Draft:Freedom of Form Foundation

Overview
The Freedom of Form Foundation (FFF) is an American nonprofit foundation created in 2018 to conduct and promote biological research for morphological freedom, a proposed civil right to bodily autonomy and biological self-determination. It is based on an interpretation of transhumanism, which asserts that one should aim to surpass the human condition through technology, primarily with respect to human morphology and anthropomorphism. It is linked to the furry fandom and to therianthropy/otherkinity, having the stated goal to use biological science to bring anthropomorphic animal features to the human body, a goal held by many furries and therians. According to a study by the International Anthropomorphic Research Project (FurScience), an academic collaboration from the University of Waterloo, up to 79% of self-identified furries wish they could become "something other than 100% human". .

The FFF is composed of volunteer scientists from various disciplines, including biomedical science, biochemistry, molecular genetics, and electrical engineering. As of 2024, it performs research in bioinformatics related to theoretical strategies to modify hair growth, skin texture, and other properties of human integument. It has also performed small scale in vitro experiments studying biomolecular interactions of the Wnt pathway, which is believed to partially determine hair thickness.

It has also worked on detector systems for movable tail prosthetics that are based on EMG signals, intended for application to robotic prosthetic tails such as those currently on the market. The tail product being developed by the FFF is still in early development, but it is intended to move in a realistic way that counterbalances movements of the hip muscles as detected by real-time EMG.

In addition to research in the natural sciences, the foundation also promotes studies on the legality of body modification and unusual forms of plastic surgery. It supported a research study by Ben Ramanauskas, a research economist at the University of Oxford, on the morality of body modification within a liberal framework.

The foundation is a grassroots movement funded entirely by donations from the public. It has also participated in several furry conventions, including Midwest FurFest, where it has conducted Q&A sessions and outreach activities to further its mission