Opening Ceremonies & Scholarship Gala
The Benefit Gala for the 23rd annual Kyoto Prize Symposium will be held March 13, 2024 at the San Diego Marriott La Jolla.
Sponsorships are available annually for purchase. Individual tickets: $350 / Table sponsorship: $3,500
Contact Marisa Lin at (858)733-0323 or KSOMarisa@outlook.com for more information.
This gala celebrates the annual Kyoto Prize Laureates and helps fund the Kyoto Prize Symposium Scholarships. The event serves as a distinguished opening ceremony for the Symposium where the Kyoto Prize scholarship finalists are announced. Scholarships are awarded to 30 high school seniors from the greater San Diego and Tijuana, Baja California region. Six winners are presented at the annual Gala, each receiving a college scholarship valued at up to $10,000 or 100,000 pesos for the next academic year.
Since 2004, the Kyoto Symposium Organization’s (KSO) scholarship program for high school seniors in San Diego and Tijuana, combined with grants from the Inamori Foundation in Kyoto to San Diego universities, total $4.5 million. The high school programs are managed in partnership with the San Diego Foundation for San Diego students, and the Fundacion de la Comunidad for Tijuana students. Along with hosting Kyoto Prize Laureates in San Diego every March, the “Kyoto” scholarship program is one of KSO’s most important services tied to the Kyoto Prize.
