Mind and Life Summer Research Institute and Francisco J. Varela Awards

This grant  supports an annual  five-day conference for advancing collaborative research among behavioral and  clinical scientists, neuroscientists, and biomedical  researchers through dialogue with practitioners and scholars of Buddhism. Participants in  the conference are eligible to receive funding for innovative research  in the emerging field of contemplative science and scholarship. Award recipients will report their findings in professional journals and at future Mind and Life Institute events, and may develop larger research projects that build on their early results.

Grant Amount:

$1,326,094

Start Date:

May 2004

End Date:

June 2011

Grant ID:

11249, 11966, 13187

Suite of three separate grants totaling $1,326,094