Cambridge University Grants
Biology
The Emergence of Biological Complexity
Professor Derek Burke, Former Vice Chancellor
University of East Anglia (Norwich UK)
Dr. Jonathan Doye
Department of Chemistry
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
Dr. Ard A. Louis, Royal Society Research Fellow Cambridge University (Cambridge UK)
Professor Simon Conway Morris FRS
Department of Earth Science
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
Professor Graeme Barker FBA, Director
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Head, Department of Anthropology
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
Professor Chris Scarre, Deputy Director
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
This grant initiated a Request for Proposals [RFP] program to stimulate and sponsor new empirical research and theoretical insights directly pertinent to the 'great debate' over the emergence of increasing biological complexity. The scope of funded research ranges from the biochemical level to the evolution of life, and the emergence of society and culture.
Chemistry
Water for Life
Ruth M. Lynden-Bell, Emeritus Professor in the Condensed Matter Simulation
Queen's University – Belfast (Northern Ireland UK)
Professor Simon Conway Morris
Department of Earth Science
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
John D. Barrow, Research Professor of Mathematical Sciences
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
University of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
Pamela Bond Contractor, President
Ellipsis Enterprises, Inc. (Flemington NJ)
Archaeology
Image and Imagination: Material Beginnings and Measuring the World and Beyond
Professor Lord Colin Renfrew, Emeritus Disney Professor of Archaeology
Emeritus Director, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University
of Cambridge (Cambridge UK)
This grant supports an interdisciplinary research project on the emergence of the spiritual. The aim of the project is to investigate aspects of human behavior manifest in the archaeological record that give indications of the early occurrence and development of aspects of religious practices and belief. Symposia papers will be published as McDonald Institute monographs.
| Grant Title | Award Date | Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|
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January 2006 | $2,000,000 |
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January 2004 | $186,015 |