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Monthly Grant Highlights

Gratitude Practices to Improve Happiness, a Breakthrough Wormhole Simulation, and Mystical Entropy

Recently Approved Grants

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Philosophy and Theology

Mystical Entropy: The development of a new theoretical framework for the scientific study of mystical experience

Project Summary

The aim of this project is to develop a new scientifically grounded theory of mystical…

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Grantee(s) Leiden University

Amount $384318

Project Leader Aidan Lyon

Character Virtue Development

The Development of Gratitude Across Cultures

Project Summary

Gratitude is central to human social life. Research shows that gratitude emerges early and confers…

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Grantee(s) Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia

Amount $816241

Project Leader Amrisha Vaish; Aneesh Kumar

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Philosophy and Theology

New Perspectives on Social Psychology and Religious Cognition for Theology: Training and Developing Science-Engaged Theologians

Project Summary

Working in collaboration across the University of Birmingham’s Department of Theology and Religion, School of…

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Grantee(s) University of Birmingham

Amount $1678886

Project Leader Carissa Sharp; Stephen Jones

November Grant Features

Without Love, We Perish

What Can Science Say About the Study of Prayer?

Grantees in the News

Space.com Nov 30 2022

Breakthrough wormhole simulation may unite quantum physics and general relativity

Psychology Today Nov 30 2022

The Emotional Life of Jesus

Forbes Nov 30 2022

New York Philharmonic’s Revamped David Geffen Hall Opens At Lincoln Center, Welcoming Local Community

The Philadelphia Inquirer Nov 23 2022

Six gratitude practices to improve your happiness

Yahoo! Lifestyle Nov 22 2022

Can Spiritual Practice Cure Disease? The Science Is Promising

Recent Publications

Criminology & Public Policy Nov 24 2022

Some cognitive transformations about the dynamics of desistance

Scientific Reports Nov 23 2022

Epigenome-wide association study of physical activity and physiological parameters in discordant monozygotic twins

Trends in Cognitive Sciences Nov 02 2022

The challenges of lifelong learning in biological and artificial systems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Nov 02 2022

Initial impressions of compatibility and mate value predict later dating and romantic interest

The Astrophysical Journal Letters Nov 01 2022

The Challenge of Ruling Out Inflation via the Primordial Graviton Background

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