Mind & Life Research Grants
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Mind & Life Research Grants support developing scientists and scholars studying contemplative practices to deepen understanding of the mind, reduce human suffering, and promote flourishing.
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Funder: Mind and Life Institute
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $25,000 USD per grant for two years
Summary: Supports developing scientists and scholars investigating contemplative practices to reduce human suffering and promote flourishing.
Key Information: Applicants must have attended the U.S. or online Mind & Life Summer Research Institute within five years.
Description
The Mind & Life Institute funds rigorous examinations of contemplative practices through career-development grants for developing scientists and scholars. The program aims to build interdisciplinary understanding of the mind and human behavior while expanding the community of scientists, scholars, and clinicians conducting contemplative research. It favors projects integrating first-person methods, such as introspection and subjective-experience reports, into cognitive, behavioral, physiological, clinical, or socio-cultural inquiry.
Priorities include personal well-being, compassionate communities, and the human-earth connection: how contemplative practices nurture positive emotions and alleviate negative ones, influence divisive views and social systems, and support awareness and action toward sustaining interconnected living systems. The program encourages collaboration with contemplative scholars and practitioners throughout research, interdisciplinary connections, diverse perspectives, and questions relevant to understudied populations.
