Connectionists: Consciousness Commons (ASSC satellite): build a study in 2 days + $25, 000 seed funding

[Lucia Melloni]

Dear all,

What if we created a space to move from ideas to concrete research on consciousness, together?

Right after ASSC 2026, we are organizing Consciousness Commons: Building Collaborative Science with Open Consciousness Data, a two-day satellite workshop in Santiago, Chile (July 4–5, 2026).

Consciousness Commons is designed for early-career researchers who want to move from ideas to concrete research. Working in interdisciplinary teams, participants will develop hypothesis-driven projects using openly available datasets, including those from the Cogitate consortium, with a strong focus on reproducibility and preregistration.

By the end of the workshop, each team will leave with a fully specified, preregistered study. Projects will also be eligible to compete for $25,000 in seed funding to support further development.

Key details:

Open to PhD students, postdocs, and early-career researchers (≤10 years post-PhD)

Pre-event virtual kick-off: May 18–19 (TBC)

Application deadline: April 13, 2026

More information: https://consciousness-commons.github.io/cc-assc-2026

Apply here: https://forms.gle/c1xpSTk2sJ3oTzHZ6

Please share this opportunity with interested students and colleagues.

Best wishes,

The Consciousness Commons Team

-- Lucia Melloni

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