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2008 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute — Application Process
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2008 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute
June 6 – 12, 2008 at the Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY
APPLICATIONS FOR THE SUMMER RESEARCH INSTITUTE WILL CLOSE AT 7:00 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008
To apply for acceptance to the 2008 Mind & Life Summer Research Institute (MLSRI) please review thoroughly all of the information below. This is a two part application process. It is critical that you complete BOTH PARTS and that they reach us on or before 7:00 p.m. EST February 29, 2008.
PART ONE is an online application form containing your contact information, etc.
PART TWO is your electronic submission of the required application documents by e-mail.
NO HARD COPY PAPER DOCUMENTS (MAILED OR FAXED) WILL BE ACCEPTED.
NOTE: Your application does not ensure acceptance, as participation is limited by facility size, program guidelines, committee review of your application information and your letters of recommendation.
 APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION SCHEDULE
January 15, 2008 - Applications open
February 29, 2008 - Applications close and materials due
March 30, 2008 - Final selection of applicants
April 9, 2008 - Notification of applicants
April 23, 2008 - Registration and payment opens for accepted applicants
May 18, 2008 - Last day for payment of fees
PART ONE: THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM:
To apply for the 2008 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, you must first complete an Online Application Form which will provide us with your name, mailing address, email address, and other pertinent contact/personal information. Please complete this Online Application Form at the URL link below as soon as possible. We will need this information in our database to continue processing your application.
NOTE: Online applications for the 2008 Summer Research Institute are now CLOSED.
PART TWO: APPLICATION DOCUMENTS YOU MUST EMAIL:
After submitting the Online Application Form, to complete your application for the 2008 Mind and Life Summer Research Institute, you must also e-mail ALL of the following documents for your application to be complete. Please send all required documents, either as Word documents or .pdf files, attached to ONE e-mail message. Your first and last name must appear clearly on every page of all documents.
 1. An essay of no more than 400 words describing how this program will foster your research and/or career goals - specifically, how this program interfaces with your current or previous work and/or studies, and how you anticipate it impacting your future research or professional goals. Please use a 12 point font and 1'' margins. Please respect our request and limit your essay to 400 words. Essays in excess of this limit will be disqualified.
2. An NIH Biosketch or comparable format Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Resume (2 pages maximum length). If you do not have an NIH biosketch, you may provide an abbreviated CV that includes educational history and training and previous and current positions. (NOTE: The NIH Biosketch format can be obtained at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/416/phs416.htm).
Please also include a list of up to 10 publications that have influenced your personal and/or career path. (These are books, articles, etc. written by others.) This list should be included in your Biosketch/CV but can be in addition to the 2 page limit if necessary.
3. Research Fellow Letters of Recommendation: All Research Fellows must submit two electronically signed* letters of recommendation on institution letterhead. These letters should be sent directly to you and then submitted as attachments along with the other required documents for Part Two of your application. DO NOT have your recommendation letters sent directly to Mind and Life.Your name should appear clearly in the letter of recommendation. The reviewer's name, title, email address and telephone number must also be included in the letter. The type of electronic signature required on your recommendation letters may be simply a .jpg, .tif or other digital "picture" of the writer's signature inserted into the signature block of the letter.
NOTE: Senior Investigators are not required to submit letters of recommendation.
NOTE: If you are unsure of your categorization based on the description in the "Who Should Attend" section of the Summer Research Institute program webpage (see "Who Should Attend") please consider yourself a Research Fellow and submit your recommendation letters as indicated above.
4. Poster Presentations (optional). If you are interested in participating in a poster session at the 2008 MLSRI, please also send a separate Word document containing the title and a very brief description of your proposed poster. This should be approx. 3 sentences and no more than 100 words.
WHERE TO E-MAIL YOUR APPLICATION DOCUMENTS:
Please e-mail your Part Two application documents to maryann@mindandlife.org The subject line of your e-mail message must read as follows: (YOUR NAME): 2008 MLSRI APPLICATION
DO NOT send hard copy application documents through Fed Ex, USPS, etc. as they will
not be accepted.
DEADLINES FOR YOUR APPLICATION:
The online application form (Part One) must be completed and submitted by 7:00 p.m. EST on Friday, February 29, 2008. All e-mailed application documents (Part Two) must also be received by 7:00 p.m. EST on Friday, February 29, 2008. NO EXCEPTIONS will be permitted due to the program schedule.
CONDUCT GUIDELINES
The MLSRI is intended to be a novel experience unlike other science conferences that you may have attended. The MLSRI takes place in a quasi-retreat environment that is intended to promote exploration and understanding of contemplative practices both on the intellectual level (through presentations and dialogues) and the experiential first-person level (through formal meditation practice and periods of introspection and silence). This type of experiential learning requires both courage and sensitivity and, therefore, requires a safe "container" and community to nurture this process.
In order to maintain this safe and nurturing container, we require that you adhere to the following Conduct Guidelines:
Abstain from Intoxicants.
This includes all alcohol and illegal drugs, for the duration of the MLSRI. These substances tend to cloud our introspective clarity, and they alter the affective processes that we are learning to observe and work with through contemplative practice. This policy also extends to any time during the week when you are not on the premises of the Garrison Institute.
Respect Silence.
Garrison Institute has a general policy on silence that seeks to preserve and cultivate a contemplative atmosphere. In accord with this policy, please do not use any portable radios, CD, or tape players without earphones. Cell phones also should not be used or turned on in any of the common spaces in the building. For the duration of MLSRI, silence will be observed from 10:00 pm through morning meditation each day. In addition, silence will be observed for a longer period during the full day of practice on Monday, June 9th. The aim of silence is to foster an environment conducive to contemplative practice.
After careful review of these instructions and the information found at http://www.mindandlife.org/sri08.ml.summer.institute.html, if you have any questions about this application process, please contact maryann@mindandlife.org.
© Copyright 2008 Mind and Life Institute, Boulder, CO, USA. All rights reserved.
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