The Center coordinates internal grants with the Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs. Grants are available to faculty members for research projects, professional development associated with their teaching, and funds to bring guest lecturers to the university.
Marrquette Fellows Program provides funding for faculty members to devote an entire summer to research projects. These highly competitive fellowships are awarded annually by a selection committee of faculty peers.
Mark D. Gossiaux
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy
Project Title: "God and Creatures: The Medieval Catholic Worldview of James of Viterbo"
Denis R. Janz
Provost Distinguished Professor of the History of Christianity
Project Title: "Luther's De captivitate Babylonica: A New Translation, with Introduction, Notes, and Commentary"

Lynn Vogel Koplitz
Earl and Gertude Vicknair Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Project Title: "New C7H7N2X Crystal Structures and Computed Non-Covalent Interaction Energies for Supramolecular Design"

Carol Ann MacGregor
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Project Title: "School's Out Forever: The Decline of Catholic Education in the United States"

Laura Murphy
Assistant Professor of English
Project Title: "The New Slave Narrative"

Jai A.P. Shanata
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Project Title: "Are Functional Enzymes Found in Cell Membranes?"

Jeremy Thibodeaux
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Project Title: "Developing a Mathematical Model of Dengue Infection"

William Walkenhorst
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Project Title: "The Effects of pH and Ionic Strength on the Effectiveness of Antimicrobial Peptides"

Timothy Welsh
Assistant Professor of English
Project Title: "Mixed Realism: A Theory of Fiction for Wired Culture"
Successful grant applications from Fall 2012 will be posted to CFI intranet after January 18, 2013.
The Center also coordinate grants for the Biever Guest Lecture Series.