Grants

Mind & Life Research Grants- Varela Grant                                             December 2025

• The effects of Contemplative Sleep Practices in Ageing and Inflammation

Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $24, 520

Roberta Buffett Global Affairs- Global Collaboration Grant         November 2025              

• Investigating Advanced Contemplative Sleep Practices from Vajrayana tradition in Bhutan

Role: Team Leader, Co-Investigator, Amount: $9,000

Tiny Blue Dot Foundation                                             April 2024

• Transformative Benefits of Contemplative Sleep Practices and a Novel Pathway to Deliver Benefits to the General Public

Role: Principal Co-Investigator, Amount: $500,000

International Association for the Study of Dreams                                                December 2023

• Contemplative Sleep Science: A New Avenue for Spiritual Insight and Mental Health

  Role: Principal Investigator, Amount: $500

Varela Grant -Mind and Life Institute                                                                     January 2023

• Investigating the Practices, Benefits and Neural Correlates of Tibetan Dream Yoga

  Role: Principal Investigator, Amount $20,000.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)                                                     March 2020

• Automatic Self-Transcending Meditation in Treatment-Resistant Late Life Depression  

Role: Co-Investigator with Akshya Vasudev & Soham Rej, Amount: $413,100

Drummond Foundation                                                                                             February 2018

• Preventing Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with Depression and Anxiety using Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

  Role: Co-Investigator with Soham Rej, Amount: $25,000.