Asian Studies Grants and Fellowships

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Other Grants and Fellowships

AAS China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC) Small Grants

[ 2008 CIAC Grant Awardees ]

The China and Inner Asia Council of the AAS (CIAC) is soliciting applications for awards of up to $2000. Scholars with special interests in China or Inner Asia are invited to submit proposals. Applicants must be AAS members, but there are no citizenship requirements. Junior and independent scholars, adjunct faculty, and dissertation-level graduate students are especially encouraged to apply.

Applications are specifically encouraged in the following areas:

(1): curriculum development at the college or secondary level

(2): conferences and seminars

• organization of small conferences and seminars away from major centers of Chinese studies
• travel expenses for scholars from isolated institutions to speak at major centers
• travel expenses for junior faculty from isolated institutions to attend seminars at major centers
• funding for dissertation-level graduate students to attend colloquia, workshops, and seminars related to their fields

(3): short research trips for dissertation-level graduate students, and for scholars at non-research institutions, to travel to major libraries and collections in North America and Taiwan

(4): specialist or regional newsletters or websites disseminating important information to their respective fields

(5): translations of scholarly books and articles

(6): collaborative projects in which the grant will facilitate communication and limited travel by scholars working on a common project in Taiwan and North America.

The following items are NOT eligible for funding:

(1): travel to the AAS annual meeting

(2): book subventions and publication costs

(3): repeat applications for previously funded projects and organizations.

There is no special application form. Please include:

(1): a 250-word abstract of the project

(2): a detailed budget of anticipated expenditures, including other sources of funding; requests for travel grants must specify the extent of funding available from the home institution

(3): a two-page (maximum) curriculum vitae of the director and the principal participants

(4): in the case of graduate students, a letter of support from their dissertation advisor, without which the application will not be considered.

Applications and queries should be sent by regular mail to CIAC Grants, AAS, 1021 E. Huron Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA. For questions, please e-mail Timothy Cheek at t.cheek@ubc.ca. Deadline for receipt of application materials is FEBRUARY 1, 2009. Applications received after this date may not receive consideration. Applications will only be considered for projects that begin on or after May 1, 2009, and will be completed on or before April 30, 2010. Awards will be decided by the China and Inner Asia Council at the 2009 Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting in Chicago, and applicants will be notified of decisions shortly thereafter. Successful applicants are required to submit a final report to CIAC and AAS.

NOTE: AAS grants take the form of reimbursement rather than payment in advance. Original receipts need to be retained and reimbursement is only for actual expenses incurred up to the amount of the grant awarded.

NOTE ABOUT INDIRECT COSTS: The AAS is unable to support funding requests for indirect costs from applicants to its small grant programs. The AAS is a membership organization rather than a funding agency, and conducts its grant programs as a service to the field through the voluntary help of its members. Funds for all grant programs originate from outside agencies, and individual awards are quite modest. We therefore ask applicants’ home institutions to waive their normal indirect cost requirements.

AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants

AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants are made available to encourage education in Asian Studies.

Previously successful projects have included the organization of workshops and panels in conjunction with AAS Regional Conferences, the preparation of teaching materials, the compilation of source books, etc. All worthy proposals are welcome, with the stipulation that they must be connected with and of benefit to the regional conference’s outreach endeavors. To ensure this, each proposal must be approved by the regional conference’s appointed outreach coordinator, regional conference chair, or regional president. His/her signature must be included on the cover sheet of the proposal. The use of grant money for registration waivers as a means of attracting annual meeting attendance in not a high priority. Receipt of grant money does not preclude regional conferences from using other resources for this purpose.

All applications must be submitted electronically to Linda Walton, at waltonl@pdx.edu.

The Guidelines and Application Form are available here. Choose the "Save" option to save this Word document to your own computer to fill out and submit to Linda Walton.

Proposals are due by FEBRUARY 15, 2009 and will be distributed to COC representatives, who form a panel for judging proposals, for evaluation and recommendation. Applicants will be notified by April 1, 2009.

For questions or further information, please contact the 2009 COC Vice Chair, Linda Walton, Portland State University, waltonl@pdx.edu.

COC Outreach Grants for 2008 were awarded to:

Robert Entenmann (on behalf of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, MCAA) for “Hmong in Asia and America: A Workshop for Teachers.”

Young-mee Yu Cho (on behalf of the Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies, MAR/AAS) for “Teaching Asian Legacies.”

Lynn Parisi and Jon Zeljo (on behalf of the Western Conference, WCAAS) for “Secondary Teacher Outreach Sessions at the 2008 WCAAS Annual Conference.”

Joachim Kurtz (on behalf of the Southeast Conference, SEC/AAS) for “China on my Mind: Young John Allen’s Journey from Emory to Shanghai.”

AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Japan Studies Grants

[ Fall 2007 Grant Awardees | Spring 2008 Grant Awardees ]

The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies (NEAC), in conjunction with the Japan-US Friendship Commission, supports a variety of grant programs in Japanese studies designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines. Please note: Individual applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and institutional applicants must be located within the USA.

Research Travel within the USA. Awards of up to $2,000, including a maximum of $200 for daily expenses, are available to American citizens and permanent US residents who are engaged in scholarly research on Japan and wish to use museum, library, or other archival materials located in the USA. A portion of the grant may go toward research materials, assistance, and reasonable subsistence costs. Although these grants are primarily intended to support postdoctoral research on Japan, Ph.D. candidates are also eligible to receive support for doctoral dissertation research at appropriate collections. The review committee requires applications from graduate students to include a letter of recommendation from an advisor. Grantees must use American carriers for any transportation to be reimbursed under this program. Applicants must not have received funds in this category within the past five years.

Short-term Travel to Japan for Professional Purposes. Grants of a maximum of $3,000 are available to cover expenses in Japan while conducting a specific project explicitly related to Japan which can be accomplished in the period of time requested. These grants are intended for short-term research trips by scholars who are already familiar with Japan and with their topic, but who need time in Japan in order to complete their work. Grantees are expected to seek supplementary funds from other sources and must include a detailed budget with their application. Grantees may apply grant funds to partially offset airfare costs, but must provide justification why it is needed, e.g., that travel funds are not provided by the applicant’s home institution, etc. Grantees must use American carriers for any international transportation to be reimbursed under this program. Grants are made only to people with a Ph.D. or comparable professional qualification. Ph.D. candidates are not eligible for this program. Applicants must not have received funds in this category within the past five years.

Seminars on Teaching About Japan. Grants normally will not exceed $5,000. Projects should be designed to promote public and scholarly knowledge about Japan, including seminars and workshops designed to improve Japanese language teaching and pedagogy in Japanese studies. NEAC funds may be used for participant travel and room and board (not to exceed $200 a day), plus materials and administrative costs of organizers. Funds cannot be used for honoraria, or to reimburse any expenditures incurred in currencies other than the US dollar. Applicants should explain the character and rationale of their proposed seminar, identify faculty participants and their proposed contributions, indicate how the results of the project will be made available to the profession, and prepare a budget estimate. Applications for projects not recently funded by NEAC will be given priority.

Instructional Materials. Awards normally will not exceed $1,000. Proposals for grants to teachers for instructional materials are also accepted within this category. Instructional materials grants may include books, CD-ROMS, videos and other materials that would assist faculty at small institutions who would otherwise be unable to obtain audio-visual materials for their Japan-related courses. Applications for materials must specify the course or project in which the materials will be used, the estimated number of students, and the exact title, price, and source of the materials to be purchased. A letter of support from the institution’s library or relevant academic unit is required. Materials purchased with these funds will be the property of the institution, not the individual applicant.

Conference Panels and Speakers at Disciplinary Meetings. The purpose of this program is to encourage scholarly study of Japan by disciplinary specialists such as political scientists, economists, geographers, musicologists, historians, anthropologists, linguists, and scientists, by providing financial support to organizers of panels at meetings of major organizations in the social sciences and humanities (rather than area-studies oriented meetings) to bring Japan specialists (of any nationality) and Japanese scholars to speak in plenary sessions or on panels. The purpose is to integrate the study of Japan into the academic disciplines rather than strictly area-studies programs. Preference will be given to applications that come from the professional associations where Japanese perspectives have been historically neglected.
a) Grants for up to $1,500 are available to conference or panel organizers of national conventions of a scholarly discipline to bring an eminent speaker to address the convention on a Japanese topic. The person may be an academic figure, a public figure, a distinguished performer in the arts, or any person of distinction. The grant may cover domestic and international travel costs, two days board and room, an honorarium ($500 maximum), and organizing costs.
b) Additional grants for up to $1,000 are available to panel organizers to cover travel within North America for up to four participants, per diem expenses limited to two nights lodging, and administrative costs.
The maximum funding for any one conference under this program is $2,500. In all cases, the daily expenses of lodging and food to be reimbursed per person will not exceed $200. Administrative costs are limited to $100. Any airfare tickets purchased with funds from these grants must be secured in the United States, from American air carriers. Grants may not be used to reimburse any expenses incurred in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
To better accommodate diverse conference scheduling, applications for this category of support will be handled on a rolling basis, rather than have set application deadlines.

Small Scholarly Conferences on Japanese Studies. NEAC will accept applications for supplementary funding from scholars organizing workshops and small conferences in the field of Japanese studies. These small scholarly meetings often serve to bring together scholars from diverse regions of the United States to share knowledge on issues at the cutting edge of the field. Funds will be limited to a maximum of $5,000, and may be used to help defray the costs of hosting and organizing such events. Typical uses might include: materials and administrative costs, participant travel and lodging (not to exceed $200 per day), and space rental. To encourage efficient use of monies, priority will be given to applicants who have successfully obtained matching funds from their home institutions or other sources. Applicants must furnish detailed budgets showing travel expenses and daily costs, along with names and vitae of key personnel involved in organizing the conference.

We invite applications according to the following schedule:

All applicants must submit their application on a NEAC grant application form (choose the "save" option to save this Word document to your own computer to fill out and print). Please address requests for applications to NEAC Grants, Association for Asian Studies, 1021 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Applications for all programs other than “Conference Panels and Speakers at Disciplinary Meetings” must arrive (not be postmarked) by FEBRUARY 1, for the spring/summer awards and OCTOBER 1 for the fall/winter awards. To facilitate the review and notification process, all travel and/or conference projects must begin AFTER the relevant grant cycle, i.e., after December 1 for the fall submission date, and May 1 for the spring deadline.

NOTE: AAS grants take the form of reimbursement rather than payment in advance. Original receipts need to be retained and reimbursement is only for actual expenses incurred up to the amount of the grant awarded.

NOTE ABOUT INDIRECT COSTS: The AAS is unable to support funding requests for indirect costs from applicants to its small grant programs. The AAS is a membership organization rather than a funding agency, and conducts its grant programs as a service to the field through the voluntary help of its members. Funds for all grant programs originate from outside agencies, and individual awards are quite modest. We therefore ask applicants’ home institutions to waive their normal indirect cost requirements.

AAS NEAC Distinguished Lecture Series on Japan

The Northeast Asia Council of the AAS (NEAC) solicits applications from two or more colleges or universities in the same region of the United States to invite a distinguished scholar of Japan to give public lectures on their campuses, to meet with teachers and students, and possibly to visit classes. Applications should be submitted jointly by two institutions which nominate the scholars they would like to invite. Institutions with few offerings or small programs on Japan are particularly encouraged to apply. The NEAC will provide a generous honorarium to the lecturer and will cover travel and lodging expenses. The institutions are expected to make all arrangements for the visit and to provide minor support locally.

Application forms are available here (choose the "save" option to save this Word document to your own computer to fill out and print). Please direct questions to: Mariko Tamanoi, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, 341 Haines Hall- Box 951553, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1553; Tel: 310-206-8399; Fax: 310-206-7833; E-Mail: mtamanoi@ucla.edu.

Applications must arrive (not be postmarked) by FEBRUARY 1 for the spring/summer awards and OCTOBER 1 for the fall/winter awards. To facilitate the review and notification process, the travel of an invited speaker must begin AFTER the relevant grant cycle, i.e., after December 1 for the fall submission date, and May 1 for the spring deadline. Please submit your application to Association for Asian Studies, 1021 E. Huron Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.

AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Korean Studies Grants

[ Fall 2007 Grant Awardees | Spring 2008 Grant Awardees ]

The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies (NEAC), in conjunction with the Korea Foundation, offers a grant program in Korean studies designed to assist the research of individual scholars based in North America to improve the quality of teaching about Korea on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Korea into the major academic disciplines. Grants are available in the following categories.

Research Travel - North America. Awards of up to $2,000, including a maximum of $200 for daily expenses, are available to scholars who are engaged in research on Korea and wish to use museum, library, or other archival materials located in the United States and Canada. Primarily intended to support post-doctoral research. Pre-doctoral dissertation research will be considered, but a letter of recommendation from an advisor is required.

Short-term Research Travel to Korea. Grants of up to $2,500 are available to cover travel, research, and subsistence expenses on trips to Korea for projects explicitly related to Korean studies that can be accomplished in a relatively short period. These grants are intended for use by scholars who are already familiar with Korea and with their topic, but who need time in Korea in order to complete their work.

Workshops and Conferences. Partial support, generally up to $3,000, for organizing conferences on Korea, including support for planning meetings for larger conferences funded from other sources. Applicants must furnish detailed budgets showing travel expenses and daily costs, along with names and curriculum vitae of key personnel.

Projects that Enhance Korean Studies Teaching. A flexible category of support for planning, workshops, and materials related to teaching about Korea or integrating Korean Studies topics in broader categories of instruction. Awards normally will not exceed $1,000 and are intended to assist in the development of larger projects. Proposals for grants to teachers for Instructional Materials are also accepted within this category. Instructional material grants may include books, CD-ROMS, videos and other materials that would assist faculty at small institutions who would otherwise be unable to obtain audio-visual materials for their Korea-related courses. Applications for materials must specify the course or project in which the materials will be used, the estimated number of students, and the exact title, price, and source of the materials to be purchased. A letter of support from the institution’s library or relevant academic unit is required. Materials purchased with these funds will be the property of the institution, not the individual applicant.

AAS Annual Meeting Travel Grants for Korean Studies Graduate Students. The Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) is pleased to announce a program providing travel support for graduate students who will present papers on Korea at the annual meeting of AAS. This program is open to currently registered graduate students who appear on the upcoming AAS meeting program as presenters of formal papers. Applicants should submit NEAC application form, proof of student status, copy of letter announcing acceptance for presentation at AAS, paper abstract, and current CV. Awards will be made in the amount of $300–$500, which can be used for travel expenses including airfare and lodging.

We invite applications according to the following schedule:

All applicants must submit their application on the NEAC grant application form (choose the "save" option to save this Word document to your own computer to fill out and print). Inquiries and requests for application forms should be addressed to NEAC Korea Grants, Association for Asian Studies, 1021 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI. 48104. Tel: (734) 665-2490. Applications for all programs must include the applicant’s curriculum vitae and must arrive (not be postmarked) by FEBRUARY 1 for the spring/summer awards and OCTOBER 1 for the fall/winter awards. To facilitate the review and notification process, all travel and/or conference projects must begin AFTER the relevant grant cycle, i.e., after December 1 for the fall submission date, and May 1 for the spring deadline.

NOTE: AAS grants take the form of reimbursement rather than payment in advance. Original receipts need to be retained and reimbursement is only for actual expenses incurred up to the amount of the grant awarded.

NOTE ABOUT INDIRECT COSTS: The AAS is unable to support funding requests for indirect costs from applicants to its small grant programs. The AAS is a membership organization rather than a funding agency, and conducts its grant programs as a service to the field through the voluntary help of its members. Funds for all grant programs originate from outside agencies, and individual awards are quite modest. We therefore ask applicants’ home institutions to waive their normal indirect cost requirements.

Korean Studies Scholarship Program (Korea Foundation
Fellowship for Graduate Students)

This program seeks to promote Korean studies and foster young scholars in this field by providing graduate students majoring in Korean studies in North America with scholarships for their coursework and/or research while enrolled at their home institutions. It covers students only through the year that they are advanced to candidacy and only if they are in residence (not overseas research). Please refer to the Korea Foundation Fellowship program for research abroad funding possibilities (see www.kf.or.kr/).

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

1. M.A. or Ph.D. level students majoring in Korean studies at any university in North America.

2. Fields of Study: Korea-related coursework and research in the humanities and social sciences, culture and arts, and comparative research related to Korea. Natural sciences, medical sciences and engineering fields are not eligible.

SCHOLARSHIP TERMS:

1. Scholarships are for one academic year only. Scholarship recipients may reapply in succeeding years for additional support, however, they will be judged competitively against that year's pool of applicants.

2. Fellowship Period

a. Ph.D. Students: Up to four (4) successive years (coursework: 3 years/ dissertation: 1 year)

b. M.A. Students: Up to two (2) successive years

3. Scholarship amounts will be determined by the review committee, but generally will be in the range of $10,000–$20,000. Awards will be provided in the form of flat stipends and are intended to cover living expenses and/or tuition costs.

4. Scholarship recipients are required to submit a report (see http://www.kf.or.kr:8080/eng/program/fellowship3.jsp) on their academic/research activities at the conclusion of their scholarship period.

ELIGIBILITY:

1. Applicants should be expected to show sufficient ability to use Korean-language sources in their study and research. This ability should be mentioned in the applicant's cover letter, and in addition, one (of three) required letters of recommendation must be a language reference from an advisor or language instructor attesting to the student's language ability.

2. This program is intended for students majoring in Korean studies at U.S./Canadian universities. Korean nationals studying in the U.S. and Canada are also eligible to apply for the Fellowship from the 2008 academic year.

3. Students who are receiving support from other programs administered by the Foundation, such as the Korea Foundation Fellowships for Field Research or Korean Language Training, are not eligible for concurrent support under this program.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

The Advisory Committee for Korean Studies Program for North America will serve as the review committee, evaluate applications and recommend selections. The selection process follows the normal practices and procedures common to standard peer review in the United States. The process of peer review is intended to ensure that applications are judged fairly by a panel of experts and to prevent either the actuality or the suggestion of improper interference on the part of the organizations involved in designing, administering or funding the competition.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Applications will consist of: (1) Foundation Application Form (see http://www.kf.or.kr:8080/eng/program/fellowship3.jsp); (2) a three-page narrative proposal outlining research interests and academic progress of the student, separately accompanied by a one-page bibliography; (3) grade transcripts of coursework; and (4) three letters of recommendation, one of which must be from someone able to attest to the applicant's language ability.

Applicants seeking renewal support are also requested to submit a detailed progress report outlining their academic activities during the fellowship period, including title and brief description of term papers or presentations at seminars/conferences.

The Fellowship Program Department of the Korea Foundation will collect and forward applications to the review committee members, who will rank each application separately, and then meet together to reach a consensus on which applicants to award. Applicants are notified of the outcome in May.

All application materials should be sent to the Foundation's Fellowship Program Department in Seoul. Please refer to the mailing address below:

Fellowship for Graduate Studies
Fellowship Program Department
The Korea Foundation
1376-1 Diplomatic Center 10th Floor
Seocho 2-dong, Seocho-gu
Seoul 137-863, Republic of Korea
Tel: (82-2) 3463-5614
Fax: (82-2) 3463-6075
E-mail: scholar@kf.or.kr

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:

Each fellowship recipient is required to submit a report on his or her research or coursework at the conclusion of their one-year fellowship period. (See http://www.kf.or.kr:8080/eng/program/fellowship3.jsp.) Upon completion of their studies, all recipients must submit copies of their M.A. theses or doctoral dissertations to the Foundation, and shall keep the Foundation informed of developments in their academic and professional careers thereafter.

The application deadline for 2008–09 is January 31, 2008. Inquiries concerning the program may be directed to the Fellowship Program Department of the Korea Foundation, by e-mail at scholar@kf.or.kr or by telephone at 82-2-3463-5614. Korea Foundation Fellowship for Graduate Studies General Guidelines Online: http://www.kf.or.kr:8080/eng/program/fellowship3.jsp.

The following 18 individuals have been selected as recipients of the 2007–2008 Korea Foundation Fellowship for Graduate Studies in North America. They were chosen at the screening committee meeting held in conjunction with the 2007 AAS Annual Meeting in Boston. Each student was given US$15,000.

Kim, David Jee Yoon (Columbia University)
Choi, Ellie Yunjung (Harvard University)
Matsutani, Motokazu (Harvard University)
Torrey, Deberniere Janet (Pennsylvania State University)
Kim, Soojin (Ohio State University)
Lim, Sungyun (UC Berkeley)
Chung, Kimberly Mee (UC San Diego)
Tilland, Bonnie Ruth (Univ. of Washington)
Kahm, Howard Hae (UCLA)
Lee, Janet Yoon-Sun (UCLA)
Ahn, Michael (UCLA)
Kim, Suhee Elli (UCLA)
Kim, Jane Sung Hae (UCLA)
Lee, Jungsil Jenny (UCLA)
Kim, Sophia Jungmee (UCLA)
Rausch, Franklin David (Univ. of British Columbia)
Koo, Se-Woong (Stanford University)
Lee, Mary Deborah (Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa)