Current Projects

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 mskaggs@brandeis.edu for more information.

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.

Mainstreaming Spiritual Care in Healthcare Organizations

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.

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.