The Public Engagement funding area supports content projects that include video, audio, public events, and print media. In addition, we seek proposals that support the next generation of thought leaders or generate durable courses and programming at leading universities.

At this time, content project proposals (film, video, audio, print, events) should align with the Foundation’s Venture topic for the 2026 funding cycle: Intelligence.

We are particularly interested in projects that engage broad public audiences on foundational questions about the nature, purpose, and future of intelligence, including the diversity of intelligence across biological and artificial systems, what makes human intelligence distinctive, how intelligence functions collectively, and how we might design a future of flourishing amid rapidly advancing technologies. For a full description of the Intelligence Venture and its guiding themes, please visit the Intelligence Venture page.

To apply for a grant, please register and submit your proposal at the Templeton Portal.

Associated Staff: John Cunningham; Kristen Johnson; David Nassar