Recently Approved Grants
Human Sciences
| Project Title | Grantee(s) | Project Leader(s) | Grant Amount |
| Understanding How Brains Represent God: A Representational Similarity Approach | Georgetown University | Adam Green; Jordan Grafman | $924,459 |
| Religion and physical and mental health among elderly in a predominantly Muslim and multicultural community: the causal linkages | Monash University Malaysia | Daniel Reidpath; Pascale Allotey | $168,837 |
Philosophy & Theology
| Project Title | Grantee(s) | Project Leader(s) | Grant Amount |
| Time and Freedom: Reconciling the transcendent view with the view through the eyes of the participant in history | Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | Jenann Ismael | $85,563 |
| Renovatio, Phase II: Growth Stage | Zaytuna College | Hamza Yusuf | $233,824 |
| Evidence, Rationality, and Religious Beliefs | Universidade Estadual de Campinas | Felipe Miguel; Fábio Bertato | $106,033 |
Public Engagement
| Project Title | Grantee(s) | Project Leader(s) | Grant Amount |
| Ramping ORBITER Magazine Toward Scalability | Sword and Spoon Workshop | Clare Cole | $234,346 |
| TNP 2019: Prime Talent | The Nantucket Project Academy | Daniel Honan | $233,950 |
| TNP Academy 2019 Program | The Nantucket Project Academy | Jenelle Wooldridge | $232,722 |
| Greater Good in Education: GGSC Toolkit for Teachers | Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Dacher Keltner; Jason Marsh | $692,384 |
| Building Online Resources for Scientists and Philosophers Communicating with the ‘General Reader’ | Northeastern University | Lisa Feldman Barrett; David DeSteno | $181,861 |
| Academic Ideas in the Public Sphere: Teaching Scientists and Philosophers How to Communicate with the ‘General Reader’ | Northeastern University | David DeSteno; Lisa Feldman Barrett | $234,439 |
| Expanding Big Questions Debate | National Forensic League | Nicole Wanzer-Serrano | $2,499,257 |
Individual Freedom & Free Markets
| Project Title | Grantee(s) | Project Leader(s) | Grant Amount |
| Greece 2021: Bicentennial of the Liberal Revolution | Center for Liberal Studies – Markos Dragoumis | Alexander Skouras; Aristides Hatzis | $230,778 |
Recently Featured Grants
| $1.2M Project to Expand Latin American Philosophical Work |
| Templeton-Backed Scientists Unveil First-Ever Image of Black Hole |
| John Templeton Foundation Awards $15.5M for Ancient DNA Atlas of Humanity |
Grantees in the News
| Article Title | Date | Publication | Related Project Title |
| Researchers see health effects across generations from popular weed killer | April 23, 2019 | ScienceDaily | Epigenetic Diagnostics for Preventative Medicine |
| Gifted kids turn 50: Most successful followed heart, not just head | April 23, 2019 | Vanderbilt University | Genesis of Genius and Unleashing Its Creative Force: A 40-year Longitudinal Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth |
| Templeton Foundation Awards $15.5 Million for Ancient DNA Research | April 19, 2019 | Philanthropy News Digest | The Ancient DNA Atlas of Humanity |
| New Museum of the Bible exhibit to explore relationship between science and the Bible | April 15, 2019 | The Christian Post | Science and the Bible Exhibit |
| Scientists reveal the first image of a supermassive black hole | April 10, 2019 | The Washington Post | The Black Hole Initiative: Towards a Center for Interdisciplinary Research |
| Darkness Visible, Finally: Astronomers Capture First Ever Image of a Black Hole | April 10, 2019 | The New York Times | The Black Hole Initiative: Towards a Center for Interdisciplinary Research |
| University of Houston professor seeks to build bridges of understanding about God | April 5, 2019 | Houston Chronicle | LATAM Bridges in the Epistemology of Religion |
| Clinicians, public health experts should focus on helping people flourish, article says | April 2, 2019 | The Harvard Gazette | Religion and human flourishing – new empirical approaches |
