Grants and Awards Archive
EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA) 2020
Research Grant Program of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Travel grant: Sino-Tibetan Languages: Research Methodologies and Approaches to Linguistic Field Studies and Language Documentation among Tibeto-Burman Speaking Minorities in China
Call for Applications: Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants and China Travel Grants
CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant 2021
Announcement of the Charles Leslie Prize 2020
EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA)
Max Weber Foundation China Travel Grants
PhD studentship: Mining ‘realms of memory’ for alternative histories of Mao’s China
CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant 2018
Call for Submissions: EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA)
Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants
CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant 2017
CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant 2016
Deadlines: 20th Mar & Oct 2016
Thanks to the continued support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation the EACS also in 2016 is able to fund one-week visits for specialised research in Sinological libraries in Berlin, Cambridge, Heidelberg, Leiden, London, Munich, Oxford or Paris. Applications received before the two deadlines of March 20 and October 20 will be considered within 3 weeks after receipt.
Price of the French-Taiwanese Cultural Foundation
Deadline: 30th Jun 2016
The French-Taiwanese Cultural Foundation was established in 1996 under the aegis of the French Academy for Social and Moral Sciences with the purpose of “awarding every year two prizes to natural persons or legal entities whose achievements or projects in the fields of arts, culture or social sciences contribute to the enhancement of cultural exchange between Taiwan and Europe.”
EACS Young Scholar Award 2016
Deadline: 15th Jan 2016
The Board of the European Association for Chinese Studies is pleased to announce again the EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA). The purpose of this award is to encourage research in Chinese studies among young scholars, especially, but not exclusively, scholars studying and working at European institutions.
The Young Scholar Award is made possible through generous support by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. It was first awarded during the 2004 biennial conference in Heidelberg. Almost all papers submitted by shortlisted candidates in previous competitions have now appeared as peer-reviewed publications. The next YSA will be announced at the XXI biennial conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, in August 2016.
Eligibility
Candidates for the YSA should be 35 years of age or below (2016 YSA candidates must have been born in 1981 or later) AND their rank of academic employment should be below that of Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer or the equivalent ranks in other systems.… Read more ⤻
EACS Young Scholar Award 2014
Winner
Chen LI (University of Oxford, UK) | Stone Carved Tombs of the Han Dynasty: A Study on the Origins
Short-listed Candidates
Yu TAO (University of Oxford, UK) | Enemies of the State or Friends of the ‘Harmonious Society’?: Religious Groups and Collective Protests in Contemporary Rural China
Huiyi WU (Needham Research Institute, UK) | A Dialogue of Irreconcilables, or How an Eighteenth-Century French Jesuit translated a ‘Modern Atheist Chinese Philosopher’
Deadline: 15th Jan 2014
The Board of the European Association for Chinese Studies is pleased to announce again the EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA). The purpose of this award is to encourage research in Chinese studies among young scholars, especially, but not exclusively, scholars studying and working at European institutions.
We very much welcome submissions from candidates world-wide. The Young Scholar Award is made possible through generous support by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. It was first awarded during the 2004 biennial conference in Heidelberg.… Read more ⤻
CCK Foundation Library Travel Grant 2014
Deadlines: 20th Mar & Oct 2014
Thanks to the continued support of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation the EACS also in 2014 is able to fund one-week visits for specialised research in Sinological libraries in Berlin, Cambridge, Heidelberg, Leiden, London, Munich, Oxford or Paris.
Applications received before the two deadlines of March 20 and October 20 will be considered within 3 weeks after receipt.
Applicants should be Sinologists based permanently in Europe and preferably paid-up members of the EACS. Applications from non-members will be considered, especially in case of students and young scholars (up to 35 years), if accompanied by a recommendation letter from an EACS member.
Priorities are given to applicants as follows:
a. Central and Eastern Europe students
b. Western Europe students
c. Central and Eastern Europe scholars
d. Western Europe scholars
APPLICATIONS must include:
1) a letter stating the library to be visited and intended dates of travel;
2) a statement of purpose, to include a short description of the research project, including precise indication of the sources and material to be used (the easiest way to obtain this information is to consult the electronic catalogues of the respective libraries accessible also through the EACS website);
3) a written statement obtained from the Librarian of the institute where the proposed visit is to take place confirming that the research materials required are available for consultation;
4) a one-page curriculum vitae with a list of main publications (in case of more advanced scholars);
5) a statement of the travel expenses (Apex economy airfare or 2nd class rail fare), including a note of other sources of funding;
6) in the case of PhD students, a letter of recommendation from their supervisor;
7) in the case of non-members, a letter of recommendation from an EACS member;
8) address for correspondence, including e-mail.… Read more ⤻
Call for Applications: CEFC short-term mobility grant for doctoral research on contemporary China
Deadline: May 10th 2013
French version see below. The French Centre for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC) is offering three fieldwork grants for doctoral students, ranging from one to three months, to be carried out between June 2013 and December 2013 in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan. The grant comprises a monthly stipend of 1200 € as well as a round-trip air ticket between Europe and China, Hong Kong or Taiwan, within the limit of 1000 €.
Applicants shall satisfy the following eligibility criteria:
- Be enrolled in a doctoral program in a French or European university (located in a member-state of the European Union or of the European Higher Education Area), in the field of humanities and social sciences.
- Their research project must be situated within the scope of the CEFC’s mandate, which is to study political, economic, social and cultural developments in Greater China.
Within the framework of this grant, beneficiaries accept to:
- Submit to the CEFC a short report on their fieldwork, which may be included for example in the annual activity report of the Centre.
French-Taiwanese Cultural Foundation Award
Deadline: 30th Jun 2012
The French-Taiwanese Cultural Foundation was established in 1996 under the aegis of the French Academy for Social and Moral Sciences with the purpose of “awarding every year two prizes for artistic or literary works that shed light on relations between Taiwan and Europe and/or contribute to the enhancement of cultural exchange between Taiwan and Europe.”
Each prize rises to €25,000. Any natural person or legal entity from any European country or from Taiwan, whoEACS Young Scholar Award 2012
Deadline: 15th Jan 2012
The Board of the European Association for Chinese Studies is pleased to announce again the EACS Young Scholar Award (YSA). The purpose of this award is to encourage research in Chinese studies among young scholars, especially, but not exclusively, scholars studying and working at European institutions.
We very much welcome submissions from candidates world-wide.The Young Scholar Award is made possible through