Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series [STARS]

The goal of STARS is to help fund research by small interdisciplinary teams of scientists, philosophers, and theologians. Research will emphasize questions concerning the nature, character, and meaning of ultimate reality.

Grant Amount:

$3,040,000

Start Date:

June 2005

End Date:

January 2009

Grant ID:

1929

Francisco J. Ayala
Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences
Department of Philosophy
University of California- Irvine (Irvine, California)

John D. Barrow
FRS Professor of Mathematical Sciences
Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Cambridge University (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Philip Clayton
Ingraham Professor of Theology
Claremont School of Theology
Department of Religion
Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, California)

George Coyne
Director Emeritus, Vatican Observatory
Department of Astronomy
University of Arizona –Tucson (Tucson, Arizona)

Paul Davies
Office of the Vice President and Dean
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)

George F.R. Ellis
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa)

Mehdi Golshani
Distinguished Professor of Physics
Department of Physics
Sharif University of Technology (Tehran, Iran)

Christopher Isham
The Blankett Laboratory
Department of Physics
Imperial College (London, United Kingdom)

Nancey Murphy
School of Theology
Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California)

John Polkinghorne
Fellow and Former President, Queen’s College (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Canon Theologian of Liverpool Cathedral (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Robert Pollack
Center for the Study of Science and Religion
Department of Biological Sciences
Columbia University (New York, New York)

V.V. Raman
Emeritus Professor of Physics
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York)

Mark A. Richards
Dean of Physical Sciences
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
University of California- Berkeley (Berkeley, California)

Pauline Rudd
National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training
University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)

William Stoeger
Staff Scientist
Vatican Observatory
University of Arizona- Tucson (Tucson, Arizona)

Trinh Xuan Thuan
Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)

Charles Townes
Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics Emeritus
Department of Physics
University of California- Berkeley (Berkeley, California)