ICDP Site Application - The Prindle Institute for Ethics

Join the partnership and build skills in dialogue and disagreement.

The Intercollegiate Civil Disagreement Partnership (ICDP) equips undergraduates with the habits and virtues needed to engage meaningfully across difference. Through a year-long, cross-institutional fellowship, students from diverse colleges and universities train together in the practice of dialogue, learn to facilitate conversations across political lines, and help cultivate healthier cultures of disagreement on their own campuses. ICDP also supports faculty and staff through professional development that brings these same skills into classrooms and student-facing spaces. With new partners joining through the Educating Character Initiative, ICDP is building a national network of institutional pods dedicated to fostering civil, thoughtful, and agency-affirming dialogue.

Application Requirements

Partner Institutions

New institutions are encouraged to apply with at least one partner committed to forming a new ICDP pod together. Single-institution applications are welcome, but applying with a partner strengthens your proposal.

Site Leads

Each institution should identify 1–2 faculty or staff who will lead the fellowship program. These individuals will take part in ICDP training and attend the three-day summer convention at the Prindle Institute for Ethics at no cost to them or their institution.

Institutional Support

Include a letter of support from the appropriate dean, vice president, vice provost, or similar campus leader endorsing the development of this program.

Vision for Pod

Your application should describe your vision for the character of your pod. ICDP pods give student fellows the chance to learn alongside peers with a wide range of backgrounds and viewpoints, so diversity among partner institutions is essential. (Current ICDP institutions include two-year and four-year campuses, an HBCU, a small private liberal arts college, R1 private research universities, a large public state university, and institutions from across the south, west, east, and midwest.).

Apply Now Applications will be accepted through April 1, 2026.

Name
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Phone
Email

Your Institution
Institution Name
Undergraduate Degree Type
Classification
Institution Type
Liberal Arts
Professional
Research
HBCU/MSI/HSI
Please check all that apply.
Institution Size
Geographic Region
Your Partner Institution (recommended)
Please provide information about the Institution with which you plan to partner for this application.
Partner Institution Name
Undergraduate Degree Type
Classification
Institution Type
Liberal Arts
Professional
Research
HBCU/MSI/HSI
Please check all that apply.
Institution Size
Geographic Region
Application Details
Why are you interested in joining the ICDP?
Site Leads

Please list the names of 1–2 faculty or staff who will lead your program and attend the summer convention training (early August 2026 at the Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University):
Support Letter
Max. file size: 50 MB.

Please attach a letter of support from the program leads listed above, indicating their commitment to attend the summer convention training (early August 2026 at the Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University):
Vision
Please use this section to explain your vision for your partnership "pod." In your response, address at least the following: Which additional institutions do you hope will join your pod, and how would these partners help create a cohort of student fellows with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints?

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