Grants with an Application Deadline of November 15, 2024
Annual Conference Travel Grant
Thanks to the generous support from our members, we are proud to announce the newly established Annual Conference travel grant, which awards $500 to individuals to enable their conference participation.
Japan Studies Graduate Student DEI Travel Grant
Thanks to the generous support from the Japan-US Friendship Commission, we are able to offer the Japan Studies Graduate Student DEI travel grant, which awards up to $1,000 to individuals to enable their AAS conference participation.
Korea Studies Graduate Student Travel Grant
Thanks to the generous support from the Korea Foundation, we are able to offer the Korea Studies Graduate Student travel grant, which awards $500 to individuals who are current Korean Studies graduate students to enable their AAS conference participation.
Award Application Deadline: January 24, 2025
Chaplin Memorial Award for Excellence in Japanese Language Teaching
The Hamako Ito Chaplin Award for Excellence in Japanese Language Teaching is an annual prize of $1,000 that will be awarded to either a current graduate student or a full-time instructor of Japanese for excellence in Japanese language teaching at the college level.
Grant Application Deadline: February 3, 2025
AAS East and Inner Asia Council (EIAC) Small Grants
Grant application portal opening December 2024
The East and Inner Asia Council of the AAS (EIAC) makes awards of up to $2,000. Dissertation-level graduate students and scholars with special interests in China, Taiwan, East or Inner Asia are invited to submit proposals.
Gosling-Lim Fellowship
Grant application portal opening December 2024
The fellowship provides US $52,000 of funding for postdoctoral research and writing, to be expended over 8-12 months while the recipient is in residence or otherwise based at an academic institution, in Southeast Asia or abroad, other than their home institution and the institution at which their doctorate was obtained. The fellowship may be used in any discipline and for any country of Southeast Asia (i.e., Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam).
Prize Application Deadline: March 17, 2025
Graduate Student Paper Prizes
Each year the Area Councils offers a best paper prize to graduate students presenting at the Annual Conference. Submission requirements and prize amounts vary by area council.
Grants with rolling application deadlines:
AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Distinguished Speakers Bureau
The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies (NEAC) solicits applications from American colleges or universities (especially those without well-established programs on East Asia) to invite a distinguished scholar to give a public lecture on their campus, to meet with teachers and students, and possibly to visit classes.
AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants
AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants of up to $2,000 are made available to encourage education in Asian Studies.
Not currently accepting applications:
AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Japan Studies Grants
Annual Deadline: October 1
The Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Japan-US Friendship Commission, supports a variety of grant programs in Japanese studies designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines.
AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Korean Studies Grants
Annual Deadline: October 1
The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies (NEAC), in conjunction with the Korea Foundation, offers a grant program in Korean studies designed to assist the research of individual scholars based in North America to improve the quality of teaching about Korea on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Korea into the major academic disciplines.
Short-Term Research Grant in the History of Japanese Sexualities
Annual Deadline: October 1
Awards of up to $3,500 will be available for early-career scholars to cover travel and research expenses on trips to Japan for research projects focused on the history of Japanese sexualities.
Established in Honor of Mark McLelland
Cultivating the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) Research Grants in South and Southeast Asia
The application portal is closed.
Cultivating the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) Research Grants are available for short- (up to 2 months), medium (2-6 months), and long-term (12 months) research projects that advance the fields of the humanities and social sciences in South and Southeast Asia. Junior faculty, graduate students, senior or independent scholars, women, and ethnic minority groups with South or Southeast Asian nationality are encouraged to apply.
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