The Research Fellowship provides undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to pursue the global common good while continuing to prepare for their career.
The primary objective of the Research Fellowship is to
challenge the next generation of leaders to explore connections between their
faith and vocation. Fellowships have been created to provide undergraduate and
graduate students opportunities to pursue the global common good while
continuing to prepare for their career.
It is our desire Research Fellows seek real world applications
of faith and vocation. This requires gaining a deep and rich understanding of
the Christian faith and its implications for all of life, as well as,
developing the actual facilities and positional authority necessary to seek the
common good.
Applications are open in the spring before a student’s final year of study (due June 15). Applicants will be notified of the admission committee’s decision by July 15. There will be five monthly meetings (Aug-Dec) in the fall where the Research Fellows discuss core theology and identify an area of research in their vocation. Each Research Fellow is expected to spend 6-10 hours a week (Jan-Apr) on his or her project and will be compensated for the time. In May the Research Fellows will present their findings.
Blake Schwarz joined the staff of Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas, TX in 2015 to help build a new faith and work ministry, PCPC@WORK. Blake has served as the volunteer director of The Pegasus Fellowship since 2014. After gaining a deeper and more intimate understanding of the felt need, Blake left his post as Dean of School at The Cambridge School of Dallas to devote his full time attention to developing this program.
Blake met his wife, Julia Flowers Schwarz, while attending Wake Forest University. He went on to receive his Masters of Divinity degree from Reformed Theological Seminary, and he is currently working on a doctorate at Fuller Theological Seminary focusing on the intersection of faith and economics. Julia and Blake have three children, Margaret, Alice Arthur and Nathaniel, and they spend most of their free time enjoying them.
Gospel Formation for Cultural Renewal