"We initiated the Tom Slick Research Awards in Consciousness this year to fulfill his vision of studying the mind as a means for improving the condition of humankind," says Mind Science Executive Director, Joseph Dial. "Insights into the workings of our minds inform the ways in which we teach our children, make economic decisions, create art, develop computers, deliver healthcare, and implement justice."
Dr. Emilio Romero, M.D., Chair of the Mind Science Foundation's Scientific Advisory Committee and Co-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the UTHSCSA, notes, "In our invitation to submit, we made it clear that we wanted to encourage collaboration with younger researchers as a means of stimulating interest in the field of consciousness among promising young scientists." The basic criteria for an invitation to submit are publication on the subject of consciousness in a peer-reviewed scientific journal or book.
Regarding future grants, Dial comments, "We will continue to act as an incubator of leading-edge consciousness research with private invitation grants in the $15,000 - $30,000 range. This initial round of funding is the most difficult for researchers to find. It will help them develop crucial pilot data with which they can pursue larger rounds of funding with the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). We are the 'angel' round in the funding of consciousness research."
In 2003, the Mind Science Foundation (MSF) co-sponsored a seminal MIT conference with the Dalai Lama and leading Western scientists, "Inve
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Mind Science Foundation
11-Feb-2004