The following institutions are participating in this project:
| Academy for Korean Studies* | Temple University |
| Capital Normal University* | Tsinghua University* |
| Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Arizona* | Tsurumi University & Tsurumi Junior College |
| Columbia University | Tzu Chi Foundation (Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation) |
| Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (DILA)* | University of British Columbia* |
| Dongguk University* | University of Calgary* |
| École pratique des hautes études* | University of California Berkeley* |
| Ghent University* | University of Cambridge |
| Harvard University* | University of Chicago |
| Hong Kong Polytechnic University | University of Hamburg* |
| Inalco (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales) | University of Oxford |
| McGill University* | University of Saskatchewan* |
| McMaster University* | University of Southern California |
| Mount Allison University | University of Tokyo* |
| Peking University* | University of Toronto* |
| Princeton University* | Wutai Shan International Institute for Buddhist Studies and East Asian Cultures |
| Stanford University* | Yale University* |
| Tel-Aviv University* | Zhejiang University |
*these institutions have signed on as formal partners to the project, and report contributions toward its success
