As of November 1, 2021 all BICS essay contest winners, runners up and honorable mentions have been informed that they have won prizes. Because BICS received such a large number of high quality essays an additional category of honorable mention winners has been created. Each honorable mention essay receives $20,000 per essay.
Essay Author |
Prize Won |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Jeffrey Mishlove Ph.D. | $500,000 |
| 2nd Prize | Pim van Lommel M.D. | $300,000 |
| 3rd Prize | Leo Ruickbie Ph.D. | $150,000 |
| Michael Tymn | $ 50,000 | |
| Stephen Braude Ph.D. | $ 50,000 | |
| Nicolas Rouleau Ph.D. | $ 50,000 | |
| Bernardo Kastrup Ph.D. | $ 50,000 | |
| Elizabeth Krohn | $ 50,000 | |
| Sharon Rawlette Ph.D. | $ 50,000 | |
| Jeffrey Long M.D. | $ 50,000 | |
| Michael Nahm Ph.D. | $ 50,000 | |
| Julie Beischel Ph.D. | $ 50,000 | |
| Alexandre Rocha Ph.D. et al. | $ 50,000 | |
| David Rousseau Ph.D. et al. | $ 50,000 | |
| Robert Mays et al | $ 20,000 | |
| Chris Carter | $ 20,000 | |
| Steve Taylor Ph.D. | $ 20,000 | |
| Christopher Kerr M.D., Ph.D. | $ 20,000 | |
| Bruce Leininger | $ 20,000 | |
| Vernon Neppe M.D., Ph.D. | $ 20,000 | |
| Helane Wahbeh N.D. et al. | $ 20,000 | |
| Chris Roe Ph.D. et al | $ 20,000 | |
| Peter Fenwick M.D. et al | $ 20,000 | |
| Walter Meyer zu Erpen | $ 20,000 | |
| Akila Weerasekera Ph.D. | $ 20,000 | |
| Greg Taylor | $ 20,000 | |
| Nick Cook | $ 20,000 | |
| Andreas Sommer Ph.D. | $ 20,000 | |
| Sam Parnia M.D. Ph.D. et al | $ 20,000 |
| 29 separate essays have won monetary prizes. 1st place winner wins $500,000, 2nd place wins $300,000 and 3rd place wins $150,000. Then 11 runner up receive $50,000 each and a further 15 essays that are honorable mentions win $20,000 each. |
| BICS will publish all 29 essays on the BICS website. |
| In a separate publication venture, BICS intends to publish the essays in a set of 5-6 volumes comprising all 29 winning essays. Each volume will be hard cover, richly bound in faux leather with gilted pages and ribbons. BICS will distribute these “collector’s items” sets of books free of charge to university libraries, hospices and to some religious institutions. The intent is to make available this group of 29 essays to as large a group of people as possible. |
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