APARRI Collaborative Grants (United States)

One of APARRI’s distinctive features is the active inclusion of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and faith leaders.

APARRI collaborative projects should incorporate multiple points of view and pursue new avenues of inquiry related to Asian Pacific Americans and religion. Collaborators may come from one or more institutions. Proposals may incorporate either singular or interdisciplinary approaches. International collaboration is allowed, but the project should be primarily anchored in the United States, and the Project Director must be based at a U.S. institution.

Proposed collaborative projects must result in tangible, sustainable outcomes, such as K-12 curricula, an open-access website or other digital resource, an art exhibit, performance, speaker series, workshop, conference, digital publications, a co-authored or multi-authored book, a themed issue of a peer-reviewed journal, a series of peer-reviewed articles, and more. All project outcomes must incorporate collaboration to address significant questions or issues related to Asian Pacific Americans and religion.

Funding Information

• Grants will range from small grants of $7,500 or less, and large grants of up to $20,000 (USD). Due to the competitive selection process, the final amount awarded may vary and may not match the requested amount.
• The grant period is from May 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025, and all grant funds must be spent by September 1, 2025. The final grant report on how funds were spent and collaborative group activities will also be due September 1, 2025. The Project Director will be responsible for all correspondence with APARRI and final reporting.
• APARRI strives to create a robust intellectual community; therefore, the Project Director or designated project representatives must attend and present results at an annual APARRI conference within one year of project completion. Group members may co-present about the collaboration at an APARRI conference, and these individuals may apply for APARRI conference scholarships to defray travel and lodging costs.

Eligibility Criteria

• The collaborative project focus must be on Asian Pacific American religions or Asian Pacific American religious communities.
• The collaborative proposal must be submitted by a full-time faculty member affiliated with a U.S. institution, who is designated as the Project Director.
• The Project Director must have a U.S. academic institutional affiliation with guarantee of financial support and accounting assistance during the grant period.
• Project Directors must have completed a doctorate (Ph.D. or terminal doctoral degree).
• Collaborative groups must include at least three members. There is no upper limit to the number of people involved in a collaborative project.
• Not all project collaborators need to have attended an APARRI conference or event in the past.
• You cannot be in more than one collaborative proposal (per cycle).
• They encourage:
  • First-time applicants.
  • Independent scholars, graduate students, and relevant staff, such as chaplains, to be members of the collaboration.
  • Interdisciplinary, interethnic, and interreligious collaborations.
  • In-person meetings.

Evaluation Criteria

• APARRI Collaborative Grants are intended to support collaboration between scholars and community and faith leaders who have a clearly identified project that advances knowledge of APA religions. All eligible grant proposals will be reviewed and assessed by the APARRI Managing Board and Collaborative Grant reviewers using the following criteria:
  • Clarity and focus of the proposed collaboration.
  • The potential to advance the public or scholarly knowledge of Asian Pacific American religions, especially of groups that are underrepresented in the field.
  • Feasibility of the collaboration and proposed activities, including achievable goals or objectives, reasonable budget, and realistic timeline for completion of the proposed activities and deliverable(s) or product(s).
  • The potential to foster interdisciplinary, interethnic, and/or interreligious perspectives about APA religions or APA faith communities.

For more information, visit APARRI.