Templeton Religion Trust Grants
Funds work across Covenantal Pluralism, the Program in the Study of Mysticism, the Social Consequences of Religion, and Art, Science and Futures of Religion. The Social Consequences of Religion strand asks whether religions are good or bad for society — directly relevant to social work research on religion, cohesion and wellbeing. Listed here so researchers know the route exists and how it actually works.
- Indicative award
- Not a cash award (not a cash award)No grant amounts are published; the Trust does not run an open application programme.
- Timing
- By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No deadlines published. Grantmaking proceeds by programme-officer invitation to submit a prospectus.
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Mid-career & senior, Early-career faculty
- Eligibility
- No open application route. The Trust states it takes a proactive, relational approach to grantmaking and does not accept unsolicited proposals; engagement begins only when a programme officer invites an organisation to submit a brief prospectus, which then undergoes internal and external review with no guarantee of funding. No eligibility criteria, institution type or citizenship gates are published. Researchers reach this funder through programme officers and through subaward calls run by its funded initiatives, not by applying directly.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- social consequences of religion · covenantal pluralism · religion and society
- Apply at
- https://templetonreligiontrust.org/about-us/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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