Mind Science Foundation
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The Mind Science Foundation (MSF) is a private nonprofit scientific foundation in San Antonio, Texas, established by visionary philanthropist Thomas Baker Slick in 1958.
The Mind Science Foundation’s modern-day mission is to raise awareness and levels of funding for one of the major unsolved questions in science: how consciousness arises in human beings (Science July 1, 2005).
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[edit] Awards and sponsorship of research
MSF is a prinicipal, international supporter of pilot data grants for consciousness research. Some recent award recipients include:
- Fred Gage, Ph.D. – Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Baroness Susan Greenfield, CME, Ph.D. – Oxford University
- Christof Koch, Ph.D. – California Institute of Technology
- V.S. Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D. – University of California San Diego
[edit] Lecture events
In addition to funding leading researchers in the field, the Mind Science Foundation hosts a Distinguished Speakers Series to heighten public awareness of practical topics related to human consciousness. Examples of past speakers include:
- Dr. Jonas Salk – Inaugural Speaker, Distinguished Speakers Series
- Steven Laureys, M.D., Ph.D. – Univeristiy of Liege, Belgium
- J. Allan Hobson, M.D. - Harvard Medical School
- Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Temple Grandin, Ph.D. – Colorado State University
- Jane Goodall, Ph.D. – Goodall Institute
[edit] Sponsoring events
The Mind Science Foundation also supports international symposia and conferences focused on the scientific study of consciousness. MSF has also helped sponsor events with the following organizations:
- Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
- ASSC-8 Satellite meeting (Antwerp, 2004): “Coma and Impaired Consciousness”
- ASSC-9 (Caltech, 2005)
- ASSC-10 (Oxford, 2006)
- Mind and Life Institute - http://www.mindandlife.org/
- Public Meeting with the Dalai Lama (M.I.T., 2003)
- Public Meeting with the Dalai Lama (Washington, D. C., 2005)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website
- For more information on conferences sponsored by the Mind Science Foundation: http://www.mindscience.org/conferences.html
- For more information on the scientific study of consciousness: http://www.mindscience.org/introtoconsciousness
- For more information on Tom Slick Awardees, http://www.mindscience.org/research/index.html
