Grant Requirements
- This scholarship is open to all members of EHS enrolled at the PhD level of graduate study;
- The applicant must submit an original piece of writing, which is coherent in its own right, and does not depend on knowledge of a wider thesis;
- The submission must focus on research regarding a relevant issue in homiletics;
- The length of the research will be 15,000 – 20,000 words, follow the current JEHS style guide for articles;
- The target readers are evangelical professors of homiletics;
- A note from an instructor/program director/dean declaring that s/he has read the student’s work and recommends it for submission must be included with the submission;
Deadline July 31, 2026
Evaluation
- A jury of EHS members will use a pre-approved rubric to evaluate the essay “blindly” based on relevance to the teaching of biblical preaching and the EHS confessional statement, and determine a recipient;
- The Board will notify the students of the decisions prior to the EHS annual conference;
- Recipient will be recognized at the annual EHS conference, may be given an option of presenting the research during the EHS annual conference and possibly published in a future issue of the JEHS;