Thursday, March 5, 2009

Greenleaf Scholars Program

The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership is pleased to announce the establishment of the Greenleaf Scholars Program.

The goals of the program are (1) to inspire a new generation of critical scholarship based on the concepts of servant leadership that were articulated by Robert K. Greenleaf; (2) to support rigorous empirical studies that offer evidence of the impact of servant leadership on the health and effectiveness of organizations and communities; and (3) to build a nurturing community of academic researchers, practitioners, and students who study and teach servant leadership. The program is administered through The National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good at the University of Michigan.

The Greenleaf Center will sponsor up to five awards each year for pre-tenured faculty, early career practitioners, and advanced graduate students who engage in research that explores servant leadership. Greenleaf Scholars will be selected by an international review committee comprised of faculty members from seven public and private universities in the United States and overseas. Each Greenleaf Scholar will receive an award of $2,500 to support outstanding research and encourage publication. Information and application forms are available at www.greenleaf.org/scholars.

All application materials for the 2009 awards must be received by the National Forum by Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Inquiries about the program or the award may be sent to: greenleafscholars@umich.edu.

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