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
Cambridge Templeton Consortium
Cambridge University (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.