The Dissertation Grants Jury has selected the 2026 AAR Dissertation Research Grant and the 2026 Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship.
Congratulations to the 2026 winners:
AAR Dissertation Research Grant:
Tiantian Cai
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Waves of the Mind, Ocean of Awakening: Metaphoricity and Embodied Simulation in the Mahāyāna Buddhist Narratives of Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra.
Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Alba Rodriguez Juan
University of California, Riverside
Living Traditions in Context: Fieldwork on Yaśovijaya’s Jain Yoga Among Mendicants in India.