Previous Seedcorn Grants

Round 9 (Projects starting in 2023/24)

• Karen O'Donnell, CTF, The Trauma-Informed Church
• Liz Shercliff, Luther King House, Might women-only spaces in the curriculum for ministerial training better prepare women for future ministry?
• Sarah Dunlop, CTF, Seeing mental health through the lens of Scripture: how narrated photography can resource the use of the Bible within pastoral care

Round 8 (Projects starting in 2022/23)

• Shemil Matthew, Emmanuel Theological College, Developing Meaningful Engagement with Global Theology in the TEI sector
• Sarah Brush, Cuddesdon, Marital Breakdown during Formation in IME
• Anne Tomlinson, SEI, Greening the Curriculum; steps towards formational integration
• Mark Powley, YTEP, Developing an Eco-College Award
• Alan Gregory, St Augustine's, Listening, Learning, Changing: Faculty Development for the Multi-ethnic Classroom

Round 7 (Projects starting in 2021/22)

• Renie Choy, St Mellitus, 'Exploring a ‘Living Heritage’ Approach to London’s Medieval Churches'
• Barbara Glasson, Queen's, 'Embedding practices of justice, dignity and solidarity within the pastoral theology curriculum of student ministers'
• Cathy Ross, Cuddesdon, 'Towards multicultural learning: "A fellowship of the unlike'
• Natalie Chen and Anna Ruddick, YTEP, 'Communities of Practice: Pedagogical approaches to theological accompaniment among Black and White Christians with a concern for racial justice'

Round 6 (Projects starting in 2019/20)

• Sarah Dunlop, Cambridge Federation, 'The language and processes of theologically reflective learning amongst church-goers.'
• Mark Scanlan, St Mellitus, 'Sustaining Theological Reflection beyond graduation: an investigation into practice in youth ministry.'

Round 5 (Projects starting in 2018/19)

• Ash Cocksworth, Queen's, 'God and Study Skills: Learning as Formation'
• Sally Nelson, YTEP, 'Can generic cultural resistance to suffering disable early pastoral competence and, if so, can teaching strategies be appropriately enhanced?'
• Steve Hollinghurst, YTEP, 'How is mission taught and received under Common Awards across different TEIs?'
• Cathy Ross/ Mike Pears, Cuddesdon, 'Methods for Creative Conversations: developing and evaluating conversational practices for marginal and deprived contexts.'
• Cathy Ross, Cuddesdon, 'Together We Can! Radical Receptivity in Action: An Ethnography'
• Liz Shercliff, All Saints, 'Receptivity in Placements: Linking Formation with Learning'
  
  

Round 4 (Projects starting in 2017/18)

• Jonny Baker, Ripon College Cuddesdon, ‘Researching the outcomes of teaching the missional entrepreneurship modules’
• David Hewlett, Queen’s, ‘Inclusive learning, the Equality Act, and Reasonable Adjustments’
• Cherryl Hunt, SWMTC, ‘A comparison of personal devotional life, focussing on attitudes to the Bible, before and after embarking on academic biblical study’
• Elizabeth Jordan, St Mellitus, ‘An examination of existing resources for Interim Ministers in the Church of England leading to development of online training material’
• Darren Sarisky, Wycliffe Hall, ‘Interfaith Engagement and Ministerial Training: Scriptural Reasoning as a Test Case’

Round 3 (Projects starting in 2016/17)

• Sally Myers, Lincoln, 'Investigate and articulate the different contemporary theological frameworks and narrative self-understandings of vocation within the Church of England'
• Cathy Ross, Ripon College Cuddesdon, 'Beyond Bums on Seats: Understanding the Impact of Pioneers'
• Sian Hancock, Trinity College with Bristol Baptist College, 'A Small-Scale Evaluation of the Impact of Research on Children, Youth and Family Ministerial and Educational Practice'
• Mike Pears, Trinity College with Bristol Baptist College, 'A Proposal for the Further Development of Creative Conversations'
• Elizabeth Hoare, Wycliffe Hall, 'The Impact of theological training on the personal practice of prayer. An initial investigation'
• Alison Gray, Cambridge Theological Federation, 'How can art be used to enhance teaching and learning in Old Testament modules in the Common Awards programmes?'

Round 2 (Projects starting in 2015/16)

• Beth Dodd, SCRTP, The uses of open learning for theology for ministry and mission
• Eeva John, Cambridge Theological Federation, Learning to Inhabit the Kingon: The practice of theological education as paideia
• David Nixon, SWMTC, Mind the Gap? Perceptions and realities of sexualities and genders education for ordinands
• Andrew Orton, Cranmer Hall, Distinctive diaconal vocations and theological education
• Pete Ward, Cranmer Hall, Practical theologies of witness in the Church of England

Round 1 (Projects starting in 2014/15)

• Keith Beech-Gruneberg, SCRTP, An assessment of the impact of biblical studies teaching in IME1-3 on the use of the Bible by some curates in the Diocese of Oxford
• Richard Briggs, Cranmer Hall, How the Bible is taught in the Common Awards institutions
• Ray Gaston, Queens Foundation, Inter-faith engagement and theological education
• Mike Pears, Trinity College Bristol, Creative conversations
• Chris Southgate, SWMTC, The promotion of teaching on the interaction between science and religion in Common Awards