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Neuroscience Funding Sources
Browse 8 funding sources focused on neuroscience in consciousness research.
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European Research Council (ERC)
Government (EU)
Premier European funding body for frontier research. ERC Starting, Consolidator, and Advanced Grants have funded leading consciousness researchers including Stanislas Dehaene, Anil Seth, and Giulio Tononi's European collaborators. Supports ambitious, investigator-driven projects.
Heffter Research Institute
Non-Profit Research Organization
Non-profit research organization dedicated to studying psilocybin and other classic psychedelics. Has funded foundational consciousness research at Johns Hopkins, NYU, and Imperial College London. Named after Arthur Heffter, who first isolated mescaline in 1897.
Kavli Foundation
Private Foundation
Foundation supporting basic science research in astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience, and theoretical physics. Funds Kavli Institutes worldwide, several of which conduct consciousness-relevant neuroscience research. Awards the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.
Mind Science Foundation
Foundation
Funds innovative research on mind, brain, and consciousness with focus on self-regulation in health and disease.
NIH BRAIN Initiative
Federal Government
The Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is a massive US federal research program launched in 2013. Funds development of new tools to understand neural circuits, with some grants directly relevant to consciousness research including neural correlates and brain-wide dynamics.
Simons Foundation
Private Foundation
Major scientific research funder established by Jim Simons. The Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain funds computational and theoretical neuroscience research relevant to understanding consciousness, including neural coding, decision-making, and large-scale brain dynamics.
Tiny Blue Dot Foundation
Private Foundation
Foundation explicitly dedicated to funding consciousness science, co-founded by Jody Allen (sister of Paul Allen). Supports research on the science of consciousness including work by Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi. Focus on understanding subjective experience through rigorous scientific methods.
Wellcome Trust
Charitable Trust
One of the world's largest biomedical research charities, based in the UK. Funds neuroscience of consciousness through Discovery Research and career development grants. Has supported major consciousness research programs at UCL, Cambridge, and Sussex.