To advance the academic field of Buddhist Studies and its impact in the world, the Foundation’s grants build and sustain a global learning network that enhances understanding and appreciation of Buddhist insights and values. The majority of the Foundation’s funding is directed through a partnership with the American Council of Learned Societies, which administers a portfolio of grants available to scholars and institutions worldwide on our behalf.
Completing two short-films as part of an ongoing series, The Dreaming Buddhas Project, and supporting marketing and distribution of the feature-length documentary, The Mountain Path
Supporting Buddhist Studies Experiential Education Programs
Digitizing two-thousand-year-old Buddhist rock art, inscriptions, and petroglyphs; scholarly training and conferences; research dissemination through public art digital exhibit
Programming support for the XXth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Buddhist Ministry Initiative at Harvard Divinity School
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Lecture Series in Chinese Buddhism
The Sanskrit and Chinese Buddhist Library Network
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chair in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, and The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies
Master of Arts in Buddhist Art History and Conservation