Virtuous citizens: integrating virtue and leadership through the saint dominic fellows program at providence college [the saint dominic fellows program at providence college will contribute to the…

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Providence College $1,125,554 on April 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support the Saint Dominic Fellows Program, an integrated leadership and civic-virtue curriculum for select undergraduate cohorts at the institution.

The program develops intellectual, moral, and vocational formation for class-year cohorts of eight students drawn from campus leadership positions. Academic work focuses on Western civilization, the Catholic and Dominican intellectual tradition, and renewal of contemporary democratic culture. Moral development includes opportunities to cultivate civic and cardinal virtues. Vocational preparation combines off-campus experiences with on-campus mentoring to foster leadership potential. The program aims to transform Providence College's campus culture and contribute substantively to the renewal of American civic culture by preparing the next generation of intellectual and cultural leaders.

The award period runs from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029, with performance at Providence College in Rhode Island. This is a Project Grant assistance type. The Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs supports projects that engage general audiences with humanities scholarship; recipients may request one-year no-cost extensions 30 days before the period of performance ends.

Virtuous citizens: integrating virtue and leadership through the saint dominic fellows program at providence college [the saint dominic fellows program at providence college will contribute to the development of the next generation of intellectual and cultural leaders in the united states. Divided into class year cohorts of 8 students and drawn from students in leadership positions across campus, these fellows will be formed intellectually, through integrative study focused on western civilization, the catholic and dominican intellectual tradition, and the renewal of contemporary democratic culture, morally, through opportunities to cultivate civic and cardinal virtues, and vocationally, through off-campus experiences and on-campus mentoring designed to foster leadership potential. By offering select students an integrated education in the riches of the western tradition, character and civic virtue, mentoring and leadership, the saint dominic fellows program aims not only to transform PC?s campus culture but to make a durable and substantive contribution to the renewal of american civic culture.]