August 2024
This year we are funding four projects. We send our congratulations to the successful applicants and wish them every success with their research:
- Álex Escolà-Gascón - Quantum-like psi learning: Neuromodulating extraocular vision in blind individuals.
- Chris Roe, Matthew Hopkins, and Deborah Patton - Testing the theory of 'First Sight'; using the Bem 'feeling the future' paradigm – funding for phase 3.
- Malcolm Schofield - I feel, therefore I am: Investigating what emotions underly the variables that correlate with paranormal belief and experience.
- Rodrigo Montenegro - Neurophysiological and phenomenological effects of tPBM on synchronized REM states: A comparative analysis of REM lucidity
We encourage SPR members to consider making donations and/or bequests specifically to the SPR’s Research Fund, so that we can continue to support this important work far into the future.
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August 2023
Five projects were funded this year:
- Sabine Rabourdin - Anthropological and microphenomenological studies of perception of space and sense of self in Out of Body Experiences.
- Chris Roe - Testing the theory of 'First Sight'; using the Bem 'feeling the future' paradigm – funding for phase 2.
- Lance Storm - Meaningfulness in the I Ching siung a Q-Sort RNG method.
- Ruth-Helen Vassilas - Life after spiritually transformative experiences and the role of others in the integration process.
- Melvyn Willin – The expansion and clarification of the Donald West ‘Research Files’.
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August 2022
The successful applicants were as follows:
- Chris Roe - Testing the theory of 'First Sight' using the Bem 'feeling the future' paradigm.
- Etzel Cardena - Participant versus independent judging: an empirical evaluation of two Ganzfeld/hypnosis datasets.
- Steve Parsons - Examination of a potentially new type of visual phenomena which has appeared in photographs and video predominantly taken using cameras fitted to mobile phones and similar devices.
- Marc Wittmann - VR video game induced psi experiences in red and green Ganzfeld.
- Samantha Treasure - The role of spontaneous and deliberate out-of-body experiences in Korean shamanism.
Survival Research Grants
Prof. Chris Roe will create a collection of near-death experiences, that will be made available to researchers for secondary analysis.
Dr Callum Cooper will investigate the prevalence of psychic experiences in the funeral industry.
Ann Bridge Davies will engage in a project ‘Appraising the History of Spiritualist Art and the Veridical Aspects of Personalities Drawn from Spirit’
Aaron Lomas will study the phenomenology and veridical nature of apparitional experiences reported during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr Alexander Moreira-Almeida will investigate the epistemological and methodological contributions of the first decades of the Society for Psychical Research (1882-1930) to the research on the survival of consciousness.
Dr Annekatrin Puhle will examine the incubation dreams of the deceased.