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During the final quarter of 2020, the Board of Trustees of the John Templeton Foundation approved 31 funding requests with an approximate total value of over $49 million, the Foundation […]

Dear Friends, Curiosity is one of the core principles that guides our work at the John Templeton Foundation. How can we live meaningful and purposeful lives? How does our social […]

Recently Approved Grants Philosophy and Theology Project Title Grantee(s) Project Leader(s) Grant Amount Science and Ultimate Reality: The Culminating Volume in the Six-Volume Religious Philosophy Series Center for Mind and […]

Recently Approved Grants Human Sciences Project Title Grantee(s) Project Leader(s) Grant Amount A Planning Project to Uncover the Cognitive and Cultural Foundations of Gratitude Regents of The University of California […]

Dear Applicants, We hope that you are staying safe in the extraordinary circumstances caused by the global pandemic. In March, when the Foundation moved to remote work, we shared an […]

Recently Approved Grants Human Sciences Project Title Grantee(s) Project Leader(s) Grant Amount Global Flourishing Study Planning Grant Baylor University Byron Johnson; Tyler VanderWeele $201,327   Philosophy and Theology Project Title […]

Recently Approved Grants Human Sciences Project Title Grantee(s) Project Leader(s) Grant Amount Developing Belief: The Development and Diversity of Religious Cognition and Behavior: Phase 1 University of California, Riverside Rebekah […]

Templeton Grantees Respond to the Coronavirus At the beginning of 1665, a deadly plague shuttered Cambridge University and sent a 23-year-old Isaac Newton back to his family estate. There, in […]

Recently Approved Grants Human Sciences Project Title Grantee(s) Project Leader(s) Grant Amount Modeling Religious Change Old Dominion University Research Foundation Saikou Diallo; Wesley Wildman $3,998,981 Advancing Interprofessional Spiritual Care in […]

We know that you, our grantees and wider applicant community, are grappling with unprecedented disruptions and challenges due to the global coronavirus outbreak. We want you to know that we […]