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.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Awards and sponsorship of research
* 2 Lecture events
* 3 Sponsoring events
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## 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[2]

## 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

## References

1. ↑ Science, July 1, 2005
2. ↑ "Mind Science Foundation Hosts 'Artful Brain' Lecture Featuring V.S. Ramachandran, MD, Ph.D.". BusinessWire. 8 November 2004. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20041108005425/en/Mind-Science-Foundation-Hosts-Artful-Brain-Lecture. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

## External links

* Official website

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