{"id":2377,"date":"2024-05-09T17:09:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/172.30.40.161\/?page_id=2377"},"modified":"2024-05-16T17:31:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:31:57","slug":"bics-essay-contest-winners-honorable-mentions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/bics-afterlife-proof\/bics-essay-contest-winners-honorable-mentions\/","title":{"rendered":"BICS Essay Contest Winners Honorable Mentions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Life After Death Essay Contest Honorable Mentions<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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After the winners<\/a> and runners-up<\/a> had been chosen by the judges<\/a>, there remained a significant number of high-quality essays that the judges continued to champion. At that stage, it was decided to create an Honorable Mentions category for another fifteen essays. Robert Bigelow then decided to award each essay author(s) $20,000, adding an additional $300,000 in prize money. This generous act brought the total prize money for all twenty-nine essays to $1,800,000, arguably an unprecedented level of financial support for this field of research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Carter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Case for the Afterlife<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nick Cook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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What Is The Best Available Evidence For The Survival Of Human Consciousness after Permanent Bodily Death<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arnaud Delorme, Ph.D., <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dean Radin, Ph.D.,
Helan\u00e9 Wahbeh, N.D., M.C.R.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Advancing the Evidence for Survival of Consciousness<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Fenwick, M.D., <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Pier-Francesco Moretti, Ph.D.,
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To Be And Not To Be, This is The Answer: Consciousness Survives<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Christopher Kerr, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Experiences of the Dying: Evidence of Survival of Human Consciousness<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bruce Leininger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Consciousness Survives Physical Death: Definitive Proof of Reincarnation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Appendices to Consciousness Survives Physical Death<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Robert G. Mays, B.Sc., <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Suzanne B. Mays, A.A.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>There is No Death: Near-Death Experience Evidence for Survival after Permanent Bodily Death<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Walter Meyer zu Erpen, B.A.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Pursuit of Best Evidence for Survival of Human Consciousness after Permanent Bodily Death<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vernon Neppe, M.D., Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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What is the Best Available Evidence for the Survival of Human Consciousness after Permanent Bodily Death?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sam Parnia, M.D., Ph.D.,<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tara Keshavarz Shirazi, B.S.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Chris A. Roe, Ph.D.,<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Callum E. Cooper, Ph.D.,
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A Critical Evaluation of the Best Evidence for the Survival of Human Consciousness after Permanent Bodily Death<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Andreas Sommer, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Greg Taylor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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