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Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies

2020-01-01year known, day not recorded

Founded by Robert Bigelow in 2020 to fund research into survival of human consciousness after death - a consciousness-focused successor to his earlier UFO ventures (NIDS, BAASS). In 2021 it ran a widely publicized essay contest, administered with Colm Kelleher, awarding roughly $1.8 million across 29 essays; parapsychologist Jeffrey Mishlove won the $500,000 first prize.

In the consciousness threadClassified 25 August 2026 from this entity's own role text, which reads: "leher, awarding roughly $1.8 million across 29 essays; parapsychologist Jeffrey Mishlove won the $500,000 first prize.". An editorial classification, the same kind of field as cat - it rests on no page and does not claim to.

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← Robert Bigelow names a source we do not hold

founded it in 2020

George Knapp / KLAS-TV Mystery Wire reporting
→ Institute of Noetic Sciences names a source we do not hold

parallel consciousness-research institutes

Institute of Noetic Sciences history
← Colm Kelleher names a source we do not hold

administered the 2021 BICS essay contest with Bigelow

Kelleher & Bigelow, The 2021 BICS Essay Contest (PhilPapers)
← Jeffrey Mishlove names a source we do not hold

won the $500,000 first prize in the 2021 essay contest

BICS 2021 contest results; OpenSciences.org
← Hal Puthoff names a source we do not hold

served as a judge on the 2021 BICS essay contest

BICS Contest Judges page, bigelowinstitute.org
← Christopher "Kit" Green names a source we do not hold

served as a judge on the 2021 BICS essay contest (as Christopher Green, PhD, MD)

BICS Contest Judges page, bigelowinstitute.org
← Leslie Kean names a source we do not hold

served as a judge on the 2021 BICS essay contest

BICS Contest Judges page, bigelowinstitute.org
← Jessica Utts names a source we do not hold

served as a judge on the 2021 BICS essay contest

BICS Contest Judges page, bigelowinstitute.org