ELIGIBILITY
Competition is open to all graduating fourth-year students, any major, with 12 credit hours in South or East Asia-related courses, including at least 6 credit hours in Asian history. Candidates must have a demonstrated record of academic excellence and a commitment to pursue Asia-related interests in graduate school, professional school, or in a career.

TO APPLY
Submit 1) the application form (available online at www.virginia.edu/eastasia or at 214 Randall Hall); 2) a copy of your official transcript; 3) two letters of recommendation; 4) a 500-word statement of purpose; and 5) an academic paper of at least 1,000 words from an Asian history course to Professor Brad Reed, 214 Randall Hall.

To access the application, click here.

Irwin S. Penn Memorial Scholarship

Founders Student Travel Grant

Please refer to the listed sites for current application deadlines.

Fellowships and Grants

• Asia-Specific Grants

Information/Application:
Institute of International Education
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017-3580
(212) 984-5487
Freeman-ASIA@iie.org

http://www.iie.org/pgms/Freeman-ASIA

Luce Scholars Program
This program provides fellowships for work in an Asian country.  Its purpose is less academic than it is to expose young scholars to Asia.  Consequently, it is offered only to college graduates who would not normally come in contact with Asia in the course of their careers.  Fellowships run from late August to mid-July of the following year.

Applicants must be of US citizenship, hold at least a bachelor’s degree, and be no more than 29 years old at the beginning of the program.  Nominations must be made by early December, and interviews are held in late December or early January.

Information/Application:
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
111 West Fiftieth Street
New York, NY 10020
(212) 480-7700

http://www.hluce.org/3scholfm.html
 
 

• Non-Asia-Specific Grants

Academy for International and Area Studies Scholars Program
This program provides scholars opportunities for advanced work in their social science discipline and geographical area of interest.  It is given to doctoral students and recent recipients of the Ph.D. who show promise of becoming leading scholars at leading universities.  All course work and general examinations must be completed by the time the program begins. Pre-doctoral scholars receive an annual stipend of $24,000; for post-doctoral scholars, it is $36,000.

For furhter information, e-mail Beth Baiter at bbaiter@cfia.harvard.edu

http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy

Brookings Institution  

• Foreign Policy Studies Predoctoral Fellowship Program

Inquiries:
Gregory Michaelidis
(202) 797-6016
fpcomment@brook.edu

http://www.brookings.org/admin/fellowships.htm
 

• Governmental Studies Predoctoral Fellowship Program

Inquiries:
Dr. R. Kent Weaver
(202) 797-6054
Kweaver@brook.edu

http://www.brookings.org/admin/fellowships.htm

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, this fellowship is awarded to Ph.D., Th.D., Ed.D. candidates who are writing on ethical or religious values. Eligible research projects would include projects that focus on the ethical implications of foreign  policy, values influencing political decisions, the moral codes of other cultures, and religious or ethical issues reflected in history or literature.  Applicants should also have all doctoral requirements except the dissertation completed by the time of application.  Applicants should also be aware that they can only be considered once for the fellowship (i.e. once rejected, scholars cannot apply any other year.)  Scholarship offers a stipend of $16,000 to support twelve months of dissertation writing, beginning June or September.  Deadline: Late November.

Information/Application:
Newcombe Dissertation Fellowships
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
P.O. Box 642
Princeton, NJ  08542-0642
(609) 924-4666
charlotte@woodrow.org

http://www.woodrow.org/newcombe/index.purpose.html

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Research Abroad Program
The Fulbright-Hays provides funds for research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies for doctoral students and established faculty. Area studies may include projects that focus on economic, political science, geography, environmental studies, and sociology, but not Western Europe.  Doctoral dissertation grants require a minimum of 6 months in the host country
or countries. Deadline: November  (UVA institutional deadline one month prior - October)

Information/Application:
Center for International Education
US Department of Education
Washington, DC  20202-5331
OR:  Kobby Hoffman in UVA’s grant office for more details (Cabell 422B)

Fulbright US Student Program
This Fulbright grant is administered by the US Information Agency (USIA) and is different from the Fulbright-Hays.  Most of these grants are to cover one academic year abroad.  Funds generally provide for transportation, language courses, tuition in some cases, research allowances, and living expenses for the year.  For certain countries (in Asia, Taiwan and Korea), one might also be considered for a travel grant.  Only US citizens are eligible and preference will
be given those whose higher education was received primarily at US institutions.  Applicant must also hold at least a BA or equivalent but may not hold a doctoral degree at the time of application.  See program details for exceptions.

Like the Fulbright-Hays, this grant must go through University channels.  Applicants will also be interviewed by a committee of former Fulbright scholars at the University.  Applications are available through the East Asia Center
or in Cabell 444.

Information/Application:
USIA Fulbright Student Program
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017-3580
(212) 984-5330

Institute for the Study of World Politics
ISWP Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are generally--though not exclusively--awarded to students of political science, economics, international relations and history. It is important that the project focus on topics that have unusual significance for international affairs--for example arms proliferation/reduction, management and distribution of world’s resources, world health and welfare, human rights, international organizations, or post-Cold War developments.

Fellowships are awarded to Ph.D. candidates who have completed course work and who will be conducting dissertation research during the year in question.  Applicants may be citizens of any country, but they must be pursuing degrees from US institutions.  Four to Five reference letters are requested.

ISWP also awards the Dorothy Danforth Compton fellowships, which are given to African American, Hispanic American, or Native American students pursuing their MA or Ph.D. degrees.  The same eligibility requirements as described above apply.  

Information/Application:
Stephen Paschke, Associate Director
Institute for the Study of World Politics
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

National Gallery of Art-Center for Adv. Study in the Visual Arts
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts is a research institute that fosters study of the production, use, and cultural meaning of art, artifacts, and architecture from prehistoric times to the present. It was founded in 1979 as part of the National Gallery of Art.

http://www.nga.gov/resources/casva.html

NSF’s Political Science program offers doctoral improvement grants twice a year.  Deadlines are usually December 15 and January 15.  Grants are typically no more than $8,000.  Be forewarned, this application is particularly time-consuming to complete and will require signatures from your primary adviser, the department chair, the dean (go to Grants office Cabell 422B), and the director of sponsored
programs (Carruthers Hall).  Allow at least 3 days to collect signatures of dean and director of
sponsored programs.

NSF no longer sends application forms by mail; forms are provided only electronically.
They are available at http://www.nsf.gov/.

Information/Application:
National Science Foundation
Forms and Publications Unit
4201 Wilson Blvd.- Room P15
Arlington, VA 22230
(703) 306-1130
e-mail: pubs@nsf.gov

National Security Education Program
NSEP offers fellowships to both undergraduate and graduate students to study overseas.  It is designed to increase student involvement in less commonly taught languages, area studies, and other international fields.  Upon completion of the program or research, students are required to work for the federal government or in the field of education as a form of repayment. In the past, applications could be acquired through the University of Virginia’s International
Studies office.

Information/Application:
National Security Education Program
PO Box 47103
Washington, D.C., 20050-7103
(703) 696-1991

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships
This scholarship is aimed at promoting international understanding and goodwill through study abroad.  Studies must take place in a country that has a Rotary Club.  The scholarship is granted for one academic year (9 months) and includes tuition, travel, living expenses, academic fees, and some educational supplies.

http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/index.html

Information/Application:
Margaret Omori, Supervisor
Scholarship Awards Section
Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
One Rotary Center
1560 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
(708) 866-3000

SSRC International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships
This program is open to full-time graduate students in the social sciences and humanities -- regardless of citizenship -- enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States. Standard fellowships will provide support for nine months of field research and related expenses, rarely to exceed $16,000.  The fellowship must be held for a single continuous period of at least six months.

http://www.ssrc.org/

U.S. Institute of Peace - Peace Scholar Fellowship
The Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship supports the research and writing dissertations that address the sources and nature of international conflict and the strategies that have been employed to deal with them.  The U.S. Institute of Peace will support work conducted at one’s university and /or at relevant field research sites.  Citizens of all countries are eligible, but they must be enrolled in US institutions.  Awards ($7000) are given for twelve months.

Information/Application:
United States Institute of Peace
Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace
1550 M. Street, NW
Washington, DC  20005-1708
 (202) 457-1700
 

http://www.blakemorefoundation.org/

Information/Application:
James N. Tu
China Times Cultural Foundation
43-27 Thirty-sixth Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 937-6110

Korea Foundation Fellowship for Korean Language Training
Fellowships are designed to assist university students, faculty members, and other professionals who wish to learn Korean at a Korean university for six , nine, or twelve months.  Fellowships are to be carried out at one of the language institutes specified by the foundation.  Fellows will be expected to engage in language training full time. Fellowship provides for tuition.

Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. as well as faculty members and professionals who work in institutions related to Korea.  Applicants should have basic Korean language ability, but applicants who have long-tern plans for a career in Korean studies will still be considered even if they do not have any Korean language ability.  Those under the age of 30
will be given priority. 

Information/Application:
Fellowship for Korean Studies
The Korea Foundation
C.P.O. Box 2147
Seoul, Korea
Telephone: (82-2) 753-6553

OR:

Fellowship for Korean Studies
The Korea Foundation
526, 5-ga
Namdaemun-no, Chung-gu
Seoul, Korea

Middlebury Summer Language Schools
Middlebury College offers summer programs in Chinese and Japanese,  Programs are held in Middlebury, Vermont, where students pledge to use the foreign language the entire time they are there.  This means no English newspapers or magazines, and all conversations in and out of the classroom are to be conducted in the foreign language.  The school offers grants and other aid to
students based on financial need.  Aid decisions are made on a rolling basis for those students accepted to the program.  

Information/Application: contact Chinese or Japanese school
Sunderland Language Center
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont 05753-6131
(802)388-3711, ext. 5520

National Security Education Program
The National Security Education program offers graduate enhancement fellowships for those who wish to study a language or culture (other than those of Western Europe, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia) in support of their graduate program.  

Information/Application:
National Security Education Program
P.O. Box 47103
Washington, DC 20050-7103
(703) 696-1991
OR: inquire in Minor Hall 208
 

China Grants (< top)

Committee on Scholarly Communications with China
This program supports graduate students enrolled in U.S. institutions who wish to do course work toward their doctoral degree and/or research for their dissertations at a Chinese university or research institute.  To be eligible, students must have at least an MA and proficiency in Chinese equal to at least three years of college-level study.

Information/Application:
Committee on Scholarly Communications with China
1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Suite 2013
Washington, DC 20007
(202)332-1250

Hopkins-Nanjing Program Scholarships
These scholarships are sponsored by the School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University. They are one-year scholarships for study at the Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, the PRC. Graduate Students, postdoctoral scholars, and professionals are eligible.   Applicants must be US citizens and should be working in Chinese studies in the areas of history, foreign policy, international relations, and economics.

Information/Application:
School of Advanced International Studies
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 663-5800

Japan Grants (< top)

Asahai Shimbun Foundation Fellowship Program
The Program provides promising scholars, artists, journalists and others of foreign (non-Japanese) nationality with the opportunity of a year's stayin Japan to develop their own academic or professional expertise as well as their knowledge of Japan.  Upon returning to their own countries, it is hoped that Fellows will contribute to international understanding and cooperation through their professional and personal activities.

Bridging Scholarships for Study in Japan
Sponsored by Association of Teachers of Japanese, the Bridging Project provides scholarships for American undergraduate students participating in study abroad programs in Japan.  Up to 30 scholarships are awarded per year.  Stipends for 2000/20001 are $2500 for semester programs and $4000 for full academic year programs.  Recipients who attend programs at Japanese universities may be eligible for additional assistance from teh Association for International
Education, Japan (AIEJ) through their host institutuions.  

ATJ
Campus Box 279
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO  80309
(303) 492-5487; (303) 492-5856 fax
e-mail:mailto:%20atj@colorado.edu

http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj
 

Center for Global Partnership Science Fellowship Program
Launched in 1992, this program enables American senior-level and postdoctoral scientists and engineers to visit Japan. Under this program American scientists and engineers may apply for support of 3-24 month research stays at Japanese corporate, government or academic research facilities.

http://www.nsf.gov/

Fulbright Program Award in Japan (for US nationals)
This USIA-sponsored program is awarded to support visiting lecturers, research scholars and graduate students from the United States in Japan.  Applications that focus on Japanese studies, international relations, and problems of contemporary Japanese society are encouraged.  The award supports a 3-12 month stay in Japan (200,000-430,000 yen /month).  Only US citizens are eligible.

Information/Application:
US Student Programs Division
Institute of International Education
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017-3580
(212) 883-8200

Japan Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
This fellowship is awarded to doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences who wish to conduct four to fourteen months of research in Japan.  Students must have all requirements save the dissertation completed by the beginning of the award.  Students must also have sufficient proficiency in Japanese. The Japan Foundation awards a stipend of 310,000 yen, with additional funds for travel, settling in, and other activities.

Information/Application:
The Japan Foundation New York office
152 West fifty-seventh Street
Thirty-ninth Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 489-0299

http://www.jfny.org/jfny/fellow.htm

Japan Foundation and Language Center (Los Angeles) Research Grants
A variety of research, teaching, and Japanese language study grants are detailed on the following website. Additionally, the website provides instructions for receiving applications which are currently available.

http://www.jflalc.org/jflc/jflanggrantA99_00.html

Japanese Government (Monbusho) Scholarship
Monbusho offers scholarships to foreign students who wish to study at Japanese universities as research students for the academic year the Japanese Government Scholarship program. Applicants must be university or college graduates. For further information, contact the Japanese Embassy or Consulate nearest you. 

Japan-US Friendship Commission
The Commision remains interested in sponsoring research with a policy orientation on two topics:  international competition codes in the context of US-Japan trade issues; and social change and trends in Japan (e.g. aging issues, migration, women' s issues etc.)

 http://www2.dgsys.com/~jusfc/commissn/commissn.html

Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
This web-site offers information on a variety of scholarships for those interested in pursuing Japanese studies.

http://www.aiej.orjp/scsh/scsh.html
 

Korea Affiliated Grants (< top)

Information/Application:
Fellowship for Korean Studies
The Korea Foundation
526,  5-ga
Namdaemun-no, Chung-gu
Seoul, Korea
or:
Fellowship for Korean Studies
The Korea Foundation
526,  5-ga
Namdaemun-no, Chung-gu
Seoul, Korea
 

Postdoctoral Opportunities (< top)

Abe Fellowship Problem
The Abe Fellowship Program supports postdoctoral research in Japan on contemporary policy-relevant issues.  Funds are provided by the Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership.  

http://www.ssrc.org/abefell.htm

American Council of Learned Societies/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships
Salary replacement for scholars pursuing research and writing on the societies and cultures of Asia, Africa, the Near and Middle East, Latin America, East Europe, and the former Soviet Union. 

http://www.acls.org/pstdguid.htm

Australian National University Institute of Advanced Studies Fellowships
Two-year fellowships for postgraduate research and study, both generally and in relation to subjects of national importance to Australia. 

http://www.anu.eud.au/academia/ias.html

Harvard University Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations offers a small number of fellowships for the study o issues in U.S.-Japan relations, Japan’s relations with other countries, and domestic issues that bear on Japan’s international behavior.  Ten-month awards (in residence at Harvard) allow Fellows to complete a major research project while taking part in the activities of the program.  

Associate Director
Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
1737 Cambridge St., Room 502
Cambridge, MA  02138-3099
617-495-1890
e-mail: us_japan@cfia.harvard.edu

http://hdc-www.harvard.edu/cfia/us-japan

Japan Foundation for the Promotion of Science
Fellowships for researchers wishing to conduct scientific research in Japan.  

http://www.jsps.go.jp/e-home.htm

Lund (Sweden) University Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies
Postdoctoral Fellowship for reserach on politics, economics, and society in Southeast Asia. Applicants may not be more than five years beyond the PhD.  The fellowship is 240,000 Swedish Kronor plus office facilities.  Non-native speakers of English must provide evidence of proficiency in English with application. 

Southeast Asian Fellowship Secretary
Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies
Lund University, Box 792
SE-22007, Lund, Sweden.
Phone:  46-46-222-30-12; Fax:  46-46-222-30-41

http://www.lu.se/ace/

SSRC Advanced Research on Japan
Individual postdoctoral research grants for related to Japan in the social sciences and humanities.

http://www.ssrc.org/
 

Employment/Internship Opportunities (< top)

Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET)
One- or two-year teaching opportunities for college graduates in Japan.

http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/jet/index.html

Nichibei Pathfinding Opportunity (NPOP)
NPOP provides one-month internships with non-profit organizations in the Tokyo area.  The
program is run by the Japan-US Community Education and Exchange (JUCEE) organization of
Oakland, CA.  The program fee of $2500 includes transportation, room, and board.  Program
dates:  July 14th-August 28th, 2000.  Application deadline:  April 1, 2000.

Contact information:
Kerrie Urosevich, Senior Program Associate
Nichibei Pathfinding Opportunity (NPOP)
Japan-US Community Education and Exchange (JUCEE)
1440 Broadway Suite 501
Oakland, CA  94612
(510) 267-1920 ext. 46; (510) 267-1922 fax

http://www.jucee.org/

http://www.eltnews.com/home.shtml

http://usembassy.state.gov/seoul/wwwh3550.html