With partners and institutions around the country, and with the support of several foundation partners, the Lab has completed several projects contributing to the field of spiritual care. You may also be interested in our current 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.
Past Projects
Chaplain Resilience
This project provides support groups, webinars, and grant funding to projects to build up resilience in chaplains.
Chaplaincy Education
A quarter of theological schools offer chaplaincy training and degrees, and the work of chaplains is expanding in a range of settings.
Executive Perspectives
Chaplains have been trying to make their case by articulating their value in healthcare organizations since the earliest days of the profession.
Innovating Education
The goal of the project is to strengthen chaplaincy degree programs at schools across the country.
Mapping Diversity
Understanding the demographics of American chaplains and whether they match the demographics of whom chaplains serve.
Mapping Jewish Care
The project maps, builds, and strengthens Jewish chaplaincy as a field to support innovative models of spiritual care.
Maryland Chaplaincy
This project maps spiritual care in the state of Maryland.
Reimagining Ed
Assessing and Reimagining Chaplaincy Education investigates the foundations of chaplaincy education.
Religion at Sea
This project explores the religious and spiritual needs of multinational seafarers working onboard cargo ships.
Resilience Support
This project provides support and professionalization for chaplains in New Jersey.
Seaport Chaplaincy
This project asks how congregations are connected to deep-water ocean ports in the United States and Canada through the work of port chaplains.
Spiritual Care for Elders
Colleagues are piloting a series of projects at Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston about spiritual care for elders living in retirement and nursing facilities.
Spiritual Care Networks
The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab is collaborating with the Fetzer Institute to support and build networks of spiritual care providers.
Spiritual Generalists
This project expands initiated by the Boston Children’s Hospital’s IPEP to train others in providing spiritual generalist care.
Student Mental Health
This project partners chaplains and mental health professionals to support the needs of college students.
University Chaplaincy
A sociologist, a university chaplain, and a theological educator begin to envision a future with more clearly-defined higher education chaplaincy