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CCS Graduate Student Awards 
The Center for Chinese Studies offers annual competitive awards for continuing UC Berkeley graduate students in Chinese studies. Eligibility varies among the awards. Students may apply ... Read more

CCS Working Groups
This program aims to provide opportunities for smaller groups of Berkeley faculty and advanced graduate students to share their research in progress, garner thoughtful and detailed feedback on papers or grants, brainstorm new projects, and discuss the latest published research related to their working group. ...Read more

CCS Graduate Student Ad Hoc Travel Grants
Graduate students who plan short-term travel to present a paper at a conference, are invited to apply for an Ad Hoc Travel Grant to help pay for some portion of their travel expenses. Applications should be submitted to ccs@berkeley.edu at least 30 days in advance, and should include a brief proposal, a budget and proof of paper acceptance.

Note: All graduate students are eligible for two conference grants from the Graduate Division. Please make sure that you use up your funding at the Graduate Division before applying to CCS. Please click here for detailed information.

Other UC Berkeley China Studies Awards

The David N. Keightley Fellowship

The David N. Keightley Fellowship will provide support for high-achieving graduate students in the College of Letters and Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Recipients shall be graduate students whose work focuses on China and/or Chinese subjects, with strong preferences for those whose research emphasis is on Neolithic to the Han dynasty period. This may include Chinese language, archeology, art history and/or history. The fellowship may be used for, but not limited to, summer research, travel, conference attendance, and fellowship support.

Dr. and Mrs. James C.Y. Soong Fellowship
The Dr. and Mrs. James C.Y. Soong Fellowship provides financial support for graduate students from Taiwan who are enrolled full-time at the University of California, Berkeley, in any field of study. Students must meet the following qualifications:

  1. Have graduated from a fully accredited, 4-year college or university in Taiwan, with a GPA of 3.7 (A-) or higher
  2. Be a citizen of the Republic of China and have lived in Taiwan consecutively for at least ten years
  3. Have demonstrated financial need in pursuit of advanced degrees
  4. Be registered at Berkeley (home campus). The fellowship may be renewed one time.

Contact: dreyesrivera@berkeley.edu

Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Fellowship

The Julia Chang Bloch Fellowship in East Asian Studies is funded through the F.Y. Chang Foundation, endowed by Stuart and Julia Chang Bloch. The Fellowship supports UC Berkeley undergraduate students in the completion of a research project dedicated to the study of strategic, political, economic and/or socio-cultural issues in one or more East Asian countries/territories (including China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, and Mongolia). Two fellowships of $1,500 are available in 2025.