With partners and institutions around the country, and with the support of several foundation partners, the Lab is engaged in a number of ongoing projects. You may also be interested in some of our past projects, as well as what our colleagues are doing in their own institutions. Email Director of Programs Michael Skaggs at michael@chaplaincyinnovation.org for more information.
Current Projects
Career Advancement for Chaplains
This project helps address the historical marginalization of people of color in spiritual care.
Chaplain Demand
This groundbreaking project asks how chaplains can better understand demand for spiritual care.
Conversation Circles on Chaplaincy and the Environment
The project maps, builds, and strengthens Jewish chaplaincy as a field to support innovative models of spiritual care.
Demonstration Projects in Jewish Chaplaincy
The project maps, builds, and strengthens Jewish chaplaincy as a field to support innovative models of spiritual care.
Episcopal Chaplaincy in the US
The project explores Episcopal chaplaincy in educational institutions across the United States.
Expanding the Reach of Covenantal Pluralism
This project works toward consensus on the meaning and importance of spiritual care, as well as its sustainability.
Mainstreaming Spiritual Care in Healthcare Organizations
The project maps, builds, and strengthens Jewish chaplaincy as a field to support innovative models of spiritual care.
Mapping Spiritual Innovators
The project maps, builds, and strengthens Jewish chaplaincy as a field to support innovative models of spiritual care.
Queer Calls to Chaplaincy
Project Grant for Researchers on queer experiences of pursuing spiritual care as a career.
Religious / Non-religious Social Impact Collaboration
Pastoral Study Project on setting aside anxieties over religious demographics.
Spiritual and Mental Health in Higher Education
This project trains counselor-chaplain teams to offer integrative support groups for students at the postsecondary level.
Spiritual Care Training for Historically Marginalized Communities
This project helps address the historical marginalization of people of color in spiritual care.
Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future
The project maps, builds, and strengthens Jewish chaplaincy as a field to support innovative models of spiritual care.
Trauma Response
This project supports fellows in developing congregational responses to community trauma.
Unaffiliated Chaplains
The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab is collaborating with the Fetzer Institute to support and build networks of spiritual care providers.