Young Alumni Interfaith Mini-Grant
Interfaith Mini-Grants for Young Alumni
Our University Chaplaincy Young Alumni are doing amazing things in the world. They are in grad school, in med school, law school, Divinity School. They are working in the Peace Corps and Wall Street. They are Fulbright Scholars and engineers. They are doing peace and justice work for non-profits and making a huge difference in their communities. The Young Alumni Seed Grant Award for Interfaith Community Engagement was created to support our graduates in building relationships with your communities, across communities, and in community.
Apply for one of three $500 mini-grants available to young alumni who are advancing interfaith understanding, dialogue, or service in their communities. Whether you're organizing events, launching a project, or continuing work that bridges religious and philosophical traditions, we want to support your efforts. Open to alumni within ten years of graduation from 2025.
Apply by October 24. Winners will be announced in November.
All proposals–in addition to having an interfaith focus– should connect clearly with at least one additional component of the University Chaplaincy’s mission:
- To provide spiritual care
- To support religious and philosophical communities
- To educate about spiritual and ethical issues in society and the world
- Promote multifaith engagement.
Grant Criteria
Grant proposals must:
- Serve a specified population
- Offer participants an interfaith experience (e.g. dialogue, site visit, shared meal)
- Include a detailed budget
- Uplift Tufts’ priorities to enhance diversity, inclusion, and sustainability
Grant awardees must:
- Agree to share learnings and outcomes
- Use the University Chaplaincy logo on promotional and other distributed materials
- Attend (in person or virtually) Senior Awards Night in April 2026
Please note that grant money cannot be used for:
- Stipends or gifts (but can be used for speaker fees)
- Individual conference attendance
- Payment for students' work (i.e., paying a student for their time creating an event or program)
Apply today with the form below.
Please email University Chaplain Elyse Nelson Winger with any questions.