Beckwith is closely tied to the Discovery Institute intelligent design campaigns, both from his arguments and writings being often repeated and promoted by the Discovery Institute and by receiving support from the Institute during his tenure controversy.
Beckwith dikatakan terkait erat dengan kampanye-kampanye perancangan cerdas Discovery Institute, baik karena argumen-argumen dan tulisan-tulisannya seringkali diulang-ulang dan dipromosikan oleh Discovery Institute maupun karena menerima dukungan dari institut itu selama kontroversi masa jabatannya.