Additional funding is needed to:

• Upgrade the Qigong Institute website
• Expand the Qigong and Energy Medicine Database™, especially through searches and translation of medical literature from China
• Carry out fundamental research on Qigong and Energy Medicine. An example proposal can be found at Support for Scientific Study of Qigong/Taiji Healing. More information on this can also be found in the Expert Commentary: Qigong - Profound Energy-Based Health Therapy to Complement Established Western Medical Practices, which is in Nova Publisher's book entitled Mind-Body and Relaxation Research Focus.
• Expand the Qigong Institute presence at trade shows, health fairs, and professional conferences to inform more of the public about the profound health benefits of Qigong and to help provide a catalyst for the incorporation of Qigong and mind-body practices into our daily lives. Some prime examples of beneficiaries would be health care programs, programs providing chronic illness care, nurses, professional health care providers, and schools.
• Create Qigong and Tai Chi documentaries
• Create information about the health and healing benefits of Qigong for the public, government decision makers, medical doctors, and scientists
• Create sources of ongoing funding for the Qigong Institute
• Sponsor lectures on Qigong and Energy Medicine

To read a high-level overview of the shortcomings in the current Western medical model and how Qigong Institute-sponsored research initiatives on Qigong can help promote this profound complementary healing modality, click here. See the request for support for the Scientific Study of Qigong at the University of Maryland School of Medicine for a more specific proposal for the types of scientific study of Qigong supported by the Qigong Institute.

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