Don't miss your chance to win up to $1000!
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies,
The deadline for the Integrative Well-Being Prize application has been extended to 30 October 2025. Don't miss your chance to win up to $1,000! Please share this with your community and encourage your members to apply.
We are pleased to share our prize committees:
- Stephen Dahmer, MD, Director, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, Assistant Dean, College of Medicine, Division Chief, Integrative Medicine (Tucson Wellness), Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine (Clinical Scholar Track)
- Christine Hoekenga, founding coordinator of the Health Humanities Hub (H3)
- Bonnie Kneller, CISW (Certified Independent Social Worker)
- Sangeeta Prasad, Commercialization Partner (UA Tech Launch), Adjunct Professor of Healthcare Management (University of Chicago)
- Joshua Schlachet, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
- Robert Shatz, President of the Shatz Family Foundation
- Jiang Wu, Regents Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, director of Center for Buddhist Studies
We also have some clarification of application details. Please see the red and italic font in the content below.
The Center for Buddhist Studies at the College of Humanities, in collaboration with the Shatz Family Foundation, is thrilled to launch a new and exciting initiative aimed at fostering well-being through the integration of body, mind and spirit. The initiative is generously sponsored by the Shatz Family Foundation.
We are seeking thoughtful, actionable ideas that promote human wellness with the spirit of integrating humanities, medicine, science, and engineering, through various forms of creative work such as energy healing. Whether it’s a new program for UA student and faculty groups, a meditation or mindfulness series, traditional publication in books and journals, a commercial startup or digital innovation, your ideas can help create lasting positive changes on campus and beyond. We are also happy to support existing projects and events.
UA faculty and students are eligible for the prize up to $1,000 and winners are expected to attend the award ceremony and make a 15-minute presentation about their project. They will be also named junior fellows of the Center for Buddhist Studies (CBS) and given access to space and resources offered by CBS and the Health Humanities Hub (H3) located in the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. A short report should be submitted upon the completion of the proposed project.
To participate, submit the following:
1. Application form. Student applicants must have their application form signed by a faculty or staff sponsor willing to endorse and supervise the project.
2. A proposal (maximum two pages) describing your project, participants and their roles, plan of execution, and budget with short resumes for key personnel in the project. Format: Double spaced, 1" margins, 12-point typeface.
3. A copy of their transcripts (only required for student applicants).
Transcripts do not need to be official copies. The instructions for accessing an unofficial transcript in UAccess can be found here: https://arizona.app.box.com/s/fw0l0w2emxih2xwibdi024snbsu3rex8
Judging and Selection Process:
Submissions will be evaluated by a distinguished panel of judges appointed by the director of the Center for Buddhist Studies.
Please submit your proposals to buddhist-studies@arizona.edu. Visit cbs.arizona.edu for more information.
Deadline for submissions: October 20, 2025 Extended to October 30, 2025