The Parapsychology Foundation has long been aware that practical aid for scholars, scientists and students engaged in parapsychological research is, for the most part, unavailable from universities and other foundations. The Foundation’s commitment to those working with dedication in the field remains firm. The General Scholarly Incentive Award On occasion the Parapsychology Foundation provides support to students and researchers who are finishing degree programs or research projects and require some additional help. In 2006 University of Northampton PhD student David Luke received a Scholarly Incentive award to help fund PhD research into beliefs about luck, psi and the paranormal, and their relationship with psi in a precognition task, based on Stanford’s “psi-mediated instrumental response” (PMIR) model. (The photo to the right is David Luke.) Earlier in 2006 this Scholarly Incentive Award was also given to Fabio da Silva to help underwrite the completion of his masters degree at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. Da Silva also received the Parapsychological Association Convention Scholarly Incentive Award in 2003. In 2004 this Scholarly Incentive Award was given to Devin Terhune to help underwrite the completion of his masters degree in psychology at Liverpool John Moores University in England. Terhune was also the first recipient of the Charles T. and Judith A. Tart Student Incentive Award for Parapsychological Research in 2002, and began his PhD studies in 2006 at Lund University under the supervision of PF grant recipient, Dr. Etzel Cardeña. The Travel Convention Scholarly Incentive Award In 2009, a Scholarly Incentive Award will be made available to a member of the Parapsychological Association to attend the Association’s Annual Convention. (No award of this type will be offered in 2008.) The most recent recipient of this award is Prof. Peter Mulacz of the Austrian Society for Parapsychology at the University of Vienna. Prof. Mulacz is also the PF International Affiliate for Austria. The incentive award will help fund his participation in the Parapsychological Association convention to be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia in August of 2007. In 2006 this award was granted to Dr. Alexander Moreira-Almeida, a psychiatrist from Brazil. Although it was intended that Dr. Moreira-Almeida would attend the 2006 Parapsychological Association Convention in Stockholm, Sweden, last minute travel visa problems have prevented that. Instead Dr. Moreira-Almeida will be attending the Parapsychological Association convention in Halifax in August of 2007. In 2005, Gerd Hövelmann, the PF International Affiliate in Germany, received this award and attended the 2005 PA in Petaluma, California. (To read his convention report, click here.) In 2003, the award was given to Fabio da Silva, a researcher and teacher from Curitiba, Brazil, who attended the PA Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia. And in 2001, the award was given to Dr. Hideyuki Kokubo, a researcher at the Bio-Emission Laboratory of the National Institute of Radiological Science in Japan and Director of the Japanese Society for Parapsychology. Dr. Kokubo used his award to travel to the Parapsychological Association Convention in New York City that year. The General Scholarly Incentive Award is available throughout 2008. The To apply, please send a letter of application to Lisette Coly, the Executive Director of the Foundation through the email office@parapsychology.org. Requests are entertained at any time during the year. The Travel Scholarly Incentive Award will not be offered in 2008. Beginning January 1st, 2009, the Travel Award will again be offered. Applicants who wish to be considered are advised to apply as early in the year as possible.

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