The Mind & Life Institute Francisco J. Varela Research Awards for graduate students and post docs were established in 2004 as a companion program to the Mind & Life Summer Research Institute and have been a critical element in supporting the development of the Contemplative Sciences. To date, we have distributed just under $1 million in funding to support young scientists in these emerging fields. The Varela Awards have produced at least 44 articles in peer-reviewed journals; more than 80 presentations and more than 40 poster sessions.
The Varela Awards solicit research grant proposals that stimulate basic and translational research that evaluate both state and trait effects of contemplative practice and incorporate first-person contemplative methods into cognitive/affective neuroscience research. The Awards emphasize empirical examinations of contemplative techniques with the ultimate goal that findings derived from such investigations will provide greater insight into the mechanisms of contemplative practice and its benefits for reducing human suffering.
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