Sample Grants
Grant Title Award Date Grant Amount
 
Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility

Professor Warren S. Brown, Director
Lee Edward Travis Research Institute

Professor Nancey Murphy
School of Theology

This grant supported research on the philosophical and neurobiological perspectives on moral responsibility. The co-PIs have written Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?, a manuscript that draws on philosophical arguments and neurobiological research in order to undermine neurobiological reductionism and to defend robust concepts of mental causation and human freedom. The manuscript will be published by Oxford University Press in 2007.
 August 2003 $9,500
Philosopher Gone Wild: An Intellectual Biography of Holmes Rolston III

Professor Christopher J. Preston
Department of Philosophy
University of Montana (Missoula MT)

This grant supports research and publication of an intellectual biography of Templeton Prize Laureate Holmes Rolston III. Research into Rolston's achievements at the intersection of science, theology, and the environment is being prepared for publication as a book entitled Philosopher Gone Wild.
 December 2004 $38,707
Evolution and Theology of Cooperation: The Emergence of Altruistic Behavior, Forgiveness and Unselfish Love in the Context of Biological, Ethical and Theological Implications

Professor Martin A. Nowak, Director
Program for Evolutionary Dynamics

Rev. Dr. Sarah Coakley, Edward Mallinckrodt Professor of Divinity
Harvard Divinity School (Cambridge MA)

This grant supports interdisciplinary research into the implications of the evolutionary phenomenon of 'cooperation,' and the relationship between these evolutionary processes and classic theism(s). The project aims to lay out a set of logical alternatives for understanding the theological implications of the evolutionary process that extends beyond the disjunctive choice between secular Darwinism and religious fundamentalism. The project includes a lecture series, as well as research.
 July 2005 $1,999,124
AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion: Promoting a Public Conversation

Dr. Connie Bertka, Program Director
Dialogue on Science, Ethics, & Religion [DoSER]

This initiative engages the public on a range of questions in science and religion, including evolution, cosmology, astrobiology and human evolution. The DoSER program contributes to the level of scientific understanding in religious communities, and promotes multidisciplinary education and scholarship on the ethical and religious implications of advancements in science and technology.
 January 2001 $3,293,929
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