Advancing and promoting research and creative endeavors in the College of Arts and Letters.

From getting projects off the ground to sharing their impact with the world, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts ensures faculty and students at all levels get the research support they need and the scholarly recognition they deserve.

2023-2024 Annual Research Theme: Technology and the Common Good

In light of Notre Dame’s mission to be a powerful force for good in the world, ISLA aims to foster scholarly engagement with the promise and peril of technology. Taking to heart the notion that technology is a subject of inquiry not only for science and engineering but also the liberal arts, we seek proposals that evaluate the impact and ethics of technology in the past, present and future.