Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 Varela Grants!

Varela Grant
Assessing the Implementation of Integrated Mindfulness Programs in Schools: Case Study Evaluation of the Mindfulness Director Initiative
Rebecca Acabchuk
Topics: Education | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
Community engagement in contemplative training and research with law enforcement
Dan Grupe
Topics: Self & Other | Social Change

Varela Grant
Music-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Black Americans
Grant Jones
Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Conscious Connected Breathing for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot RCT
Steven Pratscher
Topics: Body-based Practices | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

Varela Grant
Examining Individual Differences in Contemplative Practice Response
Tawni Tidwell
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mindfulness

Varela Grant
A Whole Trait Theory Account of Mindfulness in Adolescence
Michael Warren
Topics: Education | Interconnection | Mindfulness | Self & Other
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 PEACE Grants, including the Hanser Visionary Grant!


PEACE Grant
Aware, awake, woke: How a brief mindfulness intervention fosters prosocial/ethical attitudes
Paul Verhaeghen, Shelley Aikman
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Self & Other


PEACE Grant
Balancing hope and fear: Resourcing climate activists for sustainable environmental justice work
Brooke D. Lavelle, Kristina Eichel
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Environment | Interconnection | Social Change


PEACE Grant
Creation of a performance-based measure of compassion for use with children
Tyralynn Frazier, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Education


PEACE Grant: Samuel B. Hanser Visionary Grant
How do the benefits of meditation spread? Investigating interpersonal mechanisms following practice
Christopher May, Marieke van Vugt
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mindfulness

PEACE Grant
Making PEACE, one moment at a time: Mindfulness-Based Trauma Recovery for Refugees
Amit Bernstein
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Stress & Resilience

PEACE Grant
Sleep’s role in realizing the prosocial benefits of contemplative practice
Ken Paller
Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 Think Tank Grants!


Think Tanks
International Society for Contemplative Research
Linda Carlson, Amishi Jha, Erin McCarthy, Harold Roth, Zindel Segal, David Vago, Fadel Zeidan
Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Environment | Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

Think Tanks
Silent Illumination: Compassionate EOL Care for Transgender Elders
Cathy Campbell
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience

Think Tanks
Youth4Peace Mindfulness
Mridul Upadhyay, Romeral Ortiz Quintilla, Saumya Aggarwal, Bhargavi Raman, Paula Ramírez
Topics: Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other