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Featured Grants June 9, 2020

Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology

A new project will foster interdisciplinary work — informed by both science and theology — on what it means to be human Human flourishing and freedom are topics that have […]

Featured Grants January 14, 2020

Beyond the First Glimpse: Extending Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative

New funding for groundbreaking collaboration to continue investigating some of the biggest questions in physics and cosmology On April 10, 2019 researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope, a global scientific […]

Featured Grants January 13, 2020

A Browsable, Theological Treasure-Chest

The new St. Andrews Encyclopædia of Theology hopes to make complex theological topics accessible for people of all backgrounds Over the coming few years, scholars, religious leaders and interested lay […]

Featured Grants December 16, 2019

Five Steps to Opening Minds

A new $2.6M grant to help communities cultivate intellectual humility through online learning Admitting mistakes can be difficult — especially in a polarized society where certainty is prized — but […]

Featured Grants December 12, 2019

WATCH: What Does a Black Hole Look Like?

In 2019, scientists revealed the first-ever image of a black hole’s event horizon. Now, look behind the scenes at the amazing work that went into its creation. In collaboration with […]

Featured Grants November 19, 2019

Creating jobs and alleviating poverty through business support in Indonesia

Helping entrepreneurs grow their enterprises as part of a flourishing business community As Southeast Asia’s largest economy and the world’s fourth-most-populous country, Indonesia has an impressive record of growth. Between […]

Featured Grants November 5, 2019

The Neuroscience of Self-Determination

An ambitious new project aims to expand the scientific understanding of human autonomy Humans are capable of a level of autonomy — defined as self-determined, flexible, and rational behavior — […]

Featured Grants October 8, 2019

Rediscovering the Greek Revolution’s Roots in Classical Liberalism

March 25, 2021 will mark the bicentennial of the struggle for independence that led to the creation of modern Greece. Over the next two years, the Center for Liberal Studies […]

Featured Grants September 10, 2019

Exploring the Big Questions with Aeon

A new two-year project will fund dozens of essays and longform pieces published in one of the most innovative and engaging journals of science and thought. Founded in 2012, Aeon […]

Featured Grants August 27, 2019

New Grant to Expand the Science of Kindness

Applying ‘growth mindset’ techniques to a playground virtue Parents often tell kids to “be nice,” hoping this will encourage kind behavior. But would be it more effective to treat kindness […]