,Following a widely publicized essay competition that aimed to raise the public awareness for the Survival of Human Consciousness, Robert T. Bigelow, who founded the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) in 2020, is now moving on to what he calls "The Challenge." Providing up to a million dollars in funding, BICS is now looking for applicants for research "to be exclusively focused on Contact or Communication with the 'Other Side.'” Preliminary proposals on research that "should preferably break new ground" are due by January 1, 2023. Details in the video and at the grants page at the BiCS website.