Mind And Life Institute

Grant programs: in 2024, mind & life offered two major grant programs - the varela grants and peace grants - continuing to support pioneering contemplative research around the globe. * the francisco j. Varela grants celebrated their 20th anniversary, awarding 10 new grants totaling $222,900 across 28 countries. Projects examined topics such as racial empathy, compassion-based therapy among latine communities, and indigenous contemplative science in ecuador. * the peace grants supported two research projects focused on compassion fatigue mitigation in conflict zones and mindfulness-based leadership interventions in education, advancing scientific understanding of prosociality, empathy, and ethics.

Mind & life podcast:in 2024, the mind & life podcast, hosted by science director wendy hasenkamp, surpassed one million lifetime downloads and released 12 new episodes. Topics ranged from emotional intelligence and climate trauma to ethical leadership, further bridging contemplative wisdom and modern science. Listeners from around the world continued to describe the podcast as a "space of refuge and an essential resource for understanding mindfulness in everyday life.