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Facilitating Mindfulness Training 2020

$68,000
136%
Raised toward our $50,000 Goal
135 Donors
Project has ended
Project ended on October 08, at 11:59 PM MST
Project Owners

Thank You for Supporting Our Vision

November 05, 2020

The SEMA lab would like to send our deepest gratitude you for helping make our crowdfunding campaign a huge success. We surged past our goal and you just kept giving! By the end, we raised $68,000 - 136% of our $50,000 goal, with over 126 donors. Crowdfunding is an exciting way to get you involved in the research process and we are delighted we got to explore this pathway with you. 

 

In these challenging times, know that our team feels your support. Your generosity has inspired us to work even harder to investigate a scientific catalyst for mindfulness practice. We hope that our research will lower the barriers to mindfulness so many more people can benefit from the practice in our rapidly changing world. Thank you for supporting our vision. We will keep you updated as this project unfolds. 

 

Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts. Stay safe and healthy.

 

Warm regards,

Jay Sanguinetti and the SEMA lab team

One week remaining to support our research!

September 25, 2020

Because of your generous giving, we have raised our fundraising goal to $50,000. Reaching our final goal will allow us to include a one-year follow-up protocol, which will help to track our participants over time and ensure the safety of our methods. I'm honored so many people want to support our work. 

 

With only one week left to go, please help us achieve this milestone by sharing our campaign with your friends and family. Thank you again for supporting our vision to lower the barriers to mindfulness practice so more people can benefit. 

 

Sincerely,

Dr. Jay Sanguinetti

Your generosity is inspiring!

September 16, 2020

Thank you so much to all of our generous supporters for helping us surpass our fundraising goal! We are so excited that our backers wish to see our research vision come to life. With that being said, we are pleased to share that we are able to raise our goal to $30,000. This will allow us to increase our sample size (which makes for better science), pay our hard-working research staff who are currently volunteering their time and buy much-needed equipment for the study. We also have aspirational plans to add another phase to the experiment if we reach this next goal. Help us get there!

 

On behalf of Shinzen Young and the rest of our amazing team, thank you again for your support of this important research. Please continue to share our campaign with your friends and family who may be interested in our study.

 

Sincerely,

Dr. Jay Sanguinetti

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General Fund

Contribute to the general experiment fund.

$25

One Week of Supplies

Help us buy supplies for the experiment.

$50

Reimbursement for One Subject

This pays the subject for participating in our experiment.

$460

One Hour of Scanner Time

This funds one fMRI scan for the experiment.

$1,000

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Fund our staff and help us realize our vision.

$5,000

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