Recipients of the Khyentse Foundation Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies

2023: Felicia M. Tang

2022: Catherine Nash

2020: Yichen Zhu


2019: Yoo Sung Kim

2018: Joshua Dultz

(L-R) Joshua Dultz (2018 Khyentse Award Winner),  Cangioli Che (Executive Director, Khyentse Foundation),  and Jacob Dalton (UCB Khyentse Professor of Tibetan Buddhism)

(L-R) Joshua Dultz (2018 Khyentse Award Winner),
Cangioli Che (Executive Director, Khyentse Foundation),
and Jacob Dalton (UCB Khyentse Professor of Tibetan Buddhism)


2017: Yixin Liang


2016: Jolisa Wilfong


2015: Kathryn Boden

Jacob Dalton (UCB), Kathryn Boden (UCB),
and Cangioli Che (Khyentse Foundation)


2014: Khenpo Yeshi



Khenpo Yeshe and Steven Goodman
(Khyentse Foundation)


2013: Jenna Irena Pollack


Jacob Dalton (UCB Professor), Cangioli
Che (Khyentse Foundation), Jenna Irena Pollack
(Recipient), and Robert Sharf (Chair, Center
for Buddhist Studies)


2012: Kellie Marie Powell


Robert Sharf (Chair, Center for Buddhist Studies,
Kellie Powell (Award Recipient) and 
Cangioli Che (Khyentse Foundation)


2011: Madeline Rose Jacobs


Robert Sharf, Chair of the Center for Buddhist Studies,
and Madeline Jacobs, 2011 Khyentse
Award recipient



Cangioli Che, Khyentse Foundation Executive Director,
presents the Khyentse Award to 
Madeline Jacobs


2010: Samantha Ann Catella


Professor Jacob Dalton and 2010 Khyentse Award recipient
Samantha Ann Catella with Khyentse Foundation
representatives Sydney Jay, Canjioli Che, and
Florence Koh
Photo by Jeffrey Roe