Scholarships and Opportunities

Note: These scholarships and opportunities are not provided by the Acton Institute.

IREF
For the fourth consecutive year IREF, the Institute for Research on Economic and Fiscal Issues, has launched an essay contest to promote research on tax-related issues. This fourth contest proceeds along new rules aiming at attracting participation from a larger set of young students and scholars. This year the awards offered to the three prize-winners add up to €12 000. The topic is "European Tax: Good and Bad". For more information please visit the IREF website.

Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment
The Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) in Bozeman , MT announces a new conference series for religious leaders. The first program, Environmental Stewardship & Climate Change , will be held September 9-13, 2007 at the Elkhorn Ranch near Big Sky, MT. Global warming is a critically important issue. Economic analysis can help design policies that further environmental ends while avoiding unintended, negative consequences. FREE's conference will foster a respectful, productive dialogue as we consider how economic principles can help reconcile the oft-competing perspectives of ecology, ethics, and social welfare. Please contact Kristyn Birrell at kbirrell@free-eco.org for more information.

The Philanthropy Roundtable
The Philanthropy Roundtable, a national association of individual donors, foundations, donor-advised funds, and other grantmakers, is seeking a director of a new program area highlighting philanthropic strategies and solutions which help people to help themselves. This position will be available in September 2007.

The responsibilities of the director of programs in helping people to help themselves will include organizing and hosting three to five public conferences for philanthropists across the nation per year, organizing private, customized seminars for high-net-worth donors to help them improve the effectiveness of their giving in this field, commissioning, producing, and disseminating an electronic newsletter and other publications on highly effective philanthropy that helps people help themselves, building and managing a database, and actively recruiting new philanthropists who seek to advance our principles in this field.

The position will require substantial domestic travel. It is preferred but not necessary that the director be based in Washington . Qualifications for the position include, at least three years of significant experience in business, government, or the nonprofit world working to expand opportunity for the poor and needy, excellent program evaluation skills, a broad interest in philanthropy, excellent “people” skills, including the ability to win the confidence of senior business leaders, good writing and public speaking skills, a bachelors and ideally a masters degree; and, the entrepreneurial spirit to build and run a new program.

Candidates should send a resume and cover letter outlining their qualifications to Adam Meyerson , president, The Philanthropy Roundtable, 1150 17 th St., NW, #503 , Washington , DC 20036 , or by email at ameyerson@philanthropyroundtable.org.

Fransiscan University
Fransiscan University in Steubenville, Ohio seeks a Roman Catholic priest in standing and loyal to the Magisterium of the Church to serve as Associate Director of their Pre-Theologate program. The program is designed to assist young men in discerning the call to ministerial priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church. For further infomation on the responsibilities and requirements of the position, please visit the University's web site.

University of St. Thomas
Located in the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, the University of St. Thomas is Minnesota's largest private university with an enrollment of 11,000 students studying in a wide range of liberal arts, professional, and graduate programs.The Opus College of Business, Department of Ethics and Business Law, seeks candidates for a tenure-track position (Asst., Assoc., or Full Professor) in Business Ethics starting in Fall 2008 to support its mission of developing individuals who combine career competency with cultural awareness and intellectual curiosity. Further information, including responsibilities and requirements, please visit the University web site.

East Lake Academy
East Lake Academy is an independent Roman Catholic elementary school in Lake Forest , Illinois dedicated to forming the whole child by providing a program of accelerated academics, by building character and by developing a strong apostolic faith. Visit www.eastlakeacademy.org to learn more. The school will fill two teaching positions for fall 2007: Elementary teacher full-time and Spanish teacher full-time. Qualified applicants must have a bachelors degree or higher, teaching certificate (or in preparation to receive teaching certificate), and fully support the Roman Catholic Church and her teachings. Compensation is on par with Lake County , IL public schools. Please email a letter of interest and a resume to Miss Noel Dowd, Dean of Academics, at ndowd@eastlakeacademy.org or send hard copies to 13911 W. Laurel Drive , Lake Forest , IL 60045 . Call or fax 847-247-0035 (p) 847-247-1937 (f).

Heritage Foundation and familyfacts.org
The Heritage Foundation in conjunction with familyfacts.org is pleased to announce a new fellowship for graduate students in social sciences with an interest in writing theses in the area of religion and religious institutions, particularly as they relate to the family and domestic public policy. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. For more information, and instructions on how to apply, please see the website: http://www.familyfacts.org/fellowship.cfm

Observatoire de la Finance
The Observatoire de la Finance (www.obsfin.ch) is a non-profit Swiss foundation dedicated to promote and encourage ethical practice in financial institutions. The foundation organizes meetings involving institutions and individuals from the world of finance. The Observatoire de la Finance has just launched a new prize to encourage ethics in finance, the *Robin Cosgrove Prize*, which aims at promoting ethical awareness among young people in banking and related industries. The prize will award USD 20,000 for creative papers setting out projects or proposals for innovative ways to promote ethics in finance and banking. It honours the vision of the investment banker Robin Cosgrove, died at age 31, who believed that a major barrier to economic development was the absence of integrity and ethical practice in banking and financial systems. For further information, please visit the program website at: http://www.robincosgroveprize.org

Other Resource Links

Institute For Humane Studies – The Institute for Humane Studies is a unique organization that assists undergraduate and graduate students worldwide with an interest in individual liberty.

Two Cities Blog - Two Cities is a blog focused on the relationship between the church (the city of God) and the world (the city of man). Two Cities is orthodox, ecumenical, and open-minded. It provides online resources for Christianity and culture issues, serves as a forum for dialogue, and seeks to inspire believers to faithfully live as the salt and light of the earth.

The Witherspoon Institute - The Witherspoon Institute works to enhance public understanding of the political, moral, and philosophical principles of free and democratic societies. It also promotes the application of these principles to contemporary problems. To see a complete listing of Witherspoon announcements, visit http://www.winst.org/ and click on upcoming events.