Senior Scholar Grants
This program supports full professors or senior scholars wishing to take one year's sabbatical leave in order to do research and writing. Senior scholar grants, which range up to US$40,000, are intended to supplement a professor's sabbatical pay. A letter of recommendation from the chairman of the department, the dean of the college, or the provost of university should be included in the application. Only a limited number of senior scholar grants are available annually.
The Foundation's grants provide support for research on Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences.
When preparing itemized budgets, please use US dollars as the unit of currency.
Funding is not available for university administrative costs including overhead or endowments.
The Foundation does not subsidize administrative expenses or the purchase of equipment.
Foundation funds can only be transferred to and managed by institutional accounts. Letters of support from the applicant's institution must express the institution's willingness to comply with these procedures.
NEW: The Foundation reserves the right to post project abstracts and reports on its websites.
All applicants are required to use the forms from the Foundation Secretariat, available for download below.
All applications must include the
following items, in the order listed below:
a. A one-page summary of the proposed project;
b. A detailed itemized budget (If this sum is to be supplemented by matching funds, please include this information in the budget);
c. A description of the proposed project of no more than 7 pages in length.
All applications should also include curriculum vitae of the project director and any co-directors, as well as lists of publications over the last five years related to the proposed project, and any relevant supporting materials.
Three copies of each application are required. Late applications will be returned to senders. NEW: In addition, enclose electronic version of all application materials on diskette or send as e-mail attachment to: cckf@ms1.hinet.net with heading "Application Materials from (Name)" in the header of the message.
The deadline for Senior Scholar Grant applications is October 15. Final results will be announced in May.
The Foundation will initially direct all messages and correspondence about the applications to respective project directors. Written critiques will not be provided for proposals submitted to the Foundation.