Q: What is the Mind and Life Institute?

A: The Mind and Life Institute is an American nonprofit research organization focused on contemplative neuroscience, investigating how contemplative practices from various traditions can be studied scientifically and applied to improve human well-being.

Q: When and where was the Mind and Life Institute established?

A: The institute was founded in 1990, initially based in Boulder, Colorado before relocating its headquarters to Charlottesville, Virginia in 2016.

Q: Who created the Mind and Life Institute?

A: The institute was founded by R. Adam Engle, with the intention of facilitating dialogues between Buddhist contemplative practitioners and Western scientists.

Q: What financial resources does the Mind and Life Institute have?

A: The institute had total assets of $9,115,144 in 2023, with revenue ranging from $2.4 million to $5.7 million annually between 2011 and 2023.

Mind and Life Institute

American research institute for contemplative neuroscience

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Mind and Life Institute

Summary

Mind and Life Institute is a research institute^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

Mind and Life Institute's field of work was contemplative neuroscience^[3].
Mind and Life Institute is located in Charlottesville^[4].
Mind and Life Institute is located in Virginia^[5].
Mind and Life Institute is in the country of United States^[6].
Mind and Life Institute's image is recorded as Dr. Nora Volkow and others with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.jpg^[7].
Mind and Life Institute's instance of is recorded as research institute^[8].
Mind and Life Institute's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization^[9].
Mind and Life Institute's founder is recorded as R. Adam Engle^[10].
Mind and Life Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Charlottesville^[11].
Mind and Life Institute's chief executive officer is recorded as Susan Bauer-Wu^[12].
Mind and Life Institute's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122985574^[13].
Mind and Life Institute's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154815845^[14].
Mind and Life Institute's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2006180233^[15].
Mind and Life Institute's Commons category is recorded as Mind and Life Institute^[16].
Mind and Life Institute's industry is recorded as research^[17].
Mind and Life Institute's chairperson is recorded as Arthur Zajonc^[18].
Mind and Life Institute's chairperson is recorded as Geshe Thupten Jinpa^[19].
+1990-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Mind and Life Institute^[20].
Mind and Life Institute's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.017624, 'lon': -105.27966}^[21].
Mind and Life Institute's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w6k2y^[22].
Mind and Life Institute's official website is recorded as https://www.mindandlife.org/^[23].
Mind and Life Institute's IRS Employer Identification Number is recorded as 77-0284767^[24].
Mind and Life Institute's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(3) organization^[25].
Mind and Life Institute's X is recorded as mindandlife^[26].
Mind and Life Institute's Instagram username is recorded as mindandlifeinstitute^[27].

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Founding

Mind and Life Institute's founder is recorded as R. Adam Engle^[10]. +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[20].

Leadership

Mind and Life Institute's chief executive officer is recorded as Susan Bauer-Wu^[12]. Chairpersons include Arthur Zajonc^[18], a physicist^[28], b. 1949^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the Fulbright Scholarship^[31] and Geshe Thupten Jinpa^[19], a philosopher^[32], b. 1958^[33].

Operations

Mind and Life Institute's headquarters location is recorded as Charlottesville^[11].

Industry

Mind and Life Institute's industry is recorded as research^[17]. Its field of work was contemplative neuroscience^[3].

Why It Matters

Mind and Life Institute ranks in the top 6% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

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Quick Facts

Instance of research institute, nonprofit organization

Field of work contemplative neuroscience

Inception 1990

Founder R. Adam Engle

Headquarters location Boulder, Charlottesville

Country United States

Chief executive officer Susan Bauer-Wu

Official website www.mindandlife.org

Ceo Susan Bauer-Wu

Country United States

Website www.mindandlife.org

Industry research

Inception 1990

Founded by R. Adam Engle

Legal form 501(c)(3) organization

Located in Charlottesville, Virginia

Instance of research institute, nonprofit organization

Headquarters Boulder, Charlottesville

Field of work contemplative neuroscience

Coordinate location lat: 40.017624, lon: -105.27966

Properties

Chairperson Arthur Zajonc, Geshe Thupten Jinpa

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Irs employer identification number 77-0284767

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Microsoft academic id (discontinued) 2801390034

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🌐 Available in 7 languages

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🔗 Connections

Chairperson 2

Arthur Zajonc, Geshe Thupten Jinpa

Headquarters location 2

Boulder, Charlottesville

Instance of 2

nonprofit organization, research institute

Located in the administrative territorial entity 2

Virginia, Charlottesville

Country 1

United States

Founder 1

R. Adam Engle

Industry 1

research

Legal form 1

501(c)(3) organization

← Affiliated with 1

Mathieu Ricard

← Member of 1

Matthieu Ricard

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