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The Emergence of Biological Complexity

Project Leader(s)

Derek Burke, Former Vice Chancellor
University of East Anglia

Jonathan Doye
Department of Chemistry
University of Cambridge

Ard A. Louis, Royal Society Research Fellow
Cambridge University

Simon Conway Morris
Department of Earth Science
University of Cambridge

Graeme Barker, Director
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Head, Department of Anthropology
University of Cambridge

Chris Scarre, Deputy Director
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge

Grantee(s)

Cambridge Templeton Consortium

Cambridge University (Cambridge, UK)

Description

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.

Grant Amount:
$3,584,147
Start Date:
March 2005
End Date:
February 2008
Grant ID:
11737
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