Grants and Scholarships for Chinese Studies in the UK

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE STUDIES

BACS HOMEPAGE

BACS TAIWAN STUDENTSHIPS

PAST/OLD FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES (which may recur)

GREAT BRITAIN-CHINA CENTRE FUNDING LINKS PAGE

CURRENT FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS

The Taiwan Ministry of Education (MoE) and the National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan both run competitive scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate degree study in Taiwan.
Further information

BACS-Taiwan Studentships/ Ministry of Education Mandarin Enrichment (Lanuguage) Scholarships
BACS administers a competitive scholarship on behalf of the Taiwan Ministry of Education for one-year language programmes at approved centres and universities in Taiwan. (Unfortunately, the two-month scholarships are no longer available)
January annual application deadlines. Contact your Chinese dept for information on application
2009 application deadline (for submission to BACS - internal departmental deadlines will be earlier) is 16 January
Further information

Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation / EACS Library Travel Grants
The European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS) administers a travel grant on behalf of the Chiang-Ching Kuo Foundation for postgraduate students of Chinese Studies at European universities wishing to visit other European libraries with Chinese Studies collections.
Application deadlines are: 15th March, 15th June, 15th September and 15th December every year.
Go to http://www.soas.ac.uk/eacs/ccklib.htm for details and application.

National Central Library (Taiwan) Centre for Chinese Studies Research Grant Programme. The scheme offers a return economy air fare and a monthly allowance for between 3-12 months, for staff or doctoral students in Chinese Studies undertaking research in Taiwan. See the CCS website at http://ccs.ncl.edu.tw/ccs/EN/Reward.asp for further details, application form and regulations.
31 May annual deadline

The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies 'mini-projects'. Employees of UK higher education institutions may bid for up to £1,000. Projects must relate to the learning and teaching of languages, linguistics or area studies in UK higher education and be of benefit to the wider community. For full details visit http://www.llas.ac.uk/news/2839

Funding can be used for a variety of purposes, including buyout of teaching time (for action research projects), hiring venues, catering, travel bursaries, small equipment purchases (e.g. recording devices), and reasonable travel expenses.
AREA STUDIES is among the priority areas for funding.

Other sources of funding:
For information about postgraduate and other funding see the Great Britain-China Centre funding page: www.gbcc.org.uk/grants.htm. As far as BACS is aware there is no dedicated fund available to help finance Chinese Studies at the undergraduate level in the UK. Individual universities may have their own bursaries available. Students should contact their home institution for information.

© BACS 2002-	Honorary Secretary Norman Stockman
	secretary@bacsuk.org.uk