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The Burroughs Wellcome Fund's As1 initiative aims to advance investigation into the nature of consciousness and its related applications. As part of this initiative, the As1 Next Generation Advisory Council will work to develop tools for consciousness science and identify emerging priorities. Council members will be expected to meet for virtual council meetings and participate in a hackathon-style weekend workshop resulting in co-authorship on the council's manuscript products. Council members will receive an honorarium for their participation and be eligible for unique travel award opportunities. The As1 Next Generation Advisory Council may be composed of early-career (neuro)scientists, clinicians, artists and storytellers, organizers, and activists who are already shaping the direction of consciousness science and applied practices. Alongside academic candidates, we also include Indigenous leaders focused on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ecological Medicine. Candidates will have achieved a strong combination of academic rigor and/or organizational leadership and/or community-building capacity at early stages of their career. This opportunity provides council members with honoraria, co-authorship on manuscript products, and eligibility for unique travel award opportunities. Members will engage in virtual meetings and a hackathon-style weekend workshop focused on advancing consciousness science research and applications.