TIME SENSITIVE: Applications Now Being Taken for 2008 Mind and Life Summer
Research Institute

Applications are now being accepted  for the 2008 Mind and Life Summer
Research Institute (MLSRI) to be held at the Garrison Institute
(www.garrisoninstitute.org <http://www.garrisoninstitute.org/> ) in New York
from June 6 (mid-aft. to the morning of June 12, 2008, The application
period will close on Friday, February 29, 2008.

To apply now, please go to:
http://www.mindandlife.org/sri08.application.process.html. This is an online
only application process -- no paper applications, either mailed or faxed,
will be accepted. For a more detailed overview of the MLSRI, including
information explaining applicant category (see ?Who Should Attend?) please
go to: http://www.mindandlife.org/sri08.ml.summer.institute.html

Please forward this message to anyone you know who might be interested in
the MLSRI.

The purpose of the Mind and Life Summer Research Institute is to advance
collaborative research among behavioral scientists, neuroscientists, and
biomedical researchers based on a process of inquiry, dialogue, and in some
cases, collaboration, with Buddhist contemplative practitioners and scholars
and those in other contemplative traditions. The long-term objective is to
advance the training of a new generation of behavioral scientists,
cognitive/affective neuroscientists, clinicians, and contemplative
scholar/practitioners interested in exploring the potential influences of
meditation and other contemplative practices on mind, behavior, brain
function, and health. This includes examining the potential role of
contemplative methods for characterizing human experience and consciousness
from a neuroscience perspective.

The 2008 Summer Research Institute will be devoted to the theme of attention
and emotion regulation. It will bring together researchers in basic science,
clinical science, contemplative scholarship and philosophy, and
contemplative practice to investigate the relation between attentional
processes and emotional self-regulation.

Attendance at the program is based upon a competitive online application
process in which you will submit a CV/NIH Biosketch (max 2 pages), a short
essay (max 400 words) regarding your interest in attending and two letters
of recommendation. For detailed instructions about the application process
or to apply, please go to:
http://www.mindandlife.org/sri08.application.process.html

The registration fee for Research Fellows is $325; for Senior Investigators,
$625. This fee covers room and board for the program. In addition, each
participant will be expected to cover his/her own travel expenses. There is
no application fee.

Best regards,

Mary Ann McCarty
MLSRI Project Manager

maryann@mindandlife.org