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Report ranks John Templeton Foundation as one of top global funders
West Conshohocken, PA – The John Templeton Foundation ranked as one of the top ten funders in the U.S. by the number of international grants, according to a recent report released by the Council on Foundations and Foundation Center. The State of Global Giving by U.S. Foundations, published to help identify patterns in global giving, also found that the John Templeton Foundation was the top funder in Western Europe from 2011 to 2015 by number of grants, with 544, totaling approximately $81.8 million. The report, the latest in a decades-long collaboration between the two organizations, found that overall giving by U.S. foundations had…
John Bare Joins the John Templeton Foundation as Vice President, Programs
West Conshohocken, PA — The John Templeton Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of John Bare, PhD, as Vice President of Programs. In this role, Bare will oversee the Human Sciences, Character Development, and Individual Freedom & Free Markets departments. He will also serve as a member of the Foundation Leadership Team, reporting directly to President Heather Templeton Dill. Mr. Bare most recently served as Senior Vice President of The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and Disruptor-in-Residence at Babson College. He joins the foundation with more than two decades of experience in the nonprofit sector, as well as a…
John Templeton Foundation Welcomes Two New Program Officers
The John Templeton Foundation is pleased to announce that Dr. Aamir Ali has joined the organization as the Program Officer in Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and Dr. Alexandra Was has joined as the Program Officer in Character Virtue Development. In his role, Dr. Ali, previously of the University of California, Berkeley, will develop projects in the Foundation's $36 million global portfolio of funding in the mathematical and physical sciences. An experimental cosmologist by training, Dr. Ali has a particular interest in astrophysics and cosmology. He is also drawn to questions of quantum foundations, emergence, and many-body physics, as well as…
Psychological Science Cross-Training for Christian Theology – Funding Competition Details and Instructions
Psychological Science Cross-Training for Christian Theology RFP Details and Instructions The Application Process • Eligibility • Proposal Details • Review & Selection • Other The Application Process How do I submit a proposal? The application process begins with an Online Funding Inquiry (OFI) on the John Templeton Foundation’s application portal. Please click here for the link to our online application portal. In the Cycle & Area section of the application, select the “Psychological Science for Christian Theological Inquiry” funding cycle. What does the application process look like? 1. OFI Submission (June – August 2021): All OFIs must be submitted by…
Templeton-Backed Scientists Unveil First-Ever Black Hole Image
Washington, DC — Scientists unveiled the first-ever image captured of a black hole on April 10, a landmark achievement that was supported in part by a $7.2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The image, which shows the light-ringed dark shadow of the black hole at the center of Messier 87 (M87), a massive galaxy in the Virgo star cluster, was captured using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an array of seven observatories around the globe linked to create an earth-sized super-telescope. Until this morning, all images of black holes were illustrations based on simulations and artistic interpretations of…
On Asking Open-Minded Questions: Heather Templeton Dill Interviewed on ‘Beyond Belief’
What inspired one of the world’s great pioneering global investors to devote his wealth to unlocking the mysteries of the universe and human nature? Heather Templeton Dill, president of the John Templeton Foundation and granddaughter of its founder, explored such questions and more in a wide-ranging interview on Beyond Belief, a weekly online show that features guests of diverse backgrounds exploring their views on spiritual and intellectual questions. Beyond Belief is produced by Aish, a Jewish community and content-focused organization. Host Rabbi Adam Jacobs interviewed Dill in a forty-five-minute conversation that covered the Foundation’s origins and the vision of Sir…
Strategic Priority Q&A: Health, Religion, & Spirituality
Please note: The information in this article reflects our strategic priorities at the time of writing and may change over time. To confirm our current funding interests, please view our Funding Areas. This conversation is the fourth in a series of conversations about the Strategic Priorities that the John Templeton Foundation will be funding over the next five years. This interview with Kimon Sargeant, Vice President, Programs, was conducted and edited by Christina Van Riper, Executive Associate, Programs. To get started, why don’t you share a little about your story – what brought you to the Foundation? What made…
Foundation Approves Over $105 Million in New Programs
Please note: The information in this article reflects our strategic priorities at the time of writing and may change over time. To confirm our current funding interests, please view our Funding Areas. In June and July 2021, the Board of Trustees of the John Templeton Foundation approved 91 funding requests with an approximate total value of $105 million to support new programs. Learn more about recent projects we have funded that are now active. These include: Investigating how the arrow of time emerges from the building blocks of reality How and when children learn how to forgive Exploring the…
Psychological Science Cross-Training for Christian Theology
The John Templeton Foundation invites Online Funding Inquiry (OFI) submissions for proposals aimed at giving theologians, philosophers of religion, and scholars in religious studies who work in Christian theology (broadly construed) the opportunity to cross-train in psychological sciences (here and throughout this call broadly defined to include cognitive, social, personality, moral, developmental, evolutionary, and cultural psychology; cognitive anthropology; behavioral economics; cognitive science; and cognitive and social neuroscience). The Foundation’s objective is to help theologians, philosophers of religion, and scholars in religious studies better position themselves to conduct research in conversation and collaboration with scientists on topics at the intersection of…
Terms of Service
1. Scope These Terms of Service (“Terms”) contain the terms and conditions pursuant to which the John Templeton Foundation (together with its subsidiaries, “JTF”) permits you to use the website https://www.templeton.org, including its online grantmaking portal https://portal.templeton.org (“Templeton Portal”) and work product reporting portal https://prod.chronoshub.io/?profile=jtf (“Work Product Portal”), and any other website or mobile application that links to these Terms from within its footer, settings page, or other location (collectively, “Web Sites”). NOTE: THESE TERMS CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION IN SECTION 15 THAT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THESE TERMS WITH RESPECT TO ALL OF THE WEB SITES. THE ARBITRATION…
