Initiative Information
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE AS1 NEXT GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL
NOTE: APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE ON FEB 28TH
Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s As1 initiative aims to advance investigation into the nature of consciousness and its applications. As part of this initiative, the As1 Next Generation Advisory Council will work to develop tools for consciousness science and identify emerging priorities. Council members will be expected to meet monthly from March to December 2026 for virtual council meetings and participate in a hackathon-style weekend workshop resulting in co-authorship on the council’s manuscript products. Council members will receive an honorarium for their participation and be eligible for unique travel award opportunities.
The As1 Next Generation Advisory Council may be composed of early-career (neuro)scientists, clinicians, artists and storytellers, organizers, and activists who are already shaping the direction of consciousness science and applied practices. Alongside academic candidates, we also include Indigenous leaders focused on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ecological Medicine. Candidates will have achieved a strong combination of academic rigor and/or organizational leadership and/or community-building capacity at early stages of their career.