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MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
The Lilly Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities was established in 1991 to strengthen the quality and shape the character of church-related higher learning by developing leaders for church-related colleges and universities and providing opportunities for conversation about church-related higher learning.
Network members represent a diverse range of denominational traditions, institutional types, and geographical locations. Financial support for Network activities comes from an annual membership fee for Network schools that ranges from $2,000 to $6,500 annually, depending on the size of the institution.
Along with Postdoctoral and Graduate Fellowships, the Network sponsors a variety of activities to achieve its goals.
Member schools participate in sustained conversation on church-related higher education through opportunities such as:
Sending campus representatives to attend the annual Lilly Network National Conference with all expenses paid except transportation.
Sending campus leaders to the annual Workshop for Senior Administrators completely free of charge (including travel).
Nominating up to three of their graduating seniors or recent alums for the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program.
Applying for faculty development grants ranging from $1,500 to $12,000.
Applying for grants to sponsor Network-funded academic programs that serve faculty from many campuses, including Regional Collaborations and Conferences, and Network Exchanges.
Sending faculty to any of these programs held on other Network campuses.
Nominating mid-career faculty for the Faculty Fellows Program.
Nominating a member of your faculty for the biennial Arlin G. Meyer Prize.
Receiving publications such as the quarterly electronic newsletter Lilly Network Update.