The 13th Wonhyo Academic Award Grand Prize Goes to Professor Emeritus Park Tae-won of Ulsan University

Professor Tae-won Park, Professor Emeritus at Ulsan University, was selected as the grand prize winner of the 13th Wonhyo Academic Award.

According to the Wonhyo Academic Award Steering Committee of the Korea Buddhist Promotion Foundation, Professor Park was chosen as the grand prize winner in the scholar category for his book "Wonhyo's Philosophy of Integration." The prize money is 30 million KRW.

Professor Emeritus Park Tae-won, Ulsan University [Photo by Korea Buddhist Promotion Foundation]

The silver prize was awarded to Young-mi Song, a doctoral student at Ajou University Graduate School, and Tae-young Lee, a doctoral student at Dongguk University Graduate School. The bronze prize went to Do-yeon Lee, a master's student at Korea University Graduate School. The silver prize money is 6 million KRW, and the bronze prize is 4 million KRW.

The award ceremony will be held on the 16th at 2 p.m. on the 3rd floor of the Dabo Building in Mapo.

The Korea Buddhist Promotion Foundation annually awards the Wonhyo Academic Award (元曉學術賞) to outstanding recipients in the fields of humanities and social sciences who provide excellent Buddhist perspectives on contemporary society and culture.

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