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Researchers at the College of Arts and Humanities’ COGITO Epistemology Research Centre have been awarded a major cross‑council grant of approximately £1,000,000 from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to pursue research questions at the intersection of epistemology, ethics, and mind raised by neurotechnologies developed to repair and enhance our brain functions. 

The project is a collaboration between philosophers at Cogito Glasgow (Adam Carter,  Emma Gordon, and Christoph Kelp) and Oxford (Mona Simion) and neuroscientists and quantum physicists at the Glasgow Centre for Neurotechnology (Daniele Faccio, Simon Hanslmayr, Monika Harvey, and Lars Muckli).

The funding will serve to establish MindTech Research Lab, a major inter-university, interdisciplinary research lab dedicated to investigating issues in epistemology, ethics, and mind raised by neurotechnologies developed to repair and enhance our brain functions, as well as to develop new, philosophically-informed neurotech.

Adam Carter, Cogito Co-Director said: “At Cogito, we are very pleased to add this ambitious new UKRI grant to our portfolio of interdisciplinary projects that bring together philosophy with the sciences; we have a fantastic team and we are  excited to get to work to better understand how brain technologies can help improve cognition in a responsible way.” 

For more details, the project’s website can be accessed here: https://www.mindtech-research.com/  

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First published: 23 March 2026