Life Sciences
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Life Sciences supports researchers studying biological mechanisms, genetics, and intelligence in living and synthetic systems to deepen fundamental understanding and advance crop resilience and sustainability.
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Funder: John Templeton Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): December 2026 (Full Proposal) | July 2027 (Online Funding Inquiry)
Funding Amounts: Projects up to three years; budgets must be justified and appropriate to project needs
Summary: Supports innovative research on biological mechanisms, emergent properties, genetics, and intelligence in living and synthetic systems.
Key Information: Under 2026 priorities, applied and translational research is limited to crop resilience and sustainability.
Description
The John Templeton Foundation’s Life Sciences funding area supports experimental, theoretical, and applied research on the biological mechanisms that produce life in its diverse forms. It funds work ranging from early-stage exploratory, pilot, and proof-of-concept projects to ambitious initiatives seeking transformative advances beyond incremental progress. Innovation may be conceptual, technological, methodological, or analytical.
The program has two sub-areas: Emergent Properties and Genetics and Genomics. Its 2026 priorities emphasize agency, consciousness, intelligence, and the links between genome regulation, RNA regulation, protein activity, and organismal traits. Research aims to deepen fundamental biological understanding and contribute to human health and agricultural systems. Projects may also participate in the Foundation-wide Intelligence Venture, which explores biological, synthetic, artificial, and collective intelligence; participation is optional.
