| Name | Year | Project |
| Moshe Idel | 1991-92 | "Devequt: Jewish Views on Union and Communion" |
| Andrew Olu Igenoza | 2008 | Biblical Studies and African Christian Theology |
| Yasuke Ikari | 1989-90 | |
| Emefie Ikenga-Metuh | 1983-84 | |
| Oded Irshai | 1998-99 | |
| Hirotsugu Ishii | 1990-91 | |
| Raphael Israeli | 1984-85 | Arabic and History |
| Michael D. Jackson | 2008-09 | Navigating the Past: Firstness and Secondness as Antipodean Tropes |
| 2005-06 | "Maori and Biotechnology: The Logic of Belief and the Theory of Practice" | |
| William Jackson | 1975-84 | "Tyagaraja: Musician Saint of South India—The Exploration of a Religious Life and Legacy" |
| Louis Jacobs | 1985-86 | |
| Devaki Jain | 1983-84 | |
| Jyotindra Jain | 1988-89 | Ancient Indian culture, cultural anthropology |
| Lakshmi Jain | 1983-84 | |
| Thomas Jayawardene | 1983-84 | |
| Hae-ju Jeon | 1996-97 | "'Practice of Self-power' and 'Faith of Other-power' in Mahayana Buddhism" |
| Darin Jewell | 1995-96 | Do world religions focus on the same ultimate reality? |
| Angma Jhala | 2010-11 | Royal patronage, power, and aesthetics in princely India across several religious traditions |
| Jia Jinhua | 2005-06 | "New Perspectives in 'Classical' Chan Buddhism" and "Taoist Priestesses in Medieval China: Roles, Images, and Identity" |
| Jiang Zhongxin | 1988-89 | Indology |
| Robert Johansen | 1992-93 | "Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence: Case Studies of Religious Constraint and Empowerment" |
| Motilal Jotwani | 1979-80 | |
| Mari Jyvasjarvi | 2004-05 | "Hindu Female Ascetics in North India" |
| Yuichi Kajiyama | 1985-86 | |
| Sudhir Kakar | 2001-02 | The mythology and legends of spiritual healing connected with saints in the Christian, Sufi, and Hindu traditions |
| Puneeta Kala | 1997-2000 | Comparative study of new religions of Japan and India with special emphasis on the phenomena of the Living God |
| Thupten Kalsang | 1981-82 | |
| Michael Kalton | 1981-82 | |
| Ogbu Kalu | 1998-99 | "Continuity in Change: Pentecostalism in African Maps of the Universe" |
| Steve Kaplan | 1989-90 | Jewish studies |
| 1996-97 | The Eucharist in medieval Ethiopia | |
| Ravinder Lal Kapur | 1985-86 | |
| Sudarshan Kapur | 1986-87 | Economics; International Relations |
| Anwarul Karim | 1984-85 | "Sufism in Bangladesh: A Study of the Bauls" |
| Karim H. Karim | 2004-05 | "Islamic Reform in Diaspora: A Study of the Responses to the Emergence of Muslim Scholarship" |
| W.S. Karunatillake | 1997-98 | The Theravada Buddhist tradition and its history in Sri Lanka |
| Ruth Katz | 1980-81 | |
| Steven Katz | 1982-83 | Hebraic Studies, Philosophy |
| 2006-07 | Research for Volume 2, "The Holocaust in Context" | |
| Satsuki Kawano | 1998-99 | Gender and ritual in Japan |
| Hee-Sung Keel | 1973-74 | |
| Charles Keyes | 1984-85 | |
| Satnam Khalsa | 1992-93 | The functional parallels between Sufi and Sikh mystics |
| Abrahim Khan | 1996-97 | "Becoming a Self in Kierkegaard and Iqbal" |
| Beverly Kienzle | 2008-09 | Contemporary Responses to Battering: A Comparative Religious Perspective |
| Solomon Kiffle | 2008-09 | Religious Non-Governmental Organizations and the United Nations as Peacemakers: Challenges and Potentialities |
| Abdulrazaq Kilani | 2003-04 | The practice of prayer healing and exorcism for victims of demonic possession among the Muslims of Nigeria |
| Chongsuh Kim | 1988-89 | Religion |
| Heup Young Kim | 1997-98 | "Jesus the Tao: An East Asian Christology" |
| Soo Kim | 1981-82 | |
| Sung-Hae Kim | 1979-81 | |
| 1995-96 | "The History of Chinese Religion From the Oracle Bones to the Han Period" | |
| Wan-Doo Kim | 2000-01 | "Full Awareness of Breathing: A Study of the Literary Sources of Anapanasati Meditation and its Contemporary Revival" |
| Young-ho Kim | 1999-2000 | "Complementary Pluralism: Toward Buddhist-Christian Dialogue" |
| Charles Kimball | 1981-82 | |
| Toshiaki Kimura | 2006-07 | Religion, Identity and the Image of ‘The Other’ |
| Paul Kjellberg | 1997-98 | "A History of Chinese Skepticism: Zhuangzi and His Interpreters" |
| Anne Klein | 1983-84 | |
| Hans Klimkeit | 1965-66 | |
| Heino Kottkamp | 1992-93 | An investigation of the historical development of the mandala, its content, and its iconography |
| Firoze Kotwal | 1979-80 | Avesta-Pahlavi |
| Pratap Kumar | 1990-91 | Theology |
| Whalen Lai | 1973-74 | "The Awakening of Faith in Mahayana: A Study of the Unfolding of Sinitic Motifs" |
| James Laine | 1981-82 | History |
| Lance Laird | 1991-93 | Dimensions of the "dialogue of life" in contemporary Christian and Muslim communities |
| Miriam J. Udel Lambert | 1996-97 | Medieval Sephardic Jewish literature |
| Kimerer LaMothe | 1994-95 | "Out from the Shadow of the Word: Dance and Theology in Works by Gerardus van der Leeuw, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Martha Graham" |
| 2003-04 | "Dancing Religion: Martha Graham in Practice and Performance" | |
| Tamara Lanaghan | 1996-2000 | Comparative study of the ethical systems of classical Hinduism and Judaism |
| Spencer Lavan | 1967-68 | English |
| Marcus Lehman | 2000-01 | Sacred geography in rural Copan, Honduras |
| Sid Leiman | 1993-94 | "Jewish Responses to Heresy to Heresy in the Early Modern Period' and "The Dead Sea Scrolls" |
| Sonia Lemnios | 1998-99 | Historical memory in India and Israel |
| I. Julia Leslie | 1987-88 | |
| Rebecca Lesses | 1993-94 | "Mysticism and Magic: The Hekhalot Literature, Jewish Adjurations, and Greek Revelatory Magic" |
| Miriam Levering | 1986-87 | "Ch'an Enlightenment for Laymen: Ta-hui and the New Religious Culture of the SUng: |
| Jerome Levi | 1992-93 | The Christian origins of the pagan Tarahumara |
| Lee Levine | 2006 | Jewish Art and Society in Late Antiquity |
| Sarah Levine | 1992-93 | The social and cultural history reflected in illuminated religious marriage contracts (ketubahs) in the Jewish tradition |
| Molly Taylor Lhamon | 1960-61 | |
| Yehuda Liebes | 1981-82 | Hebrew language and Jewish thought |
| Liu Xiaogan | 1989-90 | Chinese language and literature |
| Liu Ying | 1999-2000 | "The Truth behind the Magic: Understanding the Chinese Meditation and Martial Art Qigong" |
| Katerina Livljanic | 2002-03 | Creation and research for the music performance "Chant Wars," a representation of the 9th-century confrontation between the Carolingians and the various regional chant traditions they sought to replace |
| Long Darui | 1996-97 | The Chinese Buddhist reformer Tai Xu |
| Ana Cristina Lopes Nina | 2008-09 | The creation of cosmology related to Dalai Lamas in Tibetan Buddhism |
| Aloysius Lugira | 1977-78 | "The Religious Factor in Uganda" |
| Emily Lyle | 1994-95 | Comparative study of New World cosmological material and Old World cosmology |
| Ma Xiao Hong | 1989-90 | |
| Allan Maca | 1998-99 | "Cosmology, Lived Space, and the Civic-ceremonial Body: The Role of Ritual and Architecture in the Urban Planning of a Late Classic Maya Center" |
| 1999-2000 | "Cornering Group 9J-5: Maya Concepts of Lived Space in the Urban Planning of Late Classic Copan, Honduras (A.D. 600-900)" | |
| Soho Machida | 1985-86 | |
| Triloki Madan | 1984-85 | |
| Daniel Madigan | 1992-93 | The early history and self-understanding of the Qur'an |
| Hiromi Maeda | 1995-97 | The role of Neo-Confucianism in Japanese culture during the Tokugawa period |
| Noerhadi Magetsari | 1980-81 | Archaeology |
| Jane Magon | 1999-2000 | Australian and international twentieth-century art in relation to spiritual, and ecological art |
| Victor Mair | 1977-80 | |
| Hans Malmström | 2015-16 | Conducted a study with the aim of establishing a tentative linguistic/rhetorical model of Christian preaching as interreligious practice, of the sermon as a potential locus for interreligious dialogue. |
| Gurinder Singh Mann | 1985-86 | English |
| Maheswari Manonmanie | 1980-81 | |
| Sylvia Marcos | 1984-85 | "Rethinking Curing: An Approach to Mexican Popular Religiosity Through Feminine Images" |
| Frederique Marglin | 1979-80 | |
| Desiree Renee Martinez | 2002-03 | "Collaborating to Protect the Past," an examination of the relationship between Native Americans, archaeologists, and government officials when dealing with cultural resources |
| Bimal Matilal | 1987-88 | |
| Jennine Mazzarelli | 2001-02 | Changing trends in female Buddhist monasticism in contemporary Japan |
| Peter McCormick | 1992-93 | Transformations of Enlightenment portrayals of disinterested actions in the poetic representations of intention, belief, and desire in the European modernist lyric |
| Justin McDaniel | 1997-98 | Buddhism |
| Rachel Fell McDermott | 1986-87 | The Goddess Kali and the Genre of 18th- to 20th-Century Bhakti Poetry About Kali |
| 1993-94 | "Hindu Goddesses" and "Perspectives on Evil and Suffering in World Religions" | |
| Mary McGee | 1986-87 | Examination of Hindu vratas (vows), the voluntary rituals undertaken especially by Hindu women |
| Dale McKirgan | 1974-75? | |
| John McRae | 1986-87 |
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| Bronwen Catherine McShea | 2013 | Apostles of Empire: The Jesuits of New France |
| Nejiba Megademini | 1981-84 | |
| Tejas Mehta | 2005-06 | Theravada Buddhism |
| Paul Mendes-Flohr | 1980-81 | History and philosophy |
| Fatima Mernissi | 1981-82 | |
| Gisela Mettele | 1999-2000 | "The Construction of the Religious Self-Narratives of Lives in the 18th- and 19th-Century Moravian Movement" |
| Blake Michael | 1978-79 | Sociology |
| David Miller | 1967-68 | |
| Patrick Miller | 1985-86 | |
| Roland Miller | 1975-76 | |
| Hitoshi Miyake | 1974-75 | |
| Yoshinobu Miyake | 1984-85 | |
| Mahnaz Moazami | 1997-98 | Ancient Iranian purity laws in the Zoroastrian scripture, the Avesta |
| Evgenia Moiseeva | 2016-17 | Maniachean attitudes toward the Book of Genesis. |
| Anne Monius | 1991-92 | South Indian Tamil poetic tradition of the "Five Great Poems" |
| Diane Moore | 2004-06 | The Harvard Divinity School Study on Teaching About Religion in the Schools (H-STARS) |
| Roberta Moretti | 2000-01 | "The Phantasmic Pneuma" |
| Adebayo Mosobalaje | 2013-14 | "Poetics of Yoruba Masculinities" |
| Roberto Motta | 1996-97 | The growth and development of different religious groups in Latin America and Brazil |
| Mehdi Mozaffari | 1999-2000 | "Islamic Civilization or Civilized Islam" |
| Susanne Mrozik | 1991-93 | Community expression of religious ideals of Indian Buddhists in the early Mahayana period |
| Fathullah Mujtaba'i | 1976-77? | |
| Regan Murphy | 2005-07 | Japanese Religions |
| Judson Murray | 1996-97 | Buddhism |
