The Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the scientific study of consciousness.
Founded in 2011, The Faggin Foundation supports various research programs at US universities and research institutes to advance the understanding of consciousness through theoretical and experimental research.
The Faggin Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals for support.
Supportive grants provided by the Faggin Foundation
2022
American Computer Museum $35,000
Canticle Farm $3,500
Chapman University $125,000
Cottonwood Research Foundation $3,500
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $367,500
UVA Health Foundation $40,000
Indiana University $7,000
Loyola Marymount University $3,500
Marconi Society $6,000
MIT $3,500
Regents of the University of California $3,500
The UCLA Foundation $85,000
UC Davis Foundation $3,500
UC Irvine $7,000
University of Washington $165,000
Yale University $3,500
2021
American Computer Museum $30,000
Berkeley High School ASB $2,000
Chapman University $125,000
National Inventors Hall of Fame $10,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $119,350
UVA Health Foundation $40,000
2020
American Computer Museum $30,000
Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation $2,400
Center for Mindful Self-Compassion $4,800
Chapman University $125,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $228,900
The Marconi Society $25,000
University of California Irvine $254,400
2019
American Computer Museum $30,000
Chapman University $125,000
UC Santa Cruz Foundation $106,400
University of California Irvine $220,000
AAAS $1,250
ASU Foundation $4,800
Center for Mindful Self-Compassion $8,500
Loyola Marymount University $2,500
Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies $7,200
SF Bay Area Chapter University of Padova $5,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $53,500
The Curry School Foundation $4,800
University of California Davis $4,200
UVA Health Foundation $30,000
2018
American Computer Museum $30,000
Chapman University $200,000
Foundational Questions Institute $87,963
University of California Irvine $200,000
UC Santa Cruz Foundation $106,400
2017
American Computer Museum $25,000
Chapman University $150,000
Foundation for Mind-Bending Research $500
Institute of Noetic Sciences $25,000
University of California Irvine $200,000
Institute of Frontier Sciences $50,000
Foundational Questions Institute $51,461
International Academy of Consciousness $27,000
UVA Health Foundation $50,000
2016
American Computer Museum $20,000
Chapman University $50,000
Council Grove Conference $5,000
Institute of Noetic Sciences $25,000
Foundation for Mind-Bending Research $500
UC Santa Cruz Foundation $424,000
University of California Irvine $200,000
2015
American Computer Museum $20,000
Chapman University $50,000
Institute of Frontier Sciences $125,000
Institute of Noetic Sciences $5,000
The Super Computing Challenge $10,000
UC Santa Cruz Foundation $106,000
University of California Irvine $200,000
2014
American Computer Museum $30,000
Institute of Frontier Sciences $150,000
Institute of Noetic Sciences $125,000
Brown University $15,0000
Chapman University $100,000
Oklahoma State University $50,000
Regents of the University of California $50,000
Samueli Institute $25,000
2013
Institute of Noetic Sciences $200,000
Institute of Frontier Sciences $100,000
American Computer Museum $50,000
Society for Scientific Exploration $2,000
Foundation for Mind-Being Research $100
2012
Institute of Noetic Sciences $200,500
2011
Institute of Noetic Sciences $200,000