www.aasianst.org/grants/main.htm#CIAC
Applications are specifically encouraged in the following areas:
(1): curriculum development at the college or secondary level
(2): conferences and seminars
• organization of small conferences and seminars away from major centers of Chinese studies
• travel expenses for scholars from isolated institutions to speak at major centers
• travel expenses for junior faculty from isolated institutions to attend seminars at major centers
• funding for dissertation-level graduate students to attend colloquia, workshops, and seminars related to their fields
(3): short research trips for dissertation-level graduate students, and for scholars at non-research institutions, to travel to major libraries and collections in North America and Taiwan
(4): specialist or regional newsletters or websites disseminating important information to their respective fields
(5): translations of scholarly books and articles
(6): collaborative projects in which the grant will facilitate communication and limited travel by scholars working on a common project in Taiwan and North America.
The following items are NOT eligible for funding:
(1): travel to the AAS annual meeting
(2): book subventions and publication costs
(3): repeat applications for previously funded projects and organizations.
There is no special application form. Please include:
(1): a 250-word abstract of the project
(2): a detailed budget of anticipated expenditures, including other sources of funding; requests for travel grants must specify the extent of funding available from the home institution
(3): specific amount of grant funds requested and dates of the proposed project
(4): a two-page (maximum) curriculum vitae of the director and the principal participants
(5): in the case of graduate students, a letter of support from their dissertation advisor, without which the application will not be considered. This letter should be sent by the advisor to the AAS Secretariat and must be received by the application deadline.
Applications and queries should be sent by regular mail to CIAC Grants, AAS, 1021 E. Huron Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA. For questions, please e-mail Matthew Sommer at msommer@stanford.edu.The deadline for receiving applications in our Ann Arbor office is FEBRUARY 1, 2010. Applications will only be considered for projects that begin on or after May 1, 2010, and will be completed on or before April 30, 2011. Awards will be decided by the China and Inner Asia Council at the 2010 Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, and applicants will be notified of decisions shortly thereafter. Successful applicants are required to submit a final report to CIAC and AAS.
NOTE: AAS grants take the form of reimbursement rather than payment in advance. Original receipts need to be retained and reimbursement is only for actual expenses incurred up to the amount of the grant awarded.
NOTE ABOUT INDIRECT COSTS: The AAS is unable to support funding requests for indirect costs from applicants to its small grant programs. The AAS is a membership organization rather than a funding agency, and conducts its grant programs as a service to the field through the voluntary help of its members. Funds for all grant programs originate from outside agencies, and individual awards are quite modest. We therefore ask applicants’ home institutions to waive their normal indirect cost requirements.