Spirituality and Health
The Foundation has supported a range of research and curricular programs to advance scientific understanding on the relationship between spirituality and health. Currently, the Foundation welcomes proposals that explore the theme of spirituality and health within the fields of medical economics, philosophy of medicine, philosophical theology and medical education.
FEATURED GRANT
Spirituality in Medicine Curricular Awards
Professor Christina M. Puchalski, Founder and Director
The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health
(GWISH)
Departments of Medicine and Health Care Sciences
The George Washington University School of Medicine (Washington
DC)
The
goal of this program is to expand the scope of medical education by
encouraging model medical and osteopathic school courses that address the
important but long-neglected domains of spirituality, cultural awareness, and
end-of-life issues in medical care.
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Sample Grants
| Grant Title |
Award Date |
Grant Amount |
| |
- Faith in the Future: Healthcare, Aging, and the Role of Religion
Dr. Harold G. Koenig, Founder and Co-Director
Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health
Duke University Medical Center (Durham NC)
- This grant supported a book project linking research on spirituality and health with understanding of the power of purpose in an aging American population.
|
May 2001 |
$25,000 |
- Spirituality, Theology and Health
Keith G. Meador,MD, ThM, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology and Medicine (Divinity School)
Duke University (Durham NC)
- Support to establish a network designed to enable a continuing structured conversation among scholars to stimulate high level dialogue, collaboration, and relationship building as well as advance research and scholarship focused on spirituality, theology, and health.
|
January 2007 |
$1,394,776 |
- Role of Spirituality and Religious Coping in the Long-Term Adjustments of Patients One Year After Cardiac Surgery
Professor Amy L. Ai
School of Social Work – Social Welfare Doctoral Faculty
- This research grant supports a theory driven study examining how spirituality and religious coping affect the health and mental health of 300 patients one year after a prevalent medical stressor — cardiac surgery.
|
October 2001 |
$334,142 |
- Templeton Advanced Research Program [TARP]: Innovative Scientific Studies on Religion and Spirituality
Dr. William J. Grassie, Executive Director
Metanexus Institute (Philadelphia PA) - This program
aims to advance the quality and sophistication of research design and methods
in the study of three distinct topical areas:
|
September 2004 |
$5,791,000 |
- Research Fellowship in Religion/Spirituality and Health at Duke University Medical Center
Dr. Harold G. Koenig, Founder and Co-Director
Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health
Duke University (Durham NC)
Professor Linda K. George
Department of Sociology
Duke University (Durham NC) - This
grant supports a 5-year post-doctoral research fellowship program at Duke
University Medical Center. Post-doctoral fellows at the M.D. or Ph.D. level who
have shown academic promise in their own disciplines will be trained to
become researchers and academicians in the field of religion/spirituality and
health.
|
July 2002 |
$843,123 |
