SEAA News Blog: Grants

ACLS is accepting applications for the Buddhism Public Scholars Fellowships, placing recent PhDs in professional positions at museums, libraries, and publications worldwide. Fellows apply their expertise in Buddhist traditions to public-facing projects. One-year positions (renewable) offer competitive compensation: up to USD 75,000 (US), GBP 57,000 (UK), or CAD 84,000 (Canada).

The Esherick-Ye Foundation's mission is to support the next generation of China Scholars. Applications for the 2025 Fellowship will soon be available on their website, https://www.esherick-yefoundation.org/

Prospective applicants should review the Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies page, the 2023 China Studies in an Uncertain Age report, and the recently launched China Digital Archives Mapping Project to understand ACLS’ goals, t

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars Fellowships in Buddhist Studies places recent recipients of the PhD in professional positions at host institutions (museums, libraries, and publications) that present and interpret knowledge of Buddhist traditions. The selected Buddhism Public Scholars will use their academic knowledge and professional expertise to bolster the capacity of host institutions in the area of Buddhist art and thought in any tradition and location where Buddhism is practiced.

ACLS has just opened the second competition for The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholars, an initiative made possible by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation's renewed financial support to ACLS for its Program in Buddhist Studies.

The Esherick-Ye Family Foundation is pleased to announce its seventh annual competition for small grants of up to $6,000 to support projects in modern Chinese economic, social, and political history or in archaeology.

The Needham Research Institute, located in Cambridge, UK, is currently welcomes applications for the following research opportunities: 

The Jing Brand Scholarships in Chinese Science and Civilisation

The Ho Peng Yoke Fellowship in the History of Science and Technology in China (2022-2023)

The UCLA Program for Early Modern Southeast Asia (PEMSEA), a collaborative project among UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai’i-Mānoa Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington, funded by the Henry Luce Foundation’s Southeast Asia Initiative, is inviting research proposals from graduate students and scholars that focus on climate and anthropogenic change, disaster responses, and interactions (i.e., trade) during