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Current Contemplative Scholarship Recipients

2015 Three-Year Retreat

• Julia Tamang King (Serchö Osel Ling)
• Galen Doucette (Serchö Osel Ling)
• Jane Harden (Serchö Osel Ling)
• Drusilla Lopez (Katog Mountain Retreat)
• Ken Yeshe Davidson (Katog Mountain Retreat)
• Geneviève Gendeun Michaud (Chanteloube)
• Christele Maisonneuve (Samye Ling)

2015 Solitary Retreat

• Tabea Nyingnor Rittgasser (Dordogne, France)
• Marc Olmsted (CA, USA)

2014 Three-Year Retreat

• Laurel Gonzales (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Nyima Gyeltsen (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Gloria Norgan - Ani Samten (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Mike Engle (Chanteloube)
• Kevin Miller (Garchen Institute)
• Catharine Nelson (Garchen Institute)
• Saskia Bleijendaal - Ani Drime Shiwa (Gampo Abbey)

2014 Solitary Retreat

• Sarkis Vermilyea - Ngawang Senge (NM, USA)
• David Ledeboer (OR, USA)
• Tycho Thal (Dordogne, France)

2013 Three-Year Retreat

• Margaret Mora (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Julie Jacob Zangmo (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• Karma Chopal Zanpo (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• Joe Stagno (Pema Osel Ling)
• Magnus Childers (Pema Osel Ling)
• Christopher Rose (Vajra Vidhya Crestone)
• Ivonne Rose (Vajra Vidhya Crestone)
• Casper Jakobsen (Vajra Vidhya Crestone)
• Cecilia Amador (Gampo Abbey)

2012 Three-Year Retreat

• David Tobey (Pema Osel Ling)
• Angela Suescun-Lampe (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• Phillip Lampe (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• Sarina Straussner (Palpung Thubten Choling)
• Joshua Schauls (Chagdud Gompa)
• Danielle Blouin (Gampo Abbey)

2011 Three-Year Retreat

• Aria Das (Palpung Thubten Choling)
• Yeshe Kevin Chowings (Palpung Thubten Choling)

Past Contemplative Scholarship Recipients

2013 Three-Year Retreat

• Jacob Braverman (Pema Osel Ling)

2013 Solitary Retreat

• Susan Holland (Pema Osel Ling)

2012 Three-Year Retreat

• Simon Pace (Pema Osel Ling)

2012 Solitary Retreat

• Ines Rittgasser (Spain)
• Jennifer Gordon (California, USA)

2011 Three-Year Retreat

• Alicia Onieva (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Hector Vaquero (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Teresa Vaz (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Vicente Clemente (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Susan Holland (Pema Osel Ling)
• Namdak Max Cardale (Samye Ling)
• Heike Dumjahn (Karma Ling)
• Pende Stuart Reid (Samye Ling)
• Robert Lee (Samye Ling)
• Samten Shane Pilossof (Samye Ling)
• Tingdzin Alexander Mclachlan (Samye Ling)
• Yangtso Dianne McRobert (Samye Ling)
• Zangpo Paul Foster (Samye Ling)

2011 Solitary Retreat

• Eric Triebelhorn (Oregon, USA)
• Vernon Mizner (Crestone, Colorado, USA)

2010 Three-Year Retreat

• Elizabeth Prather (Garchen Institute)
• Moon Teitel (Garchen Institute)
• Karsam Rod Owens (Palpung Thubten Choling)
• Anne Holland (Pema Osel Ling)
• Marcie Hughes (Pema Osel Ling)
• Sarah Beasley (Pema Osel Ling)
• Stacey Stein (Pema Osel Ling)

2010 Solitary Retreat

• Linda Ireland - (Oregon, USA)
• Luc Maillard - (Dordogne, France)

Pre-2010

• Jeremi Plazas - (Pema Osel Ling)

Retreat Centers

• Chanteloube, Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France (Chanteloube)
• Dagshang Kagyu, Panillo, Huesca, Spain (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Gampo Abbey, Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada (Gampo Abbey)
• Garchen Institute, Chino Valley, AZ, USA (Garchen Institute)
• Gomde Pyrénées, La Bastide, Pyrénées, France (Gomde Pyrénées)
• Karma Ling, Arvillard, Savoie, France (Karma Ling)
• Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, Delhi, NY, USA (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• Katog Choling Mountain Retreat, Parthenon, AR, USA (Katog Mountain Retreat)
• Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Crestone, CO, USA (Longchen Jigme Samten Ling)
• Milarepa Retreat Center, Schneverdingen, Germany (MRC)
• Palpung Thubten Choling, Wappingers Falls, NY, USA (Palpung Thubten Choling)
• Pema Osel Ling, Watsonville, CA, USA (Pema Osel Ling)
• Rigdzin Gatsal, Williams, OR, USA (Rigdzin Gatsal)
• Rigdzin Ling, Junction City, CA, USA (Rigdzin Ling)
• Samye Ling, Lamlash Bay, Scotland, United Kingdoms (Samye Ling)
• Serchö Osel Ling, Goldendale, WA, USA (Serchö Osel Ling)
• Sukhasiddhi Tahoe Hermitage, Truckee, CA, USA (Sukhasiddhi Tahoe Hermitage)
• Tashi Choling, Ashland, OR, USA (Tashi Choling)
• Vajra Vidya Retreat Center, Crestone, CO, USA (Vajra Vidhya Crestone)

Statistics

• 2015 Recipient Statistics
• 2014 Recipient Statistics
• 2013 Recipient Statistics
• 2012 Recipient Statistics
• 2011 Recipient Statistics
• 2010 Recipient Statistics

All Recipients with Profiles

• 2014 Genevieve Michaud
• 2015 Nayeli Anguerin
• 2016 Alana Siegel
• 2016 Catherine Anderson
• 2016 Daniela Dias de Carvalho
• 2016 Hala Azzam
• 2016 Karen Yuen
• 2016 Madeline Johnson
• 2016 Mariana Restrepo
• 2016 Susan Brunner
• 2017 Angel Saint-Michel
• 2017 Drusilla Lopez
• 2017 Michael Broderick
• 2017 Michael Mattis
• 2017 Tycho Thal
• 2018 Esther Gimeno
• 2018 Margaret Mora
• 2019 Danielle Blouin
• 2019 EDUARDO BERMEJO
• 2019 Gheorghe Paul Predescu
• 2019 Maria Viviana Siles
• 2019 Nicholas Schmidt
• 2019 STEPHANE BERTHA
• 2019 Troy Suben
• 2019 frank webb
• 2020 Chelsea Treiber
• 2020 Dominika Hryniewicz
• 2020 Jennifer Zhao
• 2020 Mariana Alejandra Jimenez Lozano
• 2020 Nicolas Novel
• 2020 Pema Nymeyer
• 2020 Shelley Jackson
• 2020 Stefanie Nowak
• 2020 Tabea Rittgasser
• 2021 Babis Petros
• 2021 Christian Casanova
• 2021 Guillaume Ducrue
• 2021 Heidrun Koppl
• 2021 Kevin Miller
• 2021 Lehel Lőrincz
• 2021 Lorena Carazo
• 2021 Margaret Mora
• 2021 Maria João FRADE
• 2021 Martha Asselin
• 2021 María Victoria Rodríguez
• 2021 Nicolas Masoli
• 2022 Aurore Hannon
• 2022 Sarina (Shedron) Straussner
• 2022 Teja Campbell
• 2023 Francesco Paolo Celle Bono

... further results

All Recipients with Profiles, by Year

• 2016 Catherine Anderson ( to )
• 2011 Sarina Straussner ( to )
• 2018 Esther Gimeno ( to )
• 2012 Ivonne Prieto Rose ( to )
• 2009 Elizabeth Prather ( to )
• 2020 Tabea Rittgasser ( to )
• 2015 Isabelle Brun ( to )
• 2010 Kevin Chowings ( to )
• 2022 Aurore Hannon ( to  at [[Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Pyrénées|]])
• 2024 Sarkis Vermilyea ( to )
• 2017 Michael Mattis ( to )
• 2012 Joseph Stagno ( to )
• 2020 Shelley Jackson ( to )
• 2014 Drusilla Lopez ( to )
• 2010 Hector Vaquero ( to )
• 2021 Guillaume Ducrue ( to )
• 2015 Jaffa Elias ( to )
• 2010 Susan Holland ( to )
• 2016 Susan Brunner ( to )
• 2012 Margaret Mora ( to )
• 2019 Nicholas Schmidt ( to )
• 2013 Nima Gyeltshen ( to )
• 2009 Marcie Hughes ( to )
• 2021 María Victoria Rodríguez ( to )
• 2015 Christopher Fankhauser ( to )
• 2010 Paul Foster ( to )
• 2023 Lars Rismyhr ( to )
• 2016 Karen Yuen ( to )
• 2011 Joshua Schauls ( to )
• 2018 Margaret Mora ( to )
• 2013 Sarkis Vermilyea ( to )
• 2009 Moon Teitel ( to )
• 2020 Jennifer Zhao ( to )
• 2015 Arek Banasik ( to )
• 2010 Vernon Mizner ( to )
• 2022 Sarina (Shedron) Straussner ( to  at KTC)
• 2024 Monika Wysocka ( to  at [[Ser Cho Ling|]])
• 2017 Michael Broderick ( to )
• 2012 Magnus Childers ( to )
• 2020 Mariana Alejandra Jimenez Lozano ( to )
• 2014 Kenneth Davidson ( to )
• 2010 Teresa Vaz ( to )
• 2021 Margaret Mora ( to )
• 2015 Lyle Rose ( to )
• 2011 Thomas Roth ( to  at [[Benchen Kunsang Osal Ling|]])
• 2015 Nayeli Anguerin ( to )
• 2012 Cecilia Amador ( to )
• 2019 Maria Viviana Siles ( to )
• 2013 Laurel Gonzalo ( to )
• 2009 Sarah Beasley ( to )... further results