For the second year, the International Spa Association (ISPA) Foundation has announced that applications for both the Ruth Stricker Spa and Wellness Award and the Dr Howard Murad Research Grant are now available.

Both the award and grant provide opportunities for the ISPA Foundation to further its research initiatives. The Ruth Stricker Award offers an aid for research into how spa can meet the current healthcare needs, promote wellness and enhance the quality of life.

Meanwhile, the Dr Howard Murad Research Grant will offer assistance to researchers to study the effects of cultural stress and ways to manage it. The grant can be used to research technology overload, overworking, inadequate nutrition, isolation from friends and lack of purposeful work. Details: experienceispa.com/ispafoundation