Translation Grants
Drawing on the expertise of scholars and practitioners around the world, 84000 is a collaborative effort to translate the Kangyur and Tengyur into English. To date, we have awarded over 165 grants—totaling more than US $8.5 million—to over 60 translation groups around the world.
Grant Information
Our grants enable suitably experienced translators to research and produce a translation of a designated text, along with an introduction, glossary, and notes, that would be submitted for editorial review. 84000 grant holders receive project-specific support from our experienced editorial team throughout the grant period.
To translate the remaining texts of the Kangyur, now almost all from the Tantra and Dhāraṇī sections, we are currently looking for experienced translators with specialized knowledge of the genres concerned.
Information for applicants
Translators are generally encouraged to work in teams, although projects by individual translators who have all the necessary skills will also be considered.
If you are interested in applying to translate one or several texts from the Tantra and Dhāraṇī sections, please contact the Grants Committee (grants@84000.co) to present your idea.
Include the following information when you write to us:
- Title and Tohoku number of the text(s) you propose to translate
- Text(s) you propose to translate
- Planned start and completion dates
- Grant amount you are requesting for your project (see ‘Funding’)
- Attach CV(s) of the main translator(s).
We will then get back to you shortly thereafter with initial feedback.
Funding
As a general guideline, 84000 awards grants of approximately US $200-$250 per Degé-edition page, i.e. one side of a Tibetan folio in the Degé Kangyur, for a final finished translation (including all ancillary elements). Proposals with a budget estimate that exceeds this amount will not be considered.
Schedule for grant applications
The Grants Committee reviews applications on a continuous basis.
For grant-related inquiries, please contact us at: grants@84000.co.
Individual grant recipients
- Adam T. Miller
- Daniel McNamara
- David A. Gitlen
- David Jackson
- Dylan Esler
- Elizabeth Angowski
- Gareth Sparham
- Julian Schott
- Joshua Capitanio
- Karl Brunnholzl
- Kris Anderson
- Matthew T. Kapstein
- Nicholas Schmidt
- Paul Hackett
- Paul Harrison
- Peter Skilling
- Péter-Dániel Szántó
- Ronald M. Davidson
- Robert A. F. Thurman
- Robert Kritzer
- Susan Roach
- Thupten Tashi
- Ven. Gyalten Jigdrel
Translation teams recipients
- David B. Gray
- Olga Serbaeva
- Peter-Daniel Szanto
- Shaman Hatley
- Khenchen Nyima Gyaltsen
- Ven. Konchog Tenzin (Mark Riege)
- Virginia Blum
- Ven. Yeshe Metog (Claudia Jürgens)
- Meghan Howard
- Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
- Adam Pearcey
- Karma Dorje (Rabjampa)
- Zsuzsa Majer
- Krisztina Teleki
- William Dewey
- Beáta Kakas
- Karma Dorje (Rabjampa)
- Zsuzsa Majer
- William Dewey
- Bruno Galasek-Hul
- Stephen Jenkins
- Christopher Jones
- Kazuo Kanō
- Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche
- Anne Burchardi
- Ulrich Pagel
- Geshe Dorji Damdul
- Annie Bien
- Leslie Kriesel
- Paul Hackett
- Robert A. F. Thurman
- Geshe Lozang Jamspal
- Marcus Bingenheimer
- Robert Beer
- Fumi Yao
- Shayne Clarke
- Geshema Tenzin Lhadron (Chopa Tenzin Lhadron)
- Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Damcho
- Bhikṣuṇī Heng Ching Shih
- Norbu Samphel
- Khenpo Sonam Tobgyal Rinpoche
- Virginia Blum
- Tulku Sherdor
- Meghan Howard
- Hans Schmidt
- Geok Hui Loo
- Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
- Lama Karma Wangmo
- Holly Gayley
- Joshua Shelton
- L.S. Summer
- Zhujun Ma
- Khenpo Chowang
- Thomas Cruijsen
- Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche
- Bruno Galasek-Hul
- Roxanne Shooshani
- Gergely Hidas
- Péter-Dániel Szántó
- Khenpo Konchok Tamphel
- Gregory Forgues
- Rolf Scheuermann
- Casey Kemp
- Dennis Johnson
- Khenpo Ngawang Wöser
- Charles DiSimone
- Jin Kyoung Choi
- Doboom Tulku Rinpoche
- David B. Gray
- Olga Serbaeva
- Iain Sinclair
- Tsunehiko Sugiki
- Khenpo Zhonu Nyima
- Khenpo Tsulnam Rinpoche
- Dakpa Gyatso
- Barbara Hazelton
- Rory Tasker
- Wangchuk Dorje Negi
- Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche
- Lama Tenzin Sangpo
- Lama Karma Oser
- Andreas Doctor
- James Duncan Gentry
- Thomas Doctor
- Ven. Ani Jinpa (Eugenie De Jong)
- Anna Zilman
- Benjamin Collet-Cassart
- Benjamin Ewing
- Catherine Dalton
- Chloe Cramer
- Daniel Patrick McNamara
- Raktrul Ngawang Kunga Rinpoche (Pema Dorjee)
- Rebecca Hufen
- Jason Sanche
- Shanshan Jia
- Arne Schelling
- Sonam Spitz
- Geshe Yama Rinchen
- David Rawson
- Russell Shipman
- Seth Davis
- Karma Samten
- Bjarke Aage
- Garchen Rinpoche
- Ven. Lama Gape
- Khenpo Gawang
- Khenpo Samdrub
- Ina Bieler
- Catherine J. Ondek
- Garchen Rinpoche
- Ina Bieler
- Ilana Cohen
- Amber Moore
- C. Rocco Cheng
- John D. Dunne
- Jeremy Manheim
- Karen Liljenberg
- Ulrich Pagel
- Maurizio Pontiggia (Lama Tsering Wangchuk)
- Chryse Tringos-Allen
- Ariadni Gerouki
- Celso Wilkinson
- Laura Goetz
- L.S. Summer
- Lopon Damchoe Wangmo
- William James Giddings
- Phakchok Rinpoche
- Stefan Mang
- Alex Yiannopoulos
- Lowell Cook
- Peter Woods
- Laura Dainty
- Ryan Conlon
- Roger Espel Llima
- Paul Thomas
- Oriane Lavolé
- Cuilan Liu
- Andrew Francis
- Jamyang Rinchen
- Ruth Gamble
- Tenzin Ringpapontsang
- Harmony DenRonden
- John Powers
- Khenmo Karma Yangchen
- Drupchen Dorje
- Felicia Rosas
- Daniele Vargas
- Yangsi Rinpoche
- Andrew Hughes
- Bertram G. Liyanage
- Dorjee Gyaltsen Gurung
- Jane Robinette
- Namdrol Miranda Adams
- Roberta Raine
- Samuel Go
- Lopön Tsöndrü
- Rolf Scheuermann
- Stefan Schley
- Per Sørensen
- Lewis Doney
- Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
- Scott Wellenbach
- Larry Mermelstein
- Jacqueline Connaughton
- Jessie Litven
- Ryan Jones
- David Birch
- Andy Karr
- Linda Lewis
- Robert Vogler
- Jens Braarvig
- David Welsh
- Fredrik Liland
- Andrew Skilton
- Pema Wangyal Rinpoche
- Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche
- John Canti
- Gyurme Dorje
- Charles Hastings
- Greg Seton
- Patrick Carré
- Sangseraima Ujeed
- Khenpo Pema Sherab
- Patrick Lambelet
- Caley Smith
- Giuliano Francisco Proença
- Leticia Osorio
- Daniela Espíndola
- Joaquim Monteiro
- Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche
- Emily Bower
- Peter Alan Roberts
- Geoff Picus
- Ben Gleason
- Tracy Davis
- Ling-Lung Chen
- Wang Chih Pan
- Guilaine Mala
- Bruno Galasek-Hul
- Julian Schott
- Cécile Ducher
- Anthony Tribe
- Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche
- Khenpo Konchok Tamphel
- Casey Kemp
- Kay Candler
- Acharya Shanta Kumar Negi
- Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim
- Ven. Changling Rinpoche
- Lopon P. Ogyan Tanzin
- Lama Kunzang Dorje
- Cathy Cantwell
- Robert Mayer
- Vesna Wallace
- Geshé Tséwang Nyima
- Robert Miller
- Fumi Yao
- Matthew Wuethrich
- Maurice Ozaine
- Diana Finnegan (Ven. Lhundup Damchö)
- Haiyan Hu-von Hinüber
- Ven. Khenpo Kalsang Gyaltsen
- Ven. Khenpo Ngawang Jorden
- Rev. Dr. Ani Kunga Chodron
- Ven. Lama Jampa Losal
- Yangchen Dolkar Tsatultsang
- Ven. Jampa Tenzing Bhutia
- Ven. Ngawang Tenzin Gurung
- Christian Bernert
- Julia Stenzel
- Ngawang Rinchen Gyaltsen
- Tsewang Gyaltsen
- Jamyang Choesang
- Boyce Teoh
- Solvej Nielsen
- Pamela Gayle White
- Vivian Paganuzzi
- C. Upender Rao
- Emma T. Cobb
- Shenghai Li
- Zhuo Siyu
- Steven Rhodes
- Eleanor Brunnen
- Sonam Tsering
- Norzin Dolma
- Steven Weinberger
- James Duncan Gentry
- Benjamin Ewing
- Lowell Cook
- Julia Stenzel
- Lara Braitstein
- Jeffrey Kotyk
- Khentrul Gyurme Dorjee
- Tenpa Tsering
- Davis A. Baltz
- Geshe Lozang Jamspal
- Kaia Fischer
- David R. Kittay
- David Mellins
- Norman Guberman
- Erin Sperry
- Tsunehiko Sugiki
- Péter-Dániel Szántó
- Junglan Bang
- José I. Cabezón
- Jake Nagasawa
- Jed Forman
- Taryn Sue
- Patrick Lambelet
- Michael Ium
- ErdeneBaatar Erdene-Ochir
- Jaakko Takkinen
- Daigengna Duoer
- Caley Smith
- Jackson Stephenson
- Lewis Doney
- Kalsang Norbu Gurung
- Shonu Dhondup
- Charles DiSimone
- Channa Li
- James B. Apple
- Shinobu A. Apple
- Khenpo Kunga Sherab
- Frances Garrett
- Ben Wood
- Gareth Sparham
- Amanda Goodman
- Klaus-Dieter Mathes
- Konstantin Brockhausen
- Susanne Fleischmann
- Katrin Querl
- Julika Weber
- Doris Unterthurner
- Jamie Gordon Creek
- Daniel Gratzer
- Georgi Krastev
- Cécile Ducher
- Alexandra Sukhanova
- Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche
- Khenpo Nyima Gyaltsen
- Nubpa Rinpoche
- Khenpo Konchok Monlam
- Samantha Hung
- Meghan Howard
- Tracy (Howard) Stilerman
- Kay Candler
- Ven. Konchog Tharcin
- Ven. Master Jian Deng
- Lowell Cook
- Jessica Locke
Grants Committee
- Huang Jing Rui, Chair
- Dr. John Canti
- Dr. Andreas Doctor
- Dr. Ryan Damron
- Dr. Nathaniel Rich
- Dr. Nathaniel Rich
- Amy Ang, Grants Coordinator
- Line Tofte, Grants Administrator
Advisors
- Dr. Tom Tillemans, Professor Emeritus, University of Lausanne
- Dr. James Gentry, Stanford University