Graduate Student Support
2012 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
Deadline: January 23, 2013
Term
Academic Year 2013 — 2014
About the Fellowship
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide funding to students to encourage the study of critical and less commonly taught foreign languages in combination with area studies, international studies or international aspects of professional studies. These fellowships are funded with grants from the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. The purpose of the FLAS program is to promote the training of students who intend to make their careers in college or university teaching, government service, or other employment where knowledge of foreign languages and cultures is essential.
At UC Berkeley, funding for FLAS Fellowships is provided by seven Title VI National Resource Centers representing various world areas, including: Africa, East Asia, Eastern Europe/Russia/Eurasia, Latin America, Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
For more information, go here.
CJS Graduate Student Travel Grants
Deadline: January 25, 2013
Term
2013 Spring Semester
About the Grant
In addition to its annual Graduate Student Fellowships, the Center for Japanese Studies, UC Berkeley, announces their Graduate Student Travel Grants for continuing Japanese studies students presenting papers at academic conferences. Travel grants are intended to support travel and lodging expenses, with a maximum of $500 per grant.
Two travel grants will be awarded each semester. Generally, travel grants are limited to one grant per student per academic year. If Fall grants go unspent, they will roll over to the Spring semester.
Eligibility
- UC Berkeley graduate students in any department, whose research focuses on Japan
- Presenting a paper at an academic conference during the 2013 Spring Semester
Application
To apply, submit the following documents as email attachments in PDF format to cjs@berkeley.edu. Conference dates must fall within the 2013 Spring Semester.
- One-page proposal which includes conference details and paper topic
- Budget proposal
- Estimated travel and lodging expenses
- If any, list other fund sources supporting your conference travels
- Proof of participation (e.g. invitation/acceptance letter from the conference organizers)
Please contact the Center for Japanese Studies at cjs@berkeley.edu with any questions you may have.
CJS Fellowship in Japanese Studies
Deadline: April 1, 2013
The Center for Japanese Studies announces its 2013-2014 fellowship competition for continuing graduate students in Japanese Studies.
Financial assistance to graduate students is a major, and increasingly important commitment of the Center for Japanese Studies.
The Center makes fellowship awards directly to graduate students in Japanese Studies; contributes funds to the multi-year fellowship program of the Institute of East Asian Studies; provides research assistantships to students working for faculty supervisors; helps support the fellowship program of the Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies (Yokohama, Japan), of which the University of California, Berkeley is a founding member.
The Center also supports meetings of graduate students for the discussion of dissertation research, and other topics. Funds are available to students for travel to conferences, scholarly meetings, and job interviews.
2013 Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Asian Language Study
Deadline: December 31, 2012 (closed)
About the Fellowship
Since 1990, the Blakemore Foundation has awarded over $13.3 million in grants to individuals pursuing professional, academic, or business careers that involve the regular use of an East or Southeast Asian language. Blakemore Freeman Fellowships fund a year of advanced language study at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama, the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing, the International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University in Taipei, and similar programs in other countries of East and SE Asia. Where there is no structured advanced-level language program at an educational institution in the country, the grant may provide for the financing of private tutorials under terms set forth in the application instructions.
The grants cover tuition and a stipend for related educational expenses, basic living costs and transportation, but do not include dependent expenses.
For more information, go here.
Japanese Studies Fellowship Program 2013-2014
Japan Foundation
Deadline: November 1, 2012 (closed)
Term
Fellowship should begin between May 20, 2013 and March 15, 2014. Intended for doctoral candidates to conduct research in Japan for 4-12 months.
About the Fellowship
To assist in the study and scholarship of Japanese culture and society, the Japan Foundation's Japanese Studies Fellowship Programs give scholars, researchers, and professionals the opportunity to conduct research in Japan. All research and doctoral projects should be substantially related to Japan in the humanities, social sciences, and/or comparative research. (Applications from the Social Science fields are highly welcomed.) For more information, go here.
JSPS Summer Program 2011
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (closed)
Term
Fellowship dates: June 14, 2011 – August 24, 2011
About the Fellowship
The program is offered to young pre- and postdoctoral researchers from the five countries of the US, UK, France, Germany and Canada. Held over a 2-month period in the summer, the program provides the participants with an orientation in Japanese language and culture and an opportunity to do cooperative research at a Japanese university or research institute. The orientation is held at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Sokendai) during the first week of the program. It comprises Japanese lessons, home stay and other components (which may vary by year). After the orientation, the participants go to their respective host institutions where they conduct joint research under the guidance of their Japanese host researchers. At the end of August, the participants re-gather before going home to present reports on their summer experiences.
How to Apply
Contact JSPS's nominating authority
National Science Foundation
EAPSI Help Desk
(866) 501-2922
eapsi@asee.org
For more information, go here.