Honor Roll of Donors to The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library

We are always searching for other donors. If you are interested, please contact us at thdl@virginia.edu.

• The U.S. Department of Education - TICFIA Grant: total support $1,294,000.
  • General support of THDL Infrastructure and Content awarded to University of Virginia/Prof. David Germano (Oct. 2005-Sept. 2009, $784,000).
  • General support of THDL Infrastructure and Content awarded to University of Virginia/Prof. David Germano (Oct. 2002-Sept. 2005, $510,000).
• The U.S. Department of Education - IRSP Grant: total support $989,305.
  • Tibetan Reference Resources awarded to University of Virginia/Prof. David Germano (September 2003 - August 2006, $402,870).
  • Tibetan Language and Linguistics Collection and Tibetan Language Instructional project awarded to University of Virginia/Prof. David Germano (September 2000 - August 2003, $586,435).
• U. S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' Office of Citizen Exchanges: total support $329,248.
  • Tibet Professional and Cultural Exchange Project: The Kham Geotourism project awarded to University of Virginia/Prof. David Germano ( September 2005-December 2007, $125,000).
  • Tibet Professional and Cultural Exchange Project: The Lhasa Neighborhoods project awarded to University of Virginia/Prof. David Germano ( September 2003-September 2006, $204,248).
• The National Endowment for the Humanities (Preservation and Access): The Samantabhadra Collection awarded to University of Virginia/Prof. David Germano ( June 2000-May 2003, $225,479).
• The United States Information Agency: Tibetan Folk Music Collection awarded to University of North Carolina at Charlottee/Prof. John Flower (May 2000-April 2001, $164,436).
• The Society for South Asian Studies, British Academy:
  • Kangyur Digitization Project awarded to the British Library/Burkhard Quessel with David Germano (University of Virginia) (October 2004-August 2005).
  • Kangyur Digitization Project awarded to the British Library/Burkhard Quessel with David Germano (University of Virginia) (October 2005-August 2008).
• Fondren Library (Rice University): total support $54,000.
  • Awarded to Prof. Anne Klein for The Bonpo Collection (2001-2, $24,000; 2000-1, $15,000);
  • Awarded to Prof. Anne Klein for The Samantabhadra Collection/Bonpo Collection (1999-2000, $15,000).
• The University of California, Santa Barbara: total support $33,995.
  • Faculty Senate, Committee on Research, awarded to Professor José Cabezón for the Sera Monastery Project (2003-2004, $13,600)
  • Faculty Senate, Committee on Research, awarded to Prof. José Cabezón for the Sera Monastery Project (2002-2003, $11,200)
  • Instructional Development Grant to Center for the Analysis of Sacred Space, Barbara Holdrege, Director (2003-2004, Sera Project portion, $1000)
  • Instructional Development Grant awarded to Prof. José Cabezón for the Sera Monastery Project (2002-2003, $6,800).
  • Instructional Development, Web Mini-grant (Web-design support)
  • Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (2002-2003, $1395)
• The University of Virginia: total support $27,800.
  • Teaching and Technology Initiative grant to Prof. David Germano for THDL Education development (2001, $20,000);
  • UVA Faculty Senate Teaching Initiative grant to Prof. David Germano for Tibetan Language Instructional project (2000-2001, $5,000);
  • Department of Religious Studies grant to Prof. David Germano for The Samantabhadra Collection (1999-2000, $2,800).
• Institute of Advanced Technology in the Humanities (University of Virginia): total support $20,000.
  • Mellon Foundation-Supporting Digital Scholarship grant to Prof. David Germano for Tibetan Literature Collections (July-September 2002, approx. $8,000);
  • Grant to Prof. David Germano for Samantabhadra Collection (1997-1999, $12,000).
• South Asian Language Resource Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Education: Tibetan Language Instructional project awarded to University of Virginia/Prof. David Germano (August 2003 - July 2004, $20,000).
• The University of Virginia Library: total support $15,000.
  • For the purchase of Tibet satellite imagery (2001, $5,000);
  • For the preparation of Tibet GIS datasets (2000, $10,000).
• The Weedon Foundation: total support $12,500.
  • Grant to Prof. David Germano at University of Virginia for the Lhasa Project (Summer 2001, $10,000);
  • Grant to Prof. David Germano at University of Virginia for Tibet fieldwork (Summer 1999, $2,500).
• Trace Foundation: grant to Prof. David Germano at University of Virginia for Tibetan Unicode Consultations (2002, $12,000).
• Center for South Asian Studies (University of Virginia): total support $11,500.
  • For the Tibetan Language Instruction project (2000-2003, $9,500);
  • For the Derge Art Project (2000, $2,000).
• The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation: total support $10,750 awareded to Professor David Germano at Universitiy of Virginia - for Tibetan Art Collection fieldwork (summer 2001, $10,000; Fall 2000, $750).
• Airbus China: to Prof. Nicolas Tournadre of CNRS-LACITO in support of Tibetan linguistic research (2000, $10,000).
• East Asia Center (University of Virginia): total support $6,800.
  • Grant to Edward Garrett for Chinese and Japanese language support in THDL Software Systems (2002, $4,000);
  • Weedon travel grant to Prof. David Germano Eastern Tibet fieldwork (1999, $1,000).
  • Weedon travel grant to Frances Garrett for Lhasa fieldwork on Tibetan Medical Collections (2002, $1,000).
  • Weedon travel grant to David Newman Lhasa Neighborhood project (2002, $800).
• National Institutes of Health T32 grant (administered through University of Virginia's Center for Complementary and Alternative Therapies) program: to Frances Garrett to do research on Tibetan medicine and develop collections on Tibetan medicine (2001-2003, roughly $6,400).
• University of Virginia Raven Society Fellowship: awarded to Frances Garrett of the University of Virginia for fieldwork in Lhasa on Tibetan medicine collections within THDL (2001, $2,500).
• University of VirginiaCenter for Global Health: awarded to Frances Garrett of the University of Virginia for fieldwork in Lhasa on Tibetan pharmacy collections within THDL (2002, $2,000).
• Anonymous donor: awarded to Frances Garrett of University of Virginia for fieldwork in Lhasa on Tibetan pharmacy collections within THDL (2002, $2,000)
• Frances Tiso and The Institute of Noetic Sciences: awarded to Prof. David Germano of the University of Virginia for Lukhang Art Collection (2000, $1,500).
• American Academy of Religions: awarded to Prof. David Germano of the University of Virginia for the Samantabhadra Collection (1998, $1,000).
• CNRS-Lacito: awarded to Michel Jacobson for linguistic software collaboration (2001-2, $800).