Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 PEACE Grants, including the Hanser Visionary Grant!


PEACE Grant: Samuel B. Hanser Visionary Grant
Gratitude interventions, well-being and social networks: A 16-month longitudinal study
Sam Roberts, Peter Malinowski
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Interconnection | Self & Other

PEACE Grant
Cognitive mechanisms underlying increased compassion from Mindfulness and Compassion meditation
John Edwards
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness


PEACE Grant
Happiness Curriculum and social emotional development; the role of curricula, pedagogy, reflection and teacher student relations
Jwalin Patel, Seema Nath
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education

PEACE Grant
Overcoming barriers to social connection and love
Abigail Marsh
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Self & Other

PEACE Grant
Widening the circles of compassionate action: A social justice, school-based mindfulness intervention for youth
Sharon Lambert
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Social Change


PEACE Grant
An intensive longitudinal study on a Centering Meditation: Exploring the temporal dynamics of nondual awareness and prosociality
Daniel Gutierrez, Stephanie Dorais
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mental Health | Social Change
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 Varela Grants!

Varela Grant
Biological and psychological mechanisms of mindfulness meditation-based interventions for depression
Matthew Sacchet
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Making data more accessible: Visualizing the Contemplative Coping during COVID-19 project
Quinn Conklin
Topics: Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Documenting Mayan Milpa biocultural heritage through embodied ethnoecology
Erika Diaz-Almeyda
Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Environment

Varela Grant
Effects and mechanisms of smartphone-based mindfulness training on emotional well-being in at-risk college students
Polina Beloborodova
Topics: Interconnection | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Merging mindfulness and climate change education
Jyoti Mishra
Topics: Environment | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
The acute impact of yoga-based stretching on inflammation and its resolution: A pilot study
Dennis Muñoz Vergara
Topics: Body-based Practices

Varela Grant
Mindfulness and the reduction of racial disparities and disproportionality in school discipline
Lindsay Romano
Topics: Education | Mindfulness | Social Change
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 Think Tank Grants!

Think Tanks
Contemplative Environmental Mentoring Communities
Paul Wapner, Julie Tato, Matias Franchini, Matthew Hoffmann, Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue
Topics: Education | Environment | Stress & Resilience

Think Tanks
Embodying DEI: Trauma-informed and Mindfulness-based Approaches to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education
Anita Chari, Michelle Chatman, Jennifer Cannon, Monika Son, Angelica Singh
Topics: Education | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

Think Tanks
Community Suicide Prevention Project for Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Romuald Adili Amani, Patricia Luck, Michael Krasner, Papy Lukeka, Marlin Bisimwa
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience


Think Tanks
Resistance through Resilience: A Compassionate Approach to Interrupting Privilege
Megan Kennedy, Ralina Joseph, Jas Moultrie, Bonnie Duran, LaNesha DeBardelaben
Topics: Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change

Think Tanks
Master Plants and Mindful Medicine: Towards Reciprocation and Recontextualization of Indigenous Practices and Western Psychedelic Research
Yuria Celidwen, Dacher Keltner, Juan Nelson Rojas, Yuniur Vazquez Rosalio, Nicole Redvers
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Self & Other | Social Change


Think Tanks
Contemplative Practices for Well-being of Low-income Children and Teachers in India
Nirmal Govindaraju, Ananya Tiwari, Jyothi Ravichandran, Prachi Khandeparkar, Sai Sudha Ramakrishnan
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education | Stress & Resilience