Institution
ASSAP (Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena)
The UK's anomaly research charity: training, investigation standards, and a sold-out annual conference
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About
ASSAP, the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena, is a UK charity and learned membership association founded in 1981 to investigate, research and educate on anomalous experiences. It collects contemporary and historic accounts of unusual phenomena and works them through a program of investigation training, published research and public education that makes it the UK's institutional home for paranormal investigation.
The training is formal: ASSAP runs courses and certifications including its NRPI (Network of Researchers and Paranormal Investigators) training track, member investigations, lectures and education webinars, and a weekly Thursday evening webinar series open to members. Its biggest event is the Seriously Strange conference, a two-day gathering that sold out its 2026 edition at the University of Worcester, with speakers covering ghosts, poltergeists, UAP, psi, consciousness and Forteana with what the association calls a scientific edge.
The publishing operation is deep: an article archive organized from hauntings to methods and equipment, investigation reports and classic case files, the Project Albion archive of British cases, a catalogue of anomaly journals and ASSAP bulletins dating to 1981, grants for research, and the Seriously Strange podcast across all major platforms. Local groups around the UK carry the investigation work regionally, and the association fields advisory panels in specialties such as photography. The institution's stated mission: To investigate, research, and educate on anomalous experiences.
Mission
To investigate, research, and educate on anomalous experiences.
History
ASSAP was founded in 1981 as the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena, now a UK charity and learned membership association. It built investigation training and certifications (including NRPI training), a weekly webinar series, an article and case archive reaching back to its bulletins of 1981, research grants, the Seriously Strange podcast, and the sold-out two-day Seriously Strange conference at the University of Worcester.