FraMEPhys (A Framework for Metaphysical Explanation in Physics) was a five-and-a-half-year research project that was funded by the European Research Council through an €1.5m ERC Starting Grant (757295) awarded to Alastair Wilson and hosted in the Philosophy Department at the University of Birmingham during 2018-2023.

The aim of FraMEPhys was to explore the varieties of explanation that are involved in our best physical theories, and in particular to understand the role of metaphysical explanation, understood as any dependencies between aspects of reality that go beyond the classic cause and effect. Explanations involving the geometry of spacetime, quantum entanglement, and closed timelike curves were the focus of project case studies during 2020-2023. The approach taken was to integrate recent progress in metaphysics, philosophy of science and philosophy of physics.