{"id":7540,"date":"2018-01-23T18:52:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T18:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plato-philosophy.org\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2024-11-15T11:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T19:58:45","slug":"applying-plato-philosophy-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/applying-plato-philosophy-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying to the PLATO Philosophy Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

Applications are now being accepted for the PLATO Philosophy Fund (PPF), supporting a wide range of innovative philosophy programs around the country.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The deadline for applying for a 2018 award is January 31, 2018.<\/p>\n

All applications are blind peer-reviewed. All applications must be submitted\u00a0 and funding decisions will be announced in the spring.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Fund:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization), founded in 2010 as a national resource and support organization, is dedicated to the belief that everyone can benefit from doing philosophy. Philosophical inquiry improves analytical reasoning and pushes us to pose clear questions and challenge our own and others\u2019 assumptions. As philosophers know, philosophy enhances the ability to think deeply about our lives and to understand why we hold the beliefs we do.<\/span><\/p>\n

The benefits of broadening philosophy\u2019s reach beyond the academy are manifold, as 2017 winners of PPF funding report: <\/span><\/p>\n

[blockquote]Philosophy is a means to help people live healthier, happier and more deeply satisfying lives, to promote and encourage critical and creative thought, to cultivate leadership and action, and to foster, strengthen, and enrich communities,\u201d say the Helena, Montana organizers of Philosophy in the Community. \u201cValued and relevant, philosophy is conceived of as a truly fun, exhilarating, and rewarding activity in itself \u2013 something that should be lived.[\/blockquote]<\/p>\n

Students in a Washington DC high school who created a student-led, after-school philosophy club did so because they think doing philosophy together will make a difference in their lives and inspire others. Philosophy, they believe, will help students learn who they are and how they want to be in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Programs Funded in 2017:
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To bring philosophy to people not likely to engage with it \u2013 K-12 students, adults, seniors, people in prisons, shelters, and refugee centers, etc. — and into settings such as libraries, museums, and public lecture halls, PPF funded six diverse programs in 2017:<\/span><\/p>\n