Grants & Awards

Grants with rolling application deadlines:

AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Distinguished Speakers Bureau

The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies (NEAC) solicits applications from American colleges or universities (especially those without well-established programs on East Asia) to invite a distinguished scholar to give a public lecture on their campus, to meet with teachers and students, and possibly to visit classes.

AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants

AAS Council of Conferences (COC) Outreach Grants of up to $2,000 are made available to encourage education in Asian Studies.

Not currently accepting applications:

AAS East and Inner Asia Council (EIAC) Small Grants

The East and Inner Asia Council of the AAS (EIAC) makes awards of up to $2,000. Dissertation-level graduate students and scholars with special interests in China, Taiwan, East or Inner Asia are invited to submit proposals.

Gosling-Lim Fellowship

The fellowship provides US $52,000 of funding for postdoctoral research and writing, to be expended over 8-12 months while the recipient is in residence or otherwise based at an academic institution, in Southeast Asia or abroad, other than their home institution and the institution at which their doctorate was obtained. The fellowship may be used in any discipline and for any country of Southeast Asia (i.e., Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam).

AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Japan Studies Grants

Application portal closed, Deadline was October 2, 2023
The Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Japan-US Friendship Commission, supports a variety of grant programs in Japanese studies designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines.

AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Korean Studies Grants

The application portal is closed, Deadline was October 2, 2023
The Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies (NEAC), in conjunction with the Korea Foundation, offers a grant program in Korean studies designed to assist the research of individual scholars based in North America to improve the quality of teaching about Korea on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Korea into the major academic disciplines. 

Cultivating the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) Research Grants in South and Southeast Asia

The application portal closed; the deadline was Sept 1, 2023
Cultivating the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) Research Grants are available for short- (up to 2 months), medium (2-6 months), and long-term (12 months) research projects that advance the fields of the humanities and social sciences in South and Southeast Asia. Junior faculty, graduate students, senior or independent scholars, women, and ethnic minority groups with South or Southeast Asian nationality are encouraged to apply.

Annual Conference Travel Grant

Thanks to the generous support from our members, we are proud to announce the newly established Annual Conference travel grant, which awards $500 to individuals to enable their conference participation.

Japan Studies Graduate Student DEI Travel Grant

Thanks to the generous support from the Japan-US Friendship Commission, we are proud to offer the Japan Studies Graduate Student DEI travel grant, which awards up to $1,000 to individuals to enable their AAS conference participation.

Korea Studies Graduate Student Travel Grant

Thanks to the generous support from the Korea Foundation, we are proud to announce the newly established Korea Studies Graduate Student travel grant, which awards $500-$1000 to individuals who are current Korean Studies graduate students to enable their AAS conference participation.

AAS-Gale Fellowship

The AAS-Gale Non-Residential Fellowship will support research or teaching projects that rely on Gale Primary Sources and use digital humanities methodologies. 

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