Thanks to the generous support of the Khyentse Foundation, the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona establishes graduate fellowships to support two or more qualified Ph.D. students (not visiting or affiliated students), to complete a major project in all fields of Buddhist studies towards the completion of their degrees. These projects should be related to Buddhism in a broad sense and may include writing a thesis or conducting research which will result in publication, collecting materials, compiling databases, fulfilling an advanced language requirement, etc. Fellowships should not be used for the completion of course work or exams. Upon receiving this fellowship, the recipients will automatically become junior fellows in the Center and have access to the resources provided by the Center. Applicants should be in good standing in the College of Humanities or have been accepted as incoming students during the year in which the fellowships will be awarded.
In addition to filling out an information sheet which can be downloaded from this website https://cbs.arizona.edu/programs/student-awards, applicants should prepare a two-page statement which outlines the project which the applicant plans to complete during the academic year and how the applicant plans to spend the award, transcripts from the past two years, a writing sample, and two names of recommenders with contact information to testify to their research abilities. Please email your application to Buddhist-studies@arizona.edu.
The deadline for submission is March 25 in 2025 and the results will be announced in May. This fellowship is a one-time cash award up to $12,500. Recipients are allowed to combine this fellowship with other funding sources. A prospective applicant can receive this fellowship no more than two times. For submission and inquiry, please contact Buddhist-studies@arizona.edu.
Please note, normally we do not support applicants beyond the 7th year in the Ph. D program. If the applicants have received any fellowship from the Center previously, a one-page project report should be submitted with details about the project progress such as the completion of the actual number of chapters, pages, and words of the funded project and if any related publications and presentations have been produced during the previous fellowship period.