Studies Grants

The Terrence G Kardong Monastic Studies Grant, awarded annually, provides financial support for monastic learning and research projects. All American Benedictine Forum members are invited to apply for these grants, which provide funds to support projects that foster the mission of the ABF, “to cultivate, support and transmit the Benedictine heritage within contemporary culture.”

The grant is named after the late “dean” of monastic studies in North America. A monk of Assumption Abbey in Richardton, North Dakota, for over 60 years, Fr. Terrence studied at St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota (B.A.), Catholic University of America (M.A.) and the Pontifical University of Sant’Anselmo (Licentiate). He was the long term editor of the American Benedictine Review and published many books and articles, especially Benedict’s Rule: A Translation and Commentary (1996), The Life of St. Benedict by Gregory the Great: Translation and Commentary (2009) and Benedict Backwards: Reading the Rule in the Twenty-First Century (2017). He died on March 24, 2019.

Grant support may be used for research, travel, or other modes of exploring and promoting the Benedictine heritage. It may also be used for travel expenses and registration fees for the purpose of presenting a scholarly paper on a monastic topic related to the Benedictine heritage at a scholarly convention. A total of $1500 is available to fund these annual grants.

Applicants must be members of the ABF. Applications will be selected on the basis of:

  • The quality of the proposal (originality, feasibility, clarity of purpose)
  • Potential benefit for monastics,
  • Relevance to the purposes of the Forum.

Recipients of grant support must be willing to submit a report on the use of the grant and/or a brief summary of the topic of the scholarly paper to the ABF board of directors within a year from the completion of the project/presentation of the paper for which the grant was given.

Recipients will be chosen by the ABF Awards Committee and approved by the ABF Board of directors at their meeting and awards will be announced immediately thereafter.

“…to cultivate, support and transmit the Benedictine heritage within contemporary culture.”

To apply for a grant please supply the following information:

  • Name, address, phone number, e-mail address
  • Religious or academic affiliation (if any)
  • A brief description of the proposed project
  • The goal(s) of the proposed project
  • An itemized budget for the project, which includes:
    1. Total cost of project
    2. Sources of funding other than the ABF
    3. Sum requested from the ABF

Send completed grant applications to:
Sister Edith Bogue, OSB
916 Convent Road NE
Cullman, AL 35055

or submit by email as a Word document to: [email protected]