{"id":149302,"date":"2026-07-20T15:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/novak-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:35:14","slug":"novak-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/novak-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Amount: <\/strong> $15,000.\r\n\r\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<strong>About: <\/strong>\r\n Action Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty Center for offers Novak Awards, an annual competition, with a top prize of $15,000, to recognize those scholars early in their academic career who demonstrate outstanding intellectual merit in advancing the understanding of theology\u2019s connection to human dignity, the importance of the rule of law, limited government, religious liberty, and freedom in economic life. 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