Grants and Scholarships for Chinese Studies in the UK

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE STUDIES

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CURRENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

BACS TAIWAN STUDENTSHIPS

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PAST FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS

Taiwan Studies Research Fellowship
The Taiwan Ministry of Education is pleased to offer 2 Fellowships comprising a return airfare and a daily maintenance allowance for research visits to Taiwan of up to 3 weeks, tenable by staff, postdocs or postgraduate students.
Application deadline for visits in 2007: 5 April 2007. Click here for further information

BACS travel grants are available for postgraduates giving a paper at the European Association for Chinese Studies bi-annual conference. Travel grants of £200 are now available for a limited number of UK-based postgraduate speakers at the XVIth EACS CONFERENCE (Ljubljana, August 30-September 3, 2006). Applicants are invited to email a copy of their abstract, a brief statement, evidence of acceptance of their paper, and full contact details (institutional affiliation, email and postal address to which travel grant should be sent) to secretary@bacsuk.org.uk. Applications must be received by 19 May 2006. Successful applicants will be informed by 24 May 2006.

Su Tian-shui Postgraduate Scholarships for the Study of the Tainan Region (Taiwan) Application deadline April 30, 2006. Two Ph.D. scholarships of NTD 100,000, each, and five M.A. scholarships of NTD 50,000. Go to http://www.aisiang.org.tw/2006.Scholarship20060205.doc for details.

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Masters Studentships
The HSBC is providing two scholarships a year for students on the MA Sinology or the MA Chinese Literature at SOAS, covering both tuition fees and a maintenance allowance for Home/ EU rate students.
Further Information www.soas.ac.uk/scholarships
Application Deadline 31 March

Contemporary China Studies Fellowship at the Center for Contemporary China (CfCC), National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Up to six six-month fellowships will be awarded to graduate students, providing return flight and a maintenance allowance. Fellows are required to be in residence for six months between September 2006 to February 2007. Click here for more information and application details
Application deadline: 30 June 2006

British Inter-University China Centre Postgraduate studentship on ‘Global China’ at the University of Manchester
Application deadline 1st May 2007.
Further information, forms and guidance notes available on www.bicc.ox.ac.uk or contact daniel.holloway@area.ox.ac.uk

In addition to applying for the studentship, applicants will need to apply separately to the University of Manchester for their chosen course. Applicants are encouraged to discuss which course will best suit their needs with Professor Hong Liu (Hong.Liu@Manchester.ac.uk) or Professor William A. Callahan (Callahan@Manchester.ac.uk), (or contact www.bicc.ox.ac.uk).

Supervisors (Ph.Ds only) Prof Hong LIU (Manchester) Dr Frank Pieke (Oxford)

The student first will take a one year foundational 'MA in China in a Comparative Perspective' where they will study Mandarin Chinese language and area studies courses on China. After the MA, the student will continue studying Mandarin, including intensive language training at a Chinese partner university such as Renmin University of China, as part of a 3 year PhD programme. After the MA, the PhD research will examine how the integration of China into global society over the last twenty-five years has impacted our understanding of contemporary China.

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.

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	secretary@bacsuk.org.uk