2025 Call for Applications: Research Grants at the Church History Department

The Church History Department is now accepting grant applications to fund on-site research in the Church History Library.

The Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites applications for grants to conduct research in its archival, art, and artifact collections in Salt Lake City, Utah. These grants are intended to offset travel and research expenses for performing research at the Church History Library and Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah. We hope the grants will stimulate the examination of underrepresented groups and topics in Latter-day Saint history, such as women, youth, children, individuals outside the United States, immigrant groups, the globalization of the Church, and twentieth and twenty-first century history. We encourage all scholars who are interested in Latter-day Saint history, Latter-day Saint art history, or Latter-day Saint studies to apply, regardless of their affiliation with the Church or previous experience in researching Latter-day Saint history.

The department intends to award five types of grants in 2025:

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Conference: “I Am In Your Midst”: Jesus Christ at the Center of [LDS] Church History

The Church History Department will host a conference in Salt Lake City on September 5–6, 2025, titled “I Am In Your Midst”: Jesus Christ at the Center of Church History. This free, two-day event invites scholars, educators, and the broader Latter-day Saint community to consider how Jesus Christ has been—and continues to be—central to the Church’s historical narrative.

With over thirty presenters, the conference promises a rich array of perspectives. Sessions will explore Christ’s presence in women’s history, historic site preservation, religious education, and global Church history. Six thematic presentations and roundtables will feature research from religious educators and scholars, while a special panel of former Church Historians and Recorders will reflect on their experiences stewarding the Church’s historical record.

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