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Life Sciences
The Foundation supports projects investigating the evolution and fundamental nature of life, human life, and mind, especially as they relate to issues of meaning and purpose. Projects are welcome from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including the biological sciences, neuroscience, archeology, and paleontology. (See also the preface for Science & the Big Questions.)
Download an overview of our Core Funding Areas.
Featured Grants
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May, 2006$2,353,250
Ian Hodder, Director, Çatalhöyük Research Project
Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University -
November, 2007$350,000
Allison L. McDonald, Director
Thirteen-WNET -
September, 2007$1,487,740
Paul Zak, Professor of Economics
Claremont Graduate University -
July, 2007$600,770
Rex E. Jung
Mind Research Network -
July, 2009$10,500,000
Martin Nowak, Professor and Director
Program for Evolutionary Dynamics
Harvard University
