Berggruen Prize Essay Competition

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Global Priorities Research
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Conceptual & Empirical Research
Deadline
2025-07-31
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Remote
Description
Berggruen Prize Essay Competition 2025 — $50K for Big Ideas The Berggruen Institute invites submissions exploring the theme of consciousness—its nature, origins, evolution, and expressions across humans, animals, and machines. Essays should be original, rigorously argued, and under 10,000 words (English) or 15,000 characters (Chinese). Each language category awards $50,000. No AI-written content; submissions must be fully original. 📅 Deadline: July 31, 2025 | 🖇 Submit as PDF only More details + submission form here: berggruen.org/essay-competition-open
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effectivealtruism.org is made by the Centre for Effective Altruism, which is an Effective Ventures project. Effective Ventures Foundation (UK) (EV UK) is a charity in England and Wales (with registered charity number 1149828, registered company number 07962181, and is also a Netherlands registered tax-deductible entity ANBI 825776867). Effective Ventures Foundation USA Inc. (EV US) is a section 501(c)(3) organization in the USA (EIN 47-1988398). EV UK and EV US are separate charities that collaborate closely under the “Effective Ventures” name. All content © Centre for Effective Altruism or its respective authors, unless otherwise noted. For enquiries and feedback contact us.
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