Research Grants- 2026

Starting in 2026, the John Templeton Foundation will award o grants focused on it's Intelligence Venture across our six funding areas.

• Life Sciences
  (1) Emergent Properties
  (2) Genetics and Genomics
  (3) Life Sciences and the Intelligence Venture
   
• Mathematical and Physical Sciences
  (1) New physics beyond the Standard Model
  (2) Detect extraterrestrial technosignatures
   
• Character Virtue Development
  (1) Intelligence
  (2) Character and Free Societies
  (3) Formative Experiences
   
• Public Engagement
  (1) Intelligence Venture
   
• Religion Science and Society
  (1) Intelligence
  (2) Meaning Making
  (3) Imagined Futures
   
• Individual Freedom & Free Markets
  (1) Educational Innovations for Freedom;
  (2) Research at the Vanguard of Freedom; and
  (3) Freedom Catalysts. 

Funding: varies per topic

Duration: 3 years 

Research Authority due date: 8.7.26

LOI (required) due date: 15.7.26

Full application due date: 4.12.26