Brown University

This fellowship allows up to 4 eligible Brown students to attend the "Towards a Science of Consciousness Conference" at the University of Arizona in Tucson every other year. The fellowship is sponsored by the University of Arizona Center for Consciousness Studies, and the Tucson Community Meditation Center (TCMC). Students would be allowed to stay at the Meditation Center for 7 days during the conference. The Fellowship includes tuition and lodging, but does not include pre/post conference workshops, meals or transportation.

This fellowship allows 2-4 eligible Brown students to attend the annual "International Scientific Conference: Integrating Mindfulness-Based Interventions into Medicine, Health Care, and Society" at the Center for Mindfulness in Worcester MA. The fellowship is sponsored by the Center for Mindfulness and includes tuition for the conference. Meals ($130) and pre and post conference workshops are additional expenses.

APPLICATION:  Up to 4 Brown students or Brown-affiliated staff (including undergraduate, medical students/residents, research assistants in a Brown-affiliated laboratory) will be chosen from a pool of applicants that submit a project idea that is directly related to their conference attendance. Students should submit a 1-3 page description of how attending the conference fits into their program of study or their educational plans (including specific lectures or presenters).
Email applications to Willoughby Britton, Ph.D. (Willoughby_Britton@Brown.edu) Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School and  Professor Harold D. Roth (Harold_Roth@Brown.edu) Director, Contemplative Studies Initiative.

Deadline: March 1st, 2010

The final product consists of 2 parts:

1. A short summary of the sessions or lectures that you attended
2. A written description of how attending this lecture or fits the program of study or educational goals and describe progress on one or more of those goals. This is similar to the application, which states the intended goals, but includes an "outcome" section so that students are encouraged to make tangible progress toward their goals (networking, written products, active engagement in current environment) in addition to simply "attaining knowledge". Goal outcomes may include but are NOT limited to:
3. Review paper or literature review on the topic of interest
4. Oral presentation on the topic of interest
5. Collaboration on the speaker's project
6. Development of similar research or clinical protocol at Brown (use of or procurement of speaker's intervention, questionnaire, or outcome measure).
7. Facilitate a talk at Brown by the speaker at Brown.
8. Interview speaker, and write up interview.