Khyentse Foundation Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies (SOAS)
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Khyentse Foundation Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies
Geographic Scope: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
An annual award presented to graduate students at SOAS University of London pursuing studies in Buddhist Studies or related fields. The award recognizes excellence in Buddhist scholarship and study.
Details
- Award is presented directly by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche at the SOAS graduation ceremony
- Recipients are advanced graduate students (PhD level)
- Awarded to outstanding practitioners and scholars
Supported Program
Khyentse Foundation supports outreach programs at the SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies, including:
- Buddhism InsideOut: Engagement of wider public interest in Buddhist ideals, doctrines, and practices through talks, workshops, film screenings, exhibitions, and book launches
- The Buddhist Forum: Platform for academics to present latest research, consisting of public lecture followed by seminar for graduate students
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Khyentse Foundation's IRS filings)
New Haven, CT · 2025
$95K
2 grants in Khyentse Foundation's 2023–2025 filings reference “Khyentse Foundation Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Khyentse Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 20
- Total given
- $1.66M
- Median grant
- $28K
- Range
- $8,000–$699K
- By dollars: New York 52%, Massachusetts 20%, California 12%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY; Berkeley, CA; Boulder, CO.
- 5% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 33% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Middle Way School · Saugerties, NY
Usa - 2024/25 operating grant
$699K
Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC) · Cambridge, MA
Usa - zen peacemaker fellowship grant
$221K
Head of the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center (Sarnath International Nyingm · Berkeley, CA
Usa - year 1 of 3 year grant to support advancing strategic and innovative educational…
$116K
Middle Way Education · Woodstock, NY
Usa - grant to support mwes buddhist education curriculum framework design and…
$95K
Yale University · New Haven, CT
Usa - year 2 of 4 year grant to support a khyentse postdoctoral associate in tibetan…
$95K
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Fields of Work
- Education
- Humanities
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