SEAA News Blog: Grants

The Esherick-Ye Foundation's mission is to support the next generation of China Scholars. Applications for the 2025 Fellowship will soon be available on their website, https://www.esherick-yefoundation.org/

Prospective applicants should review the Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies page, the 2023 China Studies in an Uncertain Age report, and the recently launched China Digital Archives Mapping Project to understand ACLS’ goals, t

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars Fellowships in Buddhist Studies places recent recipients of the PhD in professional positions at host institutions (museums, libraries, and publications) that present and interpret knowledge of Buddhist traditions. The selected Buddhism Public Scholars will use their academic knowledge and professional expertise to bolster the capacity of host institutions in the area of Buddhist art and thought in any tradition and location where Buddhism is practiced.

ACLS has just opened the second competition for The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars, an initiative made possible by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation's renewed financial support to ACLS for its Program in Buddhist Studies.

The Esherick-Ye Family Foundation is pleased to announce its seventh annual competition for small grants of up to $6,000 to support projects in modern Chinese economic, social, and political history or in archaeology.

The Needham Research Institute, located in Cambridge, UK, is currently welcomes applications for the following research opportunities: 

The Jing Brand Scholarships in Chinese Science and Civilisation

The Ho Peng Yoke Fellowship in the History of Science and Technology in China (2022-2023)

The UCLA Program for Early Modern Southeast Asia (PEMSEA), a collaborative project among UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai’i-Mānoa Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington, funded by the Henry Luce Foundation’s Southeast Asia Initiative, is inviting research proposals from graduate students and scholars that focus on climate and anthropogenic change, disaster responses, and interactions (i.e., trade) during

The National Geographic Society has recently announced they are opening applications to the Meridian Projects and National Geographic Society Grants Program. Please find more details here: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/funding-opportunities/grants/

Meridian Projects

Grants in Modern Chinese History or Archaeology from the Esherick-Ye Family Foundation

The Esherick-Ye Family Foundation is pleased to announce its sixth annual competition for small grants of up to $6,000 to support projects in modern Chinese economic, social, and political history or in archaeology.

What is the DRH? 

The DRH is a massive, standardized, searchable encyclopedia of the current best scholarly opinion on historical religious traditions and the historical record more generally.

It allows users to instantly gain an overview of the state of scholarly opinion and access powerful, built-in analytic and data visualization tools.

Want to contribute? 

If you are a historian or religious studies expert, you can help make the DRH better. It is a great chance to contribute to an important academic resource. The DRH is actively recruiting experts to fill out entries on East Asian religion. Entries may be written in Chinese OR English.

Benefits of Writing an Entry: Contribute to an international database on world history; Receive a publication credit; Honorarium available while funds last for complete entries finished within 60 days. 

Entry Requirements: Introductory paragraph (approx. 400 words); All quantitative questions answered; As many qualitative comments as possible (no set word count); Approximately 20-40 pdf pages (number will vary based on topic).

Contact Editor: Matthew Hamm (mattjhamm@gmail.com)

Editor, Archaeological East Asia: Katrinka Reinhart (reinhart@stanford.edu)

https://religiondatabase.org/landing/get-involved 

Introductory video: https://youtu.be/X7V0WNe2PrA