The University of Notre Dame’s NDIAS is providing Templeton Fellowships to encourage scholars to return to reflection on the broad questions that link multiple areas of inquiry and to do so in a manner that embraces a value-oriented interpretation of the world. Especially important to a complex, highly technical world is the integration of the sciences focused as they are on the descriptive, with other disciplines, namely philosophy and theology, with their concern for normative questions.
Templeton Fellowships provide an opportunity to integrate the exact sciences into a vision of the unity of knowledge based on the categories of the true, the good, and the beautiful; an opportunity to foster a vibrant and substantive interdisciplinary exchange in which ”secular” and spiritual knowledge are seen not in opposition to but as complementary elements of the human pursuit of truth.
With the generous support of the John Templeton Foundation, the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study will offer two residential Templeton Fellowships for the academic year 2013-2014 (fall and spring semesters, August through May). These distinctive fellowships offer an extraordinary measure of scholarly support, including:
- a stipend of up to $100,000;
- fully furnished faculty housing (for those who reside outside of the Michiana area);
- up to $3,000 in research expenditures;
- a private office at the NDIAS, with a personal desktop computer and printer;
- access to two research assistants for up to 10 hours per week during each 15-week semester (fall 2013 & spring 2014);
- participation in the NDIAS research workshops and events, including the two weekly seminars held at the Institute;
- access to University of Notre Dame libraries and other facilities;
- registration, meals, and materials for the NDIAS conference;
- hosted collegial dinners and scholarly events; and
- the opportunity to develop and to participate in major presentations of research, especially with Templeton Colloquia.
Templeton Fellowship applications for 2013-2014, including letters of reference and all supporting documentation, must be received at the NDIAS by Thursday, November 1, 2012.
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