Can you see without your eyes?
Official Contest Rules to be published September 1, 2026.
Experienced MindSight practitioners and Perceptualists are encouraged to pre-apply now and begin practicing.
Concept image only. The number shown is not an official prize target.
To win the $100,000 USD MindSwan Prize, an eligible contestant must correctly identify four consecutive 3-digit target numbers, randomly generated, during an official, supervised prize attempt.
All four numbers must be identified within 20 minutes while the contestant wears an extended mask that blocks all light.
Eligibility requirements, testing procedures, and all other prize conditions will be provided in the Official Contest Rules published September 1, 2026, and pre-application does not guarantee eligibility or participation.
Get four 3-digit numbers right in a row, in under 20 minutes, in our lab setting.
But perception might be beyond vision. We believe it's worth $100,000 to investigate.
Mindsight is one thread in a bigger question CUSAC keeps returning to: what is consciousness, and where are its limits? A verified demonstration wouldn't completely answer that question. But it could fundamentally change what we believe is possible.
Pre-apply for the MindSwan Prize and start practicing today.
Pre-RegisterReview the complete rules, eligibility requirements, testing procedures, and upcoming contest dates.
$100,000 USD Prize is secured in a dedicated account.
Account numbers redacted for privacy.
CUSAC organizes and administers the contest in partnership with our advisors and sponsor — from applications through the official Prize attempt. CUSAC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to rigorous, open-ended inquiry at the intersection of consciousness and science, founded in 2018 by Tom Campbell, a former NASA and DOD physicist.
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Point Reyes Reality Investigation Center is sponsoring the $100,000 Prize and providing the Prize funds. PRRIC is a nonprofit dedicated to the study of consciousness, perception, and the elusive nature of reality — bridging neuroscience, chemistry, philosophy, psychology, art, and lived experience, with workshops, guest speakers, and immersive events in West Marin County, California.
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Researcher with the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) at the University of Virginia.
Full bio — link coming soon.
Cognitive neuroscientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and UCSD. Known for EEG research and the neuroscience of meditation and anomalous perception.
Professor of Psychology & Neurosurgery at UCLA. Studies the nature of consciousness and cognition, including in coma and vegetative-state patients.
We are working with two mentalists who will help identify possible methods of visual leakage, signaling, concealed technology, or procedural manipulation. To be announced.
Documents whether each official attempt follows the published procedure. A material deviation invalidates the affected attempt.
For researchers, practitioners, journalists, and curious observers who want major announcements, confirmed dates, and Prize updates.
For MindSight practitioners who think they have what it takes and want to be notified when applications open.
This is just an expression of interest, not an official entry. Nobody's guaranteed advancement, testing, travel support, or a shot at the Prize.