Student grants

The Fairbank Center, in cooperation with the other Asia related area centers at Harvard, offers a number of grants and fellowships to students and student groups interested in China. In many cases, students will complete and submit a common application available at https://asperin.fas.harvard.edu/carat/. The deadline for the common application will be in early 2009, so please check the site often to learn the exact deadline date. Funds available through the common application are marked with an *. Please follow the CARAT instructions carefully as they include all requirements and supplemental materials and submission instructions. Please contact Jorge Espada at jespada@fas.harvard.edu if you have any questions regarding the application. Award amounts generally range from $1,000 to $3,000, except as noted.

* Fairbank Center Undergraduate Summer Research Grants

These grants support undergraduate research during the summer in China or Taiwan. Preference will be given to students whose research is directly related to a senior honors thesis. Grants will not exceed $3,000. Recipients are required to submit a brief report on their work over the summer. 

* 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.

Fairbank Center Student Organization Grants

The Fairbank Center invites both undergraduate and graduate student groups to apply for funding for academic, China-related events, programs, publications or workshops. Please submit a proposal with a detailed budget to fairbank@fas.harvard.edu at least six weeks in advance of the event or project. These are small grants intended to supplement other funding. Preference is given to programs that will be held on campus. Speaker events must be open to the public.

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


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