Shum Graduate Fellowship

2009–2010 Competition Announcement

The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies is pleased to announce the new Shum Graduate Fellowship. Desmond Shum is the chairman of Ocean Pacific Investment Management, based in Beijing. He has been associated with China Vest, an American venture capital firm set up in China in 1983, a company which now manages $300 million. He is the former CEO of CNWireless Consulting. In February 2001 he participated in the Harvard Asia Business Conference as a panelist on information and technology, where he discussed “The Future of Wireless in China.”

Two fellowships will be awarded. Preference in awarding the fellowships will be given to students in the fields of government, public policy, public administration, economics, law and sociology, according to the terms of the gift.

Competition is open to all Harvard PhD candidates from any school within the university specializing in a field of the social sciences.

Total stipend for one year: $20,000
Application deadline: 15 March 2009

Applicants should submit a brief letter setting out the title of their project, the institution in China where they will be affiliated, and their planned dates of travel.

In addition, applicants should provide a project description of no more than two pages, a letter of support from their thesis supervisor, and if available a letter of acceptance from the Chinese institution. The deadline for these materials is 15 March 2009.

Mail the application and supporting documents to:

Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Attn: Shum Fellowship
CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Tel.: 617-495-4046
Fax: 617-496-2420

Current fellows and research interests