Included here are grants and fellowships available to students of Asian Studies and students wishing to pursue research or language study in Asia.
Graduate Student Grants and Fellowships
* Asia Center Graduate Summer Research Grants ♦
The Harvard University Asia Center offers grants to support graduate research during the summer in or relating to any country in East, South and Southeast Asia. The competition is open to graduate
students from all schools at Harvard at all stages of their academic careers. Grants will not exceed $3,000. Recipients are required to submit upon their return, a brief report on their work over the summer. Application deadline is Friday, February 29, 2008. Application and instructions available at http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/graduate_summer_standard_application.php
* Fairbank Center Graduate Summer Research Grants
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies offers grants to support graduate research during the
summer in or relating to China and Taiwan. The competition is open to graduate students from all
schools at Harvard at all stages of their academic careers.
Grants will not exceed $3,000. Recipients are required to submit upon their return, a brief report on
their work over the summer.
Application deadline is Friday, February 29, 2008. Application and instructions available at http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/graduate_summer_standard_application.php.
* Graduate Summer Language Grants for East, South and Southeast Asian Language Study (Harvard University Asia Center, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, the Korea Institute, and the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies)
These grants are for students enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program at Harvard in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or any of its professional schools for study during the summer of an East Asian language (including the Altaic languages), or of one of the languages of South or Southeast Asia. Study should take place at accredited programs outside of the United States, but exceptions may be made when this is not possible. Priority will be given to advanced study in a primary language, to the study of a secondary language that is necessary for the completion of the degree, or to the study of a secondary language that is necessary for advanced research. Grants will normally not exceed $6,000. Students are encouraged to budget realistically and, when
appropriate, to seek support from other sources, which may be combined with GSLG funds.
Students seeking support for the study of South Asian languages should also consult the grant
programs offered by the South Asia Initiative. Application deadline is Friday, February 29, 2008. Application and instructions available at http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/graduate_summer_standard_application.php Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for East Asia (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)
The University administers the FLAS graduate fellowships for East Asia. The FLAS is a federal program which supports the study of modern languages and related area courses. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, be engaged in the study of an eligible foreign language and related area courses, be preparing for a career in teaching or in public service in which proficiency in the language of application is necessary or highly desirable and be engaged in full-time study during the entire award period. Fellowships are available both for the summer and for the academic year. Eligible East Asian languages are Mandarin (at least two years' prior study), Japanese (at least two years' prior study), Korean, Tibetan, and Vietnamese. Applications for both the summer and academic year FLAS are due by January 11, 2008. For application and instructions, go to http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/flas.php.
Fung Foundation Fellowship for M.A. candidates from China and Hong Kong (with the Committee on General Scholarships) ♦
These fellowships support graduate students from China and Hong Kong enrolled in a degree program of two years or less at Harvard. Eligible fields are Public Health, Public Policy, Public Administration, Business, Architecture, Education, Engineering and East Asian studies. Each fellowship provides up to $30,000 towards the costs of the program. For additional information, please contact the Asia Center at asiactr@fas.harvard.edu.
Funding for Asia Center grants is made possible by the following funds:
Robert M., ’41, & Ellen E. Boyd Memorial Fund; William E. Braden 1941 Travel Fund; Roger A. Brooks Japan Travel Fellowships; Richard M. Cashin Jr. Fund for Asian Studies; Linda Tao & Julian & Simon Cheng Travel and Research Fund; Carlos Cordeiro Asian Initiatives Fund; Dow Nang Fan Travel Grant; Lee Merritt Folger Research Fellowships; Victor and William Fung Fellows Fund; Elise Fay Hawtin Travel and Research Fund; Stephen A. Orlins Fund; William H. Overholt, ’68, Research Fund in Honor of Ezra Vogel; Rokubei Nakajima Undergraduate Travel & Research Fund; William Morgan Palmer Fund for East Asian Studies; Ezra F. Vogel Travel Fund; NCR Corporation Endowment for East Asian Studies; Yellow Leaf Travel & Research Fund; Harvard Asia Center Endowment Fund |
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