The John Templeton Foundation supports projects from around the world in 6 funding areas:
- Individual Freedom & Free Markets
- Character Virtue Development
- Life Sciences
- Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Public Engagement
- Religion, Science, and Society
Online Funding Inquiries are due by August 16, 2024. If invited to submit, full proposals will be due January 17, 2025. Selected proposals may be due earlier. Grants are often for up to three years, but never more than five.
Eligibility
This grant is open to charitable entities from anywhere in the world. Individuals and for-profit businesses doing charitable work in line with the Foundation’s goals may qualify, but this is rare.
Funding Limitations
Grant funds may not be used for:
- General operating support
- Construction, renovations, or capital campaigns
- Direct service
- Scholarships
- Disaster relief
Funding Areas
Individual Freedom & Free Markets
This funding area supports education, research, and outreach projects focused on individual freedom, free markets, and entrepreneurship.
Character Virtue Development
This funding area focuses on moral virtues such as humility, gratitude, curiosity, diligence, and honesty.
Life Sciences
This funding area supports research projects that seek to answer questions such as, What is life? How did it originate? What are its limits? to help us better understand our place in nature.
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
This funding area supports research on the fundamental concepts of physical reality. Projects that ask, What is the nature of the universe? How are physical systems more than the sum of their parts? and How do these various ideas come together?
Public Engagement
This funding area supports projects that spark conversations about how people can live lives of meaning and purpose. This may include content creation and campus programming.
Religion, Science, and Society
This funding area supports projects that engage with the interplay of spiritual and scientific questions.
