers to the way in which experts in a specific science are able to open the horizon of their fields to understand the human person in its totality, being enlightened by philosophy and/or theology and avoiding the use of empty empiricism or scientism that may not consider human reality beyond a narrow area of knowledge.

Eligibility

The projects submitted must engage in reflection about Anthropology, Epistemology, Ethics and Meaning questions, within a particular science in Research or Teaching.

To be eligible, university professors and researchers must accomplish the purpose of the awards individually or in a group.

  • If you are a researcher, you may participate with scientific papers which address Anthropological, Epistemological, Ethical and Meaning questions of your particular science or discipline.
  • If you are a university professor, you can participate with your academic programs, explaining the inclusion of Anthropological, Epistemological, Ethical and Meaning questions within your work.

These awards are international, and therefore they can be presented in one of the awards’ two official languages, Spanish or English, and will be evaluated by an international jury.

Funding Available

Four awards worth 100,000€ will be conferred to university professors working on research projects or teaching excellence.

The award will consist in four awards worth 100,000€ based on the following distribution:

  • Two awards worth 25.000€ each will be conferred to the Research category
  • Two awards worth 25.000€ each will be conferred to the Teaching category.

Full Details

Deadlines

Internal Deadline for Review Please contact  Heloise Emdon.
cuResearch Checklist Deadline March 23, 2018
Full Application Due April 4, 2018

Submitting Your Application

  • Applications will be submitted via cuResearch, through which Departmental and Associate Dean’s approval must be provided to complete the online application process.
  • More information on cuResearch can be found here.

Internal Contacts

If you would like assistance with proposal development and/or a substantive review of your proposal, please contact the appropriate Heloise Emdon.

Friday, February 2, 2018  |  Categories: Funding Opportunities
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