John Templeton Foundation: Core Funding Areas – Online Funding Inquiry Form

The foundation aims to support multidisciplinary research that redefines the concept of intelligence beyond humans, including biological, collective, and artificial forms, and explores the possibility that intelligence is a fundamental property of reality.

The goal is to advance a deeper and broader understanding of intelligence through collaboration across diverse fields (e.g., philosophy, biology, physics, computer science), generating new insights.

• Character Virtue Development

Intelligence | Character and Free Societies |  Formative Experiences

• Individual Freedom & Free Markets

Educational Innovations for Freedom | Research at the Vanguard of Freedom | Freedom Catalysts

• Life Sciences

Emergent Properties | Genetics and Genomics | Life Sciences and the 2026 Intelligence Venture

• Mathematical & Physical Sciences

Physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) | Technosignatures

• Public Engagement

Intelligence

• Religion, Science, and Society

Intelligence | Meaning Making | Imagined Futures

Funding: Not specified. Duration: up to 3 years.

https://www.templeton.org/

https://www.templeton.org/ventures/intelligence

https://www.templeton.org/grants/grant-calendar