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Research Grants from the Varieties of Religious Understanding project

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Psychology Request for Proposals (RFP)

Psychology RFP Director: Tania Lombrozo, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

This $1.2 million dollar RFP is intended to support empirical work in psychology on the nature and varieties of human understanding. We anticipate applicants from cognitive, social, and developmental psychology, but will consider additional subfields as well. Interdisciplinary teams that include members from other areas, especially philosophy or theology, are encouraged, but collaborative and interdisciplinary proposals are not required.

Proposals can request between $50,000 and $225,000 for projects not to exceed two years in duration. We intend to make 7-8 awards.

Download a copy of the Psychology RFP [2] [PDF]

Philosophy RFP

Philosophy RFP Director: Michael Strevens, Professor of Philosophy, New York University

This $500,000 RFP is intended to support work in philosophy and related areas on the nature and varieties of human understanding. We anticipate applications from philosophers working in the philosophy of science and epistemology, but welcome applicants from other areas including aesthetics, the philosophy of social science, and ethics. Interdisciplinary teams that include members from other areas, especially psychology or theology, are encouraged, but collaborative and interdisciplinary proposals are not required.

Proposals can request between $40,000 and $100,000 for projects not to exceed one year in duration. We intend to make 7-8 awards.

Download a copy of the Philosophy RFP [3] [PDF]

Theology RFP

Theology RFP Director: Gordon Graham, Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts, Princeton Theological Seminary

This $250,000 RFP is intended to support work in theology and related areas on the nature and varieties of religious understanding. We anticipate applications from scholars working in theology, religious studies, and the philosophy of religion, but welcome applications on this topic from other fields as well. Interdisciplinary teams that include members from other areas, especially psychology, are encouraged, but collaborative and interdisciplinary proposals are not required.

Proposals can request between $40,000 and $100,000 for projects not to exceed one year in duration. We intend to make 3-4 awards.

Download a copy of the Theology RFP [4] [PDF]

[Source: http://varietiesofunderstanding.com/researchGrants.html [1]]

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