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Hopefully you didn't have plans this weekend, because applications for the 2027 cohort of Brains closes on October 26th (that's this coming monday!)

Thinking about applying to the Brains Fellowship?

We’re going to be doing online info sessions on October 14 at 8pm ET and October 20 at 12:30pm ET.

Come ask all your questions about the fellowship and applications!

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Applications are now open for the 2027 Cohort of Brains Fellows!

If you have an ambitious technical research idea (in any discipline) that is beyond the scope of an academic lab or VC-funded startup, we want to hear from you!

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Creating new research organizations involves communicating deeply technical ideas to a huge range of people.

@eileen_nakahata compiled the most important lessons on effectively conveying technical ideas gleaned over years helping fellows start coordinated research programs.

At the end of the day, it's people who create science and technology.

@di_goldene_pave founded Cosmic Frontier Labs to build a fleet of space telescopes designed to be produced, launched, and iterated on at a pace astronomy has never seen.

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