Donald Ottenhoff Fellowship
Donald Ottenhoff Fellowship supports scholars, clergy, artists, and writers in research and creative work exploring religion’s connections with art, contemporary circumstances, or the natural world.
Funder: Collegeville Institute
Due Dates: September 8–December 16, 2027 (Fall residency) | January 12–April 19, 2028 (Spring residency)
Funding Amounts: Fee-free housing and up to $2,000 for travel and research expenses
Summary: Supports residency projects exploring religion’s connections with art, contemporary social and cultural circumstances, or the natural world.
Key Information: Applicants must apply to a Collegeville Institute residency and answer the fellowship question within that application.
Description
The Donald Ottenhoff Fellowship is offered by the Collegeville Institute in connection with its residency programs in Collegeville, Minnesota. It supports research and creative work that brings religion into conversation with art, contemporary circumstances, or the natural world. Projects may examine religious insight in a particular artist’s novels, paintings, or music, explore imagination in the life of faith, or involve works of art in progress.
The fellowship also supports projects applying theological or religious resources to current social, political, or cultural circumstances, and work connecting the natural world with religious thought and practice. Fellows receive housing, travel and research support, and the privileges afforded to Resident Scholars or Short-Term Resident Scholars. A limited number of fellowships are available.
