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Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series Invites Applications for Planning and Research Grants

STARS (Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series), a program administered by the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, in Berkeley, California, seeks to sponsor research by small teams of scientists and humanities scholars on "the ways science, in light of philosophical and theological reflection, points towards the nature, character, and meaning of ultimate reality." Priority will be given to young scientists with outstanding potential who are relatively new to interdisciplinary research. STARS will award up to twenty-seven grants totaling $1.3 million to research teams on a highly competitive basis.

Twenty planning grants of $20,000 each will be awarded to assist teams in the formation of a full proposal for a $100,000 grant and/or to provide modest support for research by the teams even if it does not lead to a full proposal. Next, up to five grants of $100,000 each will be awarded. Finally, research grant renewals of $200,000 will be awarded to up to two winners of the $100,000 grants. The awards at every level will be based on the recommendations of a panel of distinguished judges. A research team need not have received a $20,000 planning grant to win a $100,000 research grant.

The output of the $100,000 research grant should include lectures and articles as well as the option to write a proposal for a $200,000 renewal grant. The outcomes of the latter include developing the lectures into courses and the articles into books, and expanding beyond these to include PR impact via media attention and PR materials.

Research planning grant applications are due May 1, 2007. Research grant applications are due November 1, 2007.

Visit the STARS Web site for complete program information and application procedures.

Primary Subject: Science/Technology
Secondary Subject(s): Religion, Arts and Culture
Geographic Funding Area: National

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