His organization, The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, partnered with the Global Union of Scientists for Peace to establish the program, with plans to invest approximately $500 million in its first year.
It is hoped that the initiative will fund meditation training for 10,000 students at Maharishi International University in the US, 10,000 students at the sister school in India, and 10,000 students at partner universities in 10 other locations around the world.