The Meanings of Convergence

The Meanings of Convergence is a John Templeton Foundation initiative offering research grants on the significance of biological convergence for understanding life and its history. It invites conceptual, historical, philosophical, empirical, synthetic, or simulation studies and pilot projects examining convergence at any biological level. Grants may support projects of up to three years in duration and the initiative includes recommended request ranges for different project types. The programme is intended to fund research that addresses foundational questions about convergence and its implications for evolutionary theory and the nature of life.

Grant funding for research projects (recommended request ranges: up to $200,000 for conceptual/pilot projects; most empirical projects under $1 million); project support for up to three years.

Researchers and scholars may submit proposals for projects investigating biological convergence, including conceptual, historical, philosophical, empirical, synthetic, or simulation studies and pilot projects.

Submit a grant proposal via the John Templeton Foundation grants application process (see the Foundation's grant application pages).