Philosophy:Mind Science Foundation

Short description: Nonprofit organization in San Antonio, United States

The Mind Science Foundation (MSF) is a private non-profit scientific foundation in San Antonio, Texas , USA, established by the philanthropist Thomas Baker Slick in 1958.

The Foundation's mission is to raise awareness and levels of funding for one of the major unsolved questions in science: how consciousness arises in human beings.

Awards and sponsorship of research

MSF is a principal, international supporter of pilot data grants for consciousness research. Some recent award recipients include:

• Fred Gage – Salk Institute for Biological Studies
• Susan Greenfield – Oxford University
• Christof Koch – California Institute of Technology
• V.S. Ramachandran – University of California San Diego

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:

• Jonas Salk – inaugural speaker, Distinguished Speakers Series
• Steven Laureys – University of Liege, Belgium
• J. Allan Hobson - Harvard Medical School
• Kay Redfield Jamison Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Temple Grandin – Colorado State University
• Jane Goodall – Goodall Institute

Sponsoring events

The Foundation also supports international symposia and conferences focused on the scientific study of consciousness and has also helped to 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
  • Public Meeting with the Dalai Lama (M.I.T., 2003)
  • Public Meeting with the Dalai Lama (Washington, D. C., 2005)

See also

• Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness

External links

• Official website