In Memoriam – Michael Bourdeaux (1934-2021) | April 12, 2021 | Templeton Prize | In Memoriam |
In Memoriam – HRH Prince Philip (1921 – 2021) | April 09, 2021 | Templeton Prize | In Memoriam |
More than a Feeling: How Hope Galvanizes Us Into Action | April 08, 2021 | Philosophy & Theology | Research Reviews |
John Templeton Foundation Welcomes Two New Program Officers | April 06, 2021 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
How Scientists Showed Us the Unseeable | April 06, 2021 | Natural Sciences | Grantee Media |
WATCH: Did Science Invent Optimism? | March 29, 2021 | Public Engagement | Event Recap |
Optimism Gets a Bad Rap. Here’s Why It’s More Necessary Than Ever | March 23, 2021 | Philosophy & Theology | Research Reviews |
‘Character Through Community’: $15M Initiative to Strengthen Character-Focused Programs | March 15, 2021 | Character Virtue Development | Request for Proposals |
In Memoriam: John C. Polkinghorne (1930-2021) | March 12, 2021 | Templeton Prize | In Memoriam |
WATCH: How to Find Meaning in the Bottom of a Boat | March 03, 2021 | Public Engagement | New Video |
$2.9 Million to Globalize the Philosophy of Religion | February 24, 2021 | Philosophy & Theology | New Grant |
Tackling Philadelphia’s Poverty by Aiding Entrepreneurs of Color | February 10, 2021 | Individual Freedom & Free Markets | New Grant |
WATCH: Tyler Cowen on how scientific funding moves too slowly, and how he’s fixing it | January 29, 2021 | Individual Freedom & Free Markets | New Video |
John Templeton Foundation Welcomes New Program Officer in Human Sciences | January 26, 2021 | Human Sciences | Foundation News |
Brian Crawford Joins John Templeton Foundation as Director, Investments | January 04, 2021 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
John Templeton Foundation Approves Over $49 Million in New Programs | December 22, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
Video: What Is Life? | December 22, 2020 | Life Sciences | New Video |
End of Year Message from President Heather Templeton Dill | December 15, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Remarks |
Video: The Science of Morality | December 11, 2020 | Philosophy & Theology | New Video |
Cross-Training to Understand Confucian Culture | December 01, 2020 | Philosophy & Theology | Grant Profile |
Video: The Science of Forgiveness | December 01, 2020 | Character Virtue Development | New Video |
Video: The Neuroscience of Free Will | November 20, 2020 | Philosophy & Theology | New Video |
Foundation Releases White Paper on Study of Hope and Optimism | November 11, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
In Memoriam: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (1948 – 2020) | November 09, 2020 | Templeton Prize | In Memoriam |
Q&A with Kathleen Corriveau | November 02, 2020 | Human Sciences | Q&A |
How to Develop a Belief Network | October 20, 2020 | Human Sciences | New Grant |
Foundation-Supported Researchers Win Nobel Prize and MacArthur Fellowship | October 09, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Grantees in the News |
Religion Data, Remixed | October 06, 2020 | Human Sciences | New Grant |
Harmony in Hard Times | September 28, 2020 | Templeton Prize | Event Recap |
In Memoriam: John D. Barrow (1952 – 2020) | September 28, 2020 | Templeton Prize | In Memoriam |
Dr. Francis S. Collins Awarded 2020 Templeton Prize | September 24, 2020 | Templeton Prize | Event Recap |
Promoting Intellectual Humility in Classrooms | September 22, 2020 | Character Virtue Development | New Grant |
The Honesty Project | September 08, 2020 | Character Virtue Development | New Grant |
Act Like a Holy Man | July 21, 2020 | Public Engagement | New Grant |
Monthly Grant Report – June 2020 | July 21, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Welcome to Our New Trustees | July 07, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
Advancing the Study of Theology for Emerging Muslim Leaders | June 24, 2020 | Philosophy & Theology | New Grant |
Monthly Grant Report – May 2020 | June 23, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Special Announcement Regarding COVID-19 and the Upcoming 2020 Funding Cycle | June 15, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Announcement |
Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology | June 09, 2020 | Philosophy & Theology | New Grant |
Francis Collins Wins 2020 Templeton Prize | May 20, 2020 | Templeton Prize | Announcement |
Monthly Grant Report – April 2020 | May 18, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Q&A: Five Questions with Jeffrey Rosen | May 18, 2020 | Individual Freedom & Free Markets | Q&A |
John Templeton Foundation Appoints David Nassar as Vice President, Communications & Strategic Engagement | May 05, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
2020 Templeton Prize Laureate to be announced on May 20 | April 30, 2020 | Templeton Prize | Announcement |
Q&A: Five Questions with Jason Marsh | April 21, 2020 | Character Virtue Development | Researcher Profile |
Monthly Grant Report – March 2020 | April 21, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Character, Virtue, Quarantine | April 06, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Research Reviews |
John Templeton Foundation Announces New Director of Philosophy & Theology Department | April 03, 2020 | Philosophy & Theology | Foundation News |
How Grantees Are Helping With COVID-19 | March 25, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
Monthly Grant Report – February 2020 | March 25, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
A Message to Our Grantees and Applicants on COVID-19 | March 19, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
Freeman Dyson (1923-2020) | March 02, 2020 | Templeton Prize | In Memoriam |
Monthly Grant Report – December 2019 & January 2020 | February 26, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
John Templeton Foundation Announces New Director of Life Sciences Department | February 26, 2020 | Life Sciences | Foundation News |
Q&A: Five Questions with Matt Warner | February 25, 2020 | Individual Freedom & Free Markets | Researcher Profile |
John Templeton Foundation Announces New Director of Human Sciences | February 11, 2020 | Human Sciences | Foundation News |
Training Faculty to Tackle the Big Questions of Today and Tomorrow | January 28, 2020 | Philosophy & Theology | Request for Proposals |
Monthly Grant Report – November 2019 | January 28, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Beyond the First Glimpse: Extending Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative | January 14, 2020 | Natural Sciences | New Grant |
Careers at the John Templeton Foundation | January 13, 2020 | All Funding Areas | Announcement |
A Browsable, Theological Treasure-Chest | January 13, 2020 | Philosophy & Theology | New Grant |
Five Steps to Opening Minds | December 16, 2019 | Character Virtue Development | New Grant |
WATCH: What Does a Black Hole Look Like? | December 12, 2019 | Natural Sciences | New Video |
Q&A: Five Questions with Betül Kaçar | December 03, 2019 | Natural Sciences | Researcher Profile |
Creating jobs and alleviating poverty through business support in Indonesia | November 19, 2019 | Individual Freedom & Free Markets | New Grant |
Monthly Grant Report – October 2019 | November 12, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
The Neuroscience of Self-Determination | November 05, 2019 | Philosophy & Theology | New Grant |
Strategic Priority Q&A: Religious Cognition | October 23, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | Q&A |
Monthly Grant Report – September 2019 | October 22, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
John Templeton Foundation Receives 2,058 OFIs for 2019 Funding Cycle | October 09, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
Rediscovering the Greek Revolution’s Roots in Classical Liberalism | October 08, 2019 | Individual Freedom & Free Markets | New Grant |
An Evening Exploring the Unknown | September 27, 2019 | Natural Sciences | Event Recap |
Heather Templeton Dill Named in 2019 Women on the Move | September 25, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
Monthly Grant Report – August 2019 | September 23, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Strategic Priority Q&A: Cultural Evolution | September 23, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | Q&A |
Strategic Priority Q&A: Health, Religion, & Spirituality | September 10, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | Q&A |
Exploring the Big Questions with Aeon | September 10, 2019 | Public Engagement | New Grant |
Conversations with Grantees: David Lahti | September 09, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | New Video |
Conversations with Grantees: Tanya Luhrmann | August 27, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | New Video |
Monthly Grant Report – July 2019 | August 27, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
New Grant to Expand the Science of Kindness | August 27, 2019 | Character Virtue Development | New Grant |
Learning with L’Arche | August 27, 2019 | Character Virtue Development | New Grant |
Report Shows Key Role for Communication at Science Philanthropies | August 06, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
Upcoming OFI Deadline August 16, 2019 | August 06, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Announcement |
Conversations with Grantees: Rabbi Geoffrey Mitelman | August 05, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | New Video |
Strategic Priority Q&A: Science of Character Virtue | July 22, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | Q&A |
Monthly Grant Report – June 2019 | July 22, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Conversations with Grantees: Angela Duckworth | July 18, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | New Video |
How Life’s Upheavals Shape Us | July 10, 2019 | Human Sciences | New Grant |
Conversations with Grantees: Brian Greene | July 09, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | New Video |
Conversations With Grantees: Jeffrey Rosen | July 03, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | New Video |
Writers and Intellectuals Under Threat: Documenting Limits on Free Expression | June 24, 2019 | Individual Freedom & Free Markets | New Grant |
Monthly Grant Report – May 2019 | June 21, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Conversations With Grantees: Hamza Yusuf | June 20, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | New Video |
John Templeton Foundation Approves $85 Million in New Programs | June 20, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
How Do Brains Represent Beliefs About God? | June 05, 2019 | Human Sciences | New Grant |
Strategic Priority Q&A: Programs in Latin America | June 05, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | Q&A |
A Night for the Ages | May 30, 2019 | Templeton Prize | Event Recap |
Physicist and Cosmologist Marcelo Gleiser Awarded Templeton Prize at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | May 30, 2019 | Templeton Prize | Event Recap |
Monthly Grant Report – April 2019 | May 22, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
What Counts As Religious Experience? | May 22, 2019 | Human Sciences | New Grant |
Video: Why Intellectual Humility Matters | May 07, 2019 | Character Virtue Development | New Video |
Monthly Grant Report – March 2019 | May 06, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Brian Greene Talks Black Holes at TEDSocial Event | April 16, 2019 | Natural Sciences | Event Recap |
John Templeton Foundation Awards $15.5M for Ancient DNA Atlas of Humanity | April 11, 2019 | Natural Sciences | New Grant |
Templeton-Backed Scientists Unveil First-Ever Black Hole Image | April 10, 2019 | Natural Sciences | Grantees in the News |
Heather Templeton Dill Interviewed on Philadelphia Channel Podcast | April 09, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Foundation News |
$1.2M Project to Expand Latin American Philosophical Work | April 08, 2019 | Philosophy & Theology | New Grant |
New $5.34 Million Grant to Examine the Neuroscience of Free Will | March 25, 2019 | Philosophy & Theology | New Grant |
Monthly Grant Report – February 2019 | March 25, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Marcelo Gleiser Wins 2019 Templeton Prize | March 19, 2019 | Templeton Prize | Announcement |
Strategic Priority Q&A: Intellectual Humility | March 12, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | Q&A |
John Templeton Foundation to Invest $325 Million in Strategic Priorities | March 12, 2019 | Strategic Priorities | Announcement |
2019 Templeton Prize Laureate to be announced on Tuesday, March 19 | March 05, 2019 | Templeton Prize | Announcement |
New Project to Extend the Digital Reach of Classical Liberal Ideas | February 22, 2019 | Individual Freedom & Free Markets | New Grant |
Monthly Grant Report – January 2019 | February 12, 2019 | All Funding Areas | Monthly Grant Report |
Is Empathy a Renewable Resource? | January 29, 2019 | Character Virtue Development | New Grant |
How Does Religious Participation Affect Human Flourishing? | January 29, 2019 | Human Sciences | New Grant |
Dr. Matthew Walhout Joins John Templeton Foundation as Vice President, Natural Sciences | January 15, 2019 | Natural Sciences | Announcement |
An Education in Character: Building a New Curriculum to Teach Virtues to Future School Leaders | December 18, 2018 | Character Virtue Development | New Grant |
JTF Symposium: Does Religion Contribute to Human Flourishing? | December 07, 2018 | | |
‘How Often Have You Felt Like Frolicking?’ New Grant to Expand the Science of Joy | December 04, 2018 | Human Sciences | New Grant |
The Leap to Life: $2.9M Grant to Explore Life’s Emergence | December 04, 2018 | Natural Sciences | New Grant |
The King and the Cathedral | November 20, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Event Recap |
‘Hope and Coexistence’ Templeton Prize Address by His Majesty King Abdullah II | November 20, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Remarks |
‘Can Love Be the Bridge?’ Remarks by Heather Templeton Dill | November 20, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Remarks |
‘What Binds Faiths Together’ Remarks by Professor Miroslav Volf | November 20, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Remarks |
‘A Battle of the Heart’ Remarks by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf | November 20, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Remarks |
‘Tolerance Is Not Enough’ Remarks by U.N. Secretary General António Guterres | November 19, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Remarks |
His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan Receives Templeton Prize | November 14, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Event Recap |
Templeton Grantees to Speak on Science at the Vatican | November 09, 2018 | All Funding Areas | Upcoming Event |
2018 TEMPLETON PRIZE CEREMONY TO HONOR HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II OF JORDAN | November 06, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Announcement |
The Long Tale of ‘Brother John’ | October 23, 2018 | Templeton Prize | New Book |
Report ranks John Templeton Foundation as one of top global funders | October 16, 2018 | All Funding Areas | Announcement |
Rabbi Sacks Interviews JTF President on BBC4 | September 18, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Podcast Series |
Announcement by Heather Templeton Dill | June 28, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Announcement |
King Abdullah II of Jordan Awarded 2018 Templeton Prize | June 27, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Announcement |
Newly-launched Renovatio magazine addresses big questions for Muslim audiences | June 11, 2018 | Philosophy & Theology | Grantees in the News |
How can we discover the properties of God? | May 8, 2018 | | |
NOVA Wonders | May 07, 2018 | Public Engagement | TV Series |
2018 Templeton Prize Laureate to be announced on Wednesday, June 27 | April 17, 2018 | Templeton Prize | Announcement |
Faith, Politics and Intellectual Humility | March 26, 2018 | Philosophy & Theology | Grantees in the News |
New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology | March 26, 2018 | Philosophy & Theology | Recently Approved Grants |
WOW, WHY, HOW? | March 12, 2018 | Public Engagement | Grantees in the News |
Surprising Allies | March 12, 2018 | Natural Sciences | New Book |
Scientists in Synagogues | February 26, 2018 | Public Engagement | Request for Proposals |
Getting to the Right Question — and Beyond | November 20, 2017 | Character Virtue Development | Grantees in the News |
Cognitive, cultural, and motivational influences on religious belief and disbelief | November 7, 2017 | | |
Novel cultural approaches to human evolution | November 7, 2017 | | |
EXPANDING “SCIENCE FOR SEMINARIES” | November 07, 2017 | Public Engagement | Grantees in the News |
The ARTHUR Interactive Media Study: An Evaluation of a Technology-Based Curriculum to Promote Character Development and Prosocial Behavior | October 24, 2017 | | |
Galaxy Formation and the Fine-Tuning of the Universe for Intelligent Life | October 24, 2017 | | |
The Development of a Test of Rational Thinking | October 24, 2017 | | |
The Illumination Tour | October 10, 2017 | Public Engagement | Grantees in the News |
The 2017 Templeton Prize Ceremony | September 26, 2017 | Templeton Prize | Event Recap |
“An innate tendency to believe” | September 26, 2017 | Templeton Prize | Event Recap |
Tributes to Alvin Plantinga | September 26, 2017 | Templeton Prize | Event Recap |
Remarks from Heather Templeton Dill | September 26, 2017 | Templeton Prize | Possibilities Introduction |
Universal Operating Principle for Optimal Control in the Sciences (OptiSci) Over Vast Length and Time Scales | September 12, 2017 | | |
Opening Up on Open Science | September 12, 2017 | Character Virtue Development | Q&A |
Recently Approved Grants – July 2017 | August 14, 2017 | All Funding Areas | Recently Approved Grants |
Character Lab Educator Summit 2017 | August 01, 2017 | Character Virtue Development | Event Recap |
Multimedia Journal about Faith, Ethics and Scholarship that Bridges the Gap between Academia and the Public Square | July 14, 2017 | | |
High school debate turns to the Big Questions | June 24, 2017 | Public Engagement | Grantees in the News |
Recently Approved Grants – June 2017 | June 19, 2017 | All Funding Areas | Recently Approved Grants |
2017 Templeton Prize Laureate to be announced on Tuesday, April 25 | April 10, 2017 | | Templeton Prize |
A ‘wide angle’ view of science and religion from the AAAS | February 27, 2017 | Public Engagement | Grantees in the News |
Two new grants aim to unravel the essence of hope & optimism | January 24, 2017 | Human Sciences | Grantees in the News |
It’s a grateful life: Grants explore the benefits of gratitude and humility | January 11, 2017 | Human Sciences | Grantees in the News |