Parapsychological Association Research Endowment

UPDATE (September 29, 2020): Due to the COVID-19 situation negatively impacting on PA funds, all research awards have been suspended until further notice. 

The Parapsychological Association (PA) received a generous donation from Dr Gertrude Schmeidler to establish an endowment for scholarships and small research grants. Its purpose is to encourage parapsychological research by students and other researchers. Dr Schmeidler was one of parapsychology's leading researchers and educators, and with this endowment she continues and broadens her contributions to scientific parapsychology.

The awards are administered by the Board of the Parapsychological Association through a committee that evaluates the grant requests. One or more awards are made each year, and the Board's preference is to enable two or more projects that require between US$2,000, up to a maximum of US$5,000. These awards are primarily intended to pay for the direct costs of conducting research, but may also be used to help defray other expenses provided the applicant is able to document the relevance of such support to parapsychological research within the application.

PARE Application Process

In accordance with the goals of the Parapsychological Association to achieve a scientific understanding of psychic phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, remote viewing, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition, experimental research is a primary target for support, but proposals addressing phenomenological, sociological, historical, and other approaches will be considered. Any researchers who have received a PARE grants in prior years must complete that research before being considered for additional funding. Judgments will be made based on the quality of the proposal and its prospects for completion as a useful contribution to the field.

Applications should follow the guidelines below and must be submitted using this template. The deadline for all applications is June 30th.

Please send all materials and inquiries to: Dr. David Vernon at grants@parapsych.org.

Allocation of Funds

Ordinarily upon award, 90% of the funds are provided. After the awardee sends a final report to the committee detailing the results of the project and how the money was spent, the final 10% of the grant is disbursed. Under exceptional circumstances the grant committee may decide to disburse the entire amount before the final report is submitted, but a report is still required.

End of Grant Reports

All recipients of research awards are required to submit an end of grant report using the ‘PA Research Grant Report’ template, available here. The minimum requirements for a report are as follows:

1. A brief account of the research conducted
2. A summary of the key findings, identifying any advance in knowledge or understanding resulting from the research
3. Details of dissemination – clearly acknowledging the support of the Parapsychological Association
4. Brief financial statement of costs incurred
 

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PARE Grant 2008 Awardees

Renaud Evrard received a PARE grant for a proposal entitled “Differential clinical approach to exceptional experiences : from traumatic to growth processes in teenagers and adults.” Alexander Batthyany was granted for “Retroactive ... More

PARE Grant 2007 Awardees

Fiona Campbell received a grant to study “Social interaction in the Sitter Group Environment.” The study includes 3 kinds of sitter groups, and will focus on their interpersonal interactions and the effect that may have on their anomalous ... More

PARE Grant 2006 Awardees

Nicola Holt proposed to extend and improve her PDA based ESP study, which is intended to develop methods for natural environment research. She was granted funds to help defray expenses for the project, “Developing experience-sampling methodology to ... More

PARE Grant 2005 Awardees

Sergio Schilling received funding to support his project, “An inheritance model for spontaneous and experimental psi experiences”. It is a well-researched and documented proposal with interesting ideas. Devin Terhune was granted funds ... More

PARE Grant 2004 Awardees

Last Updated: Friday, August 13, 2010
The first grant awarded from the Parapsychological Association Research Endowment created by Prof. Gertrude Schmeidler supports the research by Suneetha Kandi, Ph.D., from the Institute for Human Science and Service, Visakhapatnam, India. She proposes to ... More
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