In 1982, the Clyde S. Kilby Research Grant was established by Wheaton College's class of 1939 in honor of their former professor and faculty class sponsor. This endowed award is presented annually by the Board of the Marion E. Wade Center to a scholar engaged in a publishable project related to one of the seven Wade authors. The intention of the award is both to recognize scholarly contributions and also to assist the work of those who use the resources of the Wade Center.
There is no application process for the Kilby Research Grant. Researchers become eligible by having visited and used the research materials of the Wade Center. Further information on this award may be obtained by researchers once they are at the Wade.
Kilby Grant Award Recipients
| K. Alan Snyder | 2022: A forthcoming book on C.S. Lewis's view of historiography |
| 2021: No award given |
 |
Harry Lee Poe | The Making of C.S. Lewis: From Atheist to Apologist: 1918-1945 (Crossway, 2021) |
| Crystal Hurd | A forthcoming book on Albert and Flora Lewis |
 |
Kathryn Wehr | Wade Annotated Edition of Dorothy L. Sayers’s The Man Born to be King (IVP Academic, 2023) |
| Amber Noel | A forthcoming dramatic reading of C.S. Lewis’s Perelandra |
 |
Holly Ordway | Tolkien's Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages (Word on Fire, 2021) |
| Charles Huttar | A forthcoming book tentatively titled New Bodies in Narnia and Elsewhere: C.S. Lewis and the Mythography of Metamorphosis | |
 |
Gina Dalfonzo | Dorothy and Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis (Baker Books, 2020) |
| Corey Latta | 2017: A forthcoming book tentatively titled The God Behind the Veil: How The Imagination Insists on God | |
| Tobey Coley | 2016: A forthcoming book considering C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves | |
 |
Paul S. Fiddes | 2015: Charles Williams and C.S. Lewis: Friends in Co-inherence (Oxford University Press, 2021) |
 |
Carol and Philip Zaleski | The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and Their Circle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015) |
 |
Charlie W. Starr | "'Villainous Handwriting': A Chronological Study of C.S. Lewis’s Script" in Volume 33 of VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center, pp.73-94 (2016) and online supplement “The Lewis Handwriting Chart.” |
 |
George Marsden | 2013: C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity: A Biography (Princeton University Press, 2016) |
| Jim Stockton | 2012: Forthcoming book C.S. Lewis and the Oxford Philosophers |
 |
Alister McGrath | 2 titles: C.S. Lewis: A Life (Tyndale, 2013) and The Intellectual Life of C.S. Lewis (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) |
 |
Monika Hilder | 3 titles: The Feminine Ethos in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia (Peter Lang, 2012), The Gender Dance: Ironic Subversion in C.S. Lewis's Cosmic Trilogy (Peter Lang, 2013), and Surprised by the Feminine: A Rereading of C.S. Lewis and Gender (Peter Lang, 2013) |
 |
Nancy Brown | How Far is it to Bethlehem: The Plays and Poetry of Frances Chesterton (CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2012) |
 |
Abigail Santamaria |
2010: Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015) |
 |
Grevel Lindop | 2009: Charles Williams: The Third Inkling (Oxford UP, 2015) |
| Ronald W. Bresland |
2008: Forthcoming book on C.S. Lewis and Ireland | |
 |
Suzanne Bray | 2007: The Christ of the Creeds & Other Broadcast Messages to the British People during World War II by Dorothy L. Sayers. Introduction & notes by Suzanne Bray (Dorothy L. Sayers Society, 2008) |
 |
Michael Ward | Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Oxford UP, 2008) |
 |
Simon Blaxland-de Lange |
Owen Barfield: Romanticism Comes of Age (Temple Lodge, 2006) |
 |
Kerry Dearborn | The Baptized Imagination: The Theology of George MacDonald (Ashgate Publishing, 2006) |
 |
Joel Heck | Irrigating Deserts: C.S. Lewis on Education (Concordia Publishing House, 2005) |
 |
Laura K. Simmons |
Creed without Chaos: Exploring Theology in the Writings of Dorothy L. Sayers (Baker Academic, 2005) |
 |
Wayne Martindale |
Beyond the Shadowlands: C.S. Lewis on Heaven and Hell (Crossway Books, 2005) |
 |
K. James Gilchrist |
2003: A Morning After War: C.S. Lewis and WWI (Peter Lang, 2005) |
 |
Peter Schakel | 2002: Imagination and the Arts in C.S. Lewis: Journeying to Narnia and Other Worlds (University of Missouri Press, 2002) |
 |
Crystal Downing | 2001: Writing Performances: The Stages of Dorothy L. Sayers (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004) |
 |
David C. Downing |
2000: The Most Reluctant Convert: C.S. Lewis's Journey to Faith (InterVarsity Press, 2002) |
| Michael Travers | 1999: Forthcoming book to be titled A Severe Delight: Exile and Longing in C.S. Lewis (co-written with Bruce Edwards) | |
| 1998: No award given |
 |
Diana Pavlac Glyer |
The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community (Kent State University Press, 2006) |
 |
John Rateliff | The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins and The History of the Hobbit, Part Two: Return to Bag-End (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) |
 |
John Peterson | 1996: Father Brown and the Church of Rome (Ignatius Press, 1996) |
 |
Don W. King | 1995: C.S. Lewis, Poet: The Legacy of His Poetic Impulse (Kent State University Press, 2001) |
 |
Colin Duriez | 1994: The Inklings Handbook (Chalice Press, 2001) |
| Mary Ellen Ashcroft |
1993: Unpublished book entitled The Ideal of Work in the Life and Writings of Dorothy L. Sayers | |
 |
Stephen Thorson |
1992: Joy and Poetic Imagination: Understanding C.S. Lewis's "Great War" with Owen Barfield and its Significance for Lewis's Conversion and Writings (Winged Lion Press, 2015) |
| Robert Holyer |
1992: Unpublished book on C.S. Lewis and British philosophy |
 |
Wayne Hammond |
1991: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography by Wayne Hammond and Douglas A. Anderson (St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1992) |
 |
Janine Goffar |
1991: C.S. Lewis Index: Rumours from the Sculptor's Shop (La Sierra University Press, 1995) |
| Christopher Dean |
1991: Unpublished biography of Lord Peter Wimsey | |
 |
David Coomes |
1990: Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life (Lion, 1992) |
 |
Roma King, Jr. | 1990: The Pattern in the Web: The Mythical Poetry of Charles Williams (Kent State University Press, 1990) |
 |
Rolland Hein | 1989: George MacDonald: Victorian Mythmaker (Star Song Publishing Group, 1993) |
 |
Aidan Mackey | 1988: Collected Poetry, Part I by G.K. Chesterton, Edited by Aidan Mackey (Ignatius Press, 1994) |
| Paul Ford | 1987: Unpublished book on C.S. Lewis | |
 |
Barbara Reynolds |
1986: The Passionate Intellect: Dorothy L. Sayers' Encounter with Dante (Kent State University Press, 1989) |
 |
Lionel Adey | 1985: C.S. Lewis: Writer, Dreamer, and Mentor (Eerdmans, 1998) |
 |
Alzina Stone Dale |
1984: Love All and Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers, Edited by Alzina Stone Dale (Kent State University Press, 1984) |
 |
Catherine Kenney |
1984: The Remarkable Case of Dorothy L. Sayers (Kent State University Press, 1990) |
 |
H. William Griffin |
1983: Clive Staples Lewis: A Dramatic Life (Harper and Row, 1986) |
 |
George Sayer | Jack: C.S. Lewis and His Times (Harper and Row, 1988) |
 |
Lyle W. Dorsett |
And God Came In: The Extraordinary Story of Joy Davidman, Her Life and Marriage to C.S. Lewis (Macmillan, 1983) 2nd edition title changed to A Love Observed |