Congratulations to the recipients of the 2021 Think Tank Grants!
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Contemplative Environmental Mentoring Communities
Paul Wapner, Julie Tato, Matias Franchini, Matthew Hoffmann, Cristina Yumie Aoki Inoue
Topics: Education | Environment | Stress & Resilience
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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!
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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
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Silent Illumination: Compassionate End-of-Life Care for Transgender Elders
Cathy Campbell
Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Mindfulness | Social Change | Stress & Resilience
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Youth4Peace Mindfulness
Mridul Upadhyay, Romeral Ortiz Quintilla, Saumya Aggarwal, Bhargavi Raman, Paula Ramírez
Topics: Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other