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Application form and guidelines for 2012 Grant Program is now released.

The Grant Application period for the first term will open on March 15 and close on April 30, and the period for the second term will open from July 1 until August 13.

To download the guidelines and the application form, visit the Grant page.

Niwano Peace Foundation awarded the 28th Niwano Peaca Prize to
Mr. Sulak Sivaraksa, from Thailand.

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The Presentation ceremony took place in Kyoto, Japan on July 23rd, 2011, at 10:00am. In addition to an award certificate, Mr. Sivaraksa received the medal and twenty million yen.

Sulak Sivaraksa was born in 1933 in Thailand. Educated in Thailand, England, and Wales in law and other disciplines, he returned to Bangkok in 1961. Sulak’s long career has seen him using his intellectual gifts to propel the concept and movement of Engaged Buddhism. Sulak has worked as a teacher, scholar, publisher, activist, and founder of many organizations. He has authored more than a hundred books and monographs in Thai and English.

2011.09.26
The second term of 2011 grant recipients were selected.LinkIconThe second term of 2011
2011.07.23
The Niwano Peace Foundation awarded the Twenty-eighth Niwano Peace Prize to Mr. Sulak Sivaraksa of Thailand.
2011.06.28
The first term of 2011 Grant recipients were selected.
2010.10.01
The second term of 2010 Grant recipients were selected.
2010.07.08
The first term of 2010 Grant recipients were selected.
2010.05.13
The Niwano Peace Foundation awarded the twenty -seventh Niwano Peace Prize to Ms. Ela Ramesh Bhatt of India
2009.10.01
The second term of 2009 Grant recipients were selected.
2009.07.06
The first term of 2009 Grant recipients were selected.
2009.02.15
The Niwano Peace Foundation will award the twenty-sixth Niwano Peace Prize to The Reverend Canon Gideon Baguma Byamugisha of Uganda.
2008.10.09
The second term of 2008 Grant recipients were selected.