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This page presents a list of fellowships, grants, and awards related to East Asian interests. UVA administered grants are listed on this page below. National and international sources of funding are listed under the following linked pages.
FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship) Awards
The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (also known as FLAS or Title VI) is an award for students concentrating in modern foreign language and a program that includes international or area studies. Academic-year (AY) fellowships are for nine months of study at the University of Virginia beginning Fall semester. The award includes a stipend, payment of tuition, and required health clinic and student activity fees. Each fellowship includes an institutional payment and a subsistence allowance. The estimated institutional payment for an academic year 2010-2011 fellowship is $18,000 for a graduate student and $10,000 for an undergraduate student. The estimated subsistence allowance for an academic year 2010-2011 fellowship is $15,000 for a graduate student and $5,000 for an undergraduate student. No dependency allowances are offered.
FLAS fellowships are contingent upon funding from the U.S. Department of Education; no awards are guaranteed until funding notification, expected in late Spring 2010.
Languages by Area
The US Department of Education has approved FLAS funded study of the following languages. If you are applying to more than one funding area you must complete a separate application for each one.
East Asia: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan
South Asia: Bengali, Hindi, Persian, Tibetan, Urdu
Eligibility Requirements
The FLAS Fellowship competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students of the University of Virginia who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents who are enrolled in a full-time program (either domestic or overseas) that combines modern foreign language training in the above mentioned language, with international or area studies.
Undergraduates students must be at the intermediate or advanced level of language proficiency
A FLAS fellow must register for a course in the language of the award each quarter and earn a grade of B or better; combine language study with area or international studies, or the international aspects of professional studies; and complete an online Performance Report by June 1, 2011 as required by the U.S. Department of Education.
With the approval from the United States Department of Education, Academic Year FLAS awards may be used for full-time dissertation research provided that the student is at the advanced level of language proficiency. The use of the foreign language in dissertation research must be extensive enough to be able to consider the language improvement facilitated by the research equal to improvement that would be obtained from a full academic year’s worth of formal classroom instruction. Use of the FLAS fellowship for dissertation research is not encouraged by the U.S. Department of Education. The U.S. Department of Education prefers that students apply to the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad. All overseas programs of study must be at the intermediate or advanced level of language proficiency and must be approved by the United States Department of Education at least thirty (30) days prior to the start of the program.
Application Submission: all materials to Dr. Richard Cohen, Managing Director, Asia Institute, P.O. Box 400169, 110 Minor Hall, by March 1, 2010
An applicant must submit: 1. .Application Form, 2. Statement of Purpose and 3. Transcript
Recommenders must submit: 1. Language Recommendation and 2. Academic Recommendation
Application Form
PRIZE
Cash award of $2,500, up to $1,300 in Airfare to Asia, Award Certificate, and Recognition in Graduation Ceremonies
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.
The deadline for all applications is 3:00pm Friday, April 2nd, 2010. No electronic submissions, please.
To access the application, click here.
The deadline for application is Monday March 15, 2010 at 2 pm.
The Irwin S. Penn Memorial Scholarship provides three grants of up to $3,300 each in travel funding to China for University of Virginia Graduate Students (any discipline) for the purpose of language study or dissertation research. Funds may be used either during the summer of 2010 or during the 2010-2011 academic year.
Applicants must submit a completed application form, transcripts; a statement of purpose including the proposed course of study or research and how this will further her or his graduate career; and two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the applicant’s faculty advisor. For students traveling to China for language study, the second letter of recommendation must be from a language instructor with whom the applicant has worked. Applicants applying for both the Weedon and Penn scholarships can submit one application and set of supporting materials for both scholarships. Applications are available at the East Asia Center Office or online. Completed applications must be turned in to the East Asia Center Office (B031 New Cabell Hall) no later than 2 pm, Monday, March 15th, 2010. No electronic submissions please.
This grant is awarded by the East Asia Center at the University of Virginia. Funds granted are to be used towards the cost of round-trip air fare between Charlottesville and East Asia. Travel within an Asian country will not be covered by the grant.
Both students and faculty members are eligible. Applicants must plan to be in East Asia at least two weeks for study or research. They are also required to be in residence at the University the following academic year and must be willing to share their newly acquired knowledge with the University community via lectures, seminars, and/or other presentations. Student applicants must spend eight weeks or more in East Asia to be eligible for funding up to full round trip air fare. A complete statement of eligibility, selection criteria, and application procedures may be found in the Weedon Travel Grant Information listed below. The deadline for application is March 15th, 2010 at 2 pm.
Faculty Development Grants
The EAC makes available to all East Asia-related faculty holding long-term paid appointments “Faculty Development Grants.” The grant is designed to provide supplemental funds of up to $500 per application to help defray the costs
associated with: participating in East Asia-related workshops and conferences
both in the U.S. and abroad by presenting or commenting on papers; research-related activities such as materials acquisition, transcription, and translation; and costs associated with the editing and publication of a manuscript (subventions). Applicants need to have applied for other applicable funding, such as departmental travel funds, in order to be eligible for this award. A separate application is required. Applications may be submitted to the EAC Grants Committee any time during fall and spring semesters up to two weeks before the date of the last class meeting.
Application
Founders Student Travel Grants to Asia
In 2002, on the occasion of the retirement of veteran Chinese language teacher Gilbert Roy and historian John Israel, alumni began to contribute to the Founders endowment fund in honor of the faculty who contributed to the founding and expansion of East Asia studies at the University of Virginia. The Founders Travel Grant is a special honor to a student planning language work in East Asia, and it supplements the available Weedon travel grants. Contributions continue to be welcome to this fund.
One or more Founders Student Travel Grants to Asia of $1000 are awarded using the Weedon Travel Grant process. A separate application is not necessary. The deadline for application is 2pm, March 15th, 2010.
The Mastercard Asian Studies Scholarship competition is held annually. This scholarship was established by Ms. Rebecca George and H. Eugene Lockhart Jr. to encourage the study of Asia. It is based on merit with a successful candidate showing excellence in language study and creative approaches to topics in South Asian or East Asian studies or languages. The award will go toward the payment of tuition and fees. South Asia or East Asia majors who apply for the Distinguished Majors Program will automatically be considered for the Mastercard Scholarship. The deadline for consideration of the Mastercard Scholarship is Friday, March 19th, 2010, when the DMP applications are due. A separate application is not required for the Mastercard Scholarship. For details about the Distinguished Majors Program, please visit
http://www.virginia.edu/deallc/degreeprograms_dmp.html
UVA's Semester at Sea program is inaugurating a brand new mini-program this spring with a particular focus on China and Chinese Studies. To promote the program, *the CY Tung Program in Sino-US Relations,* the Semester at Sea is *offering two $20,000 scholarships to undergraduates working in the area of China studies who sign up for our 2010 Spring Voyage *and participate fully in our program. The Spring 2010 Semester at Sea Voyage departs from the Pacific Coast just south of San Diego on January 17 and travels to Hawaii, Japan, China, Vietnam, India, Mauritius, South Africa, Ghana and Brazil before returning to Florida on May 5. Students take classes in classrooms aboard the ship while it sails between ports, stopping for five days of educational field trips and sight-seeing in each country. For full details, please see the voyage website at: http://www.semesteratsea.org/voyages/upcoming-voyages/spring-2010.php.
On this voyage, we are offering a special course with a focus on China-US relations, co-taught by Profs. John Israel (University of Virginia emeritus) and Shen Dingli (Fudan University, one of China’s foremost experts on American studies, with a particular focus on US-China relations). In addition, Jonathan Spence from Yale will be delivering special lectures for the full shipboard community; and the Tung family, which funded this program, will be assisting us in preparing field experiences in Asian ports. The two students awarded $20,000 CY Tung scholarships will be expected to enroll in this class (plus three others) and participate in Asian field programs, but otherwise would be treated like any other student on the voyage. Five Chinese students from Fudan will also be participating in this program with the assistance of CY Tung scholarships.
Procedure:
Students interested in being considered for this scholarship should contact Prof. Leonard Schoppa (Schoppa@virginia.edu <mailto:Schoppa@virginia.edu>) and provide the following items by October 26: 1) a letter of interest; 2) an unofficial transcript; 3) and the name of a China studies professor who has agreed to supply a letter of recommendation. Please ask the professor to email a letter of recommendation directly to Prof. Schoppa. If you are selected, you will be notified, by email, by November 1. At that point, you will need to apply to the Semester at Sea program, being careful to satisfy all of our admissions requirements, along with the procedures of the Study Abroad Office at your home institution. The cost for sailing on the spring voyage ranges from $22,395 to $31,495, depending on your choice of room arrangements, so $20,000 will offset most of this cost.
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