2010-2011 TEMPLETON RESEARCH FELLOWS RECIPIENTS

On the recommendation of the Templeton Research Fellows Program selection committee, we are pleased to announce the recipients of the two fellowships for academic year 2010-2011. They are Prof. C. Anthony Anderson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for his project, “Conceptual Modality,” and Prof. Kevin Timpe, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northwest Nazarene University, for his project, “Free Will: Human and Divine.” We thank the selection committee and all the applicants for their work and project proposals.

For academic year 2011-2012 there will be a competition for three fellowships. Announcement of the competition will be made in March 2010.

WHAT IS THE TEMPLETON RESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAM?

The John Templeton Foundation, the Society of Christian Philosophers, Oxford University and the University of Oklahoma are pleased to announce the Templeton Research Fellows program for 2010-2011. The Program is designed to promote extended international exchange at Oxford University with philosophers of religion and scientists. We are seeking highly-qualified Fellows with an established record of successful publication, and whose proposed research will open up new avenues for interdisciplinary growth in the philosophy of religion.

The Templeton Research Fellows Program offers fellowships devoted to:

Philosophy of religion or
Philosophical theology or
Areas of interdisciplinary research between philosophy of religion and the natural sciences, with preference given to projects targeting the intersection between:

Philosophy of religion and philosophy of logic/mathematics or
Philosophy of religion and philosophy of physics and cosmology.

We invite recent Ph.D.’s and more advanced scholars in the fileds of philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics and logic, and philosophy of physics or scientific cosmology to apply for a year-long fellowship, in residence, at Oxford University for the opportunity to engage in sustained interaction with some of the world’s foremost philosophers, scientists, historians of science, theologians, and other specialists in religion. Two scholars will be chosen as research Fellows for the 2010-2011 year of the program.

The Templeton Research Fellows Program is directed by Dr. Linda Zagzebski (University of Oklahoma) and co-directed by Dr. Brian Leftow (Oxford University).

The deadline for Letters of Inquiry is September 15, 2009. The application deadline is November 15, 2009. Fellowships for 2010-2011 will begin in October 2010 and conclude in June 2011.

Application materials should be submitted electronically to the Program Administrator, Joshua Seachris, at jseachris(AT)ou.edu. Should you have any questions about the application process, please email either the Program Administrator or the Program Director, Linda Zagzebski, at lzagzebski(AT)ou.edu. Applicants are required to send a letter of Inquiry (a letter stating an applicant’s intent to apply) to jeaschris(AT)ou.edu no later than September 15, 2009