Small Grants (Chao Center for Asian Studies)

Small Grants (Chao Center for Asian Studies) is sponsored by Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University. The Chao Center for Asian Studies offers competitive funding support towards the Asia-related academic and intellectual endeavors of Rice faculty and researchers.

Funding for Faculty and Researchers | Chao Center for Asian Studies | Rice University Funding for Faculty and Researchers Thanks to a generous gift from the T. T. and W.

F. Chao Foundation, the Chao Center is pleased to offer competitive funding support towards the Asia-related academic and intellectual endeavors of Rice faculty and researchers. A broad range of proposals may qualify for funding.

Small Grants (Up to $5,000) Small grants should represent a unique opportunity or event and not be used to support an ongoing class or repeated program.

Projects may include but are not limited to: Book subvention and/or indexing expenses (please confirm that all other resources have been tapped, i.e., school and department support) Guest lecturer or speaker series Innovative teaching or classroom project Large Grants (Up to $10,000) The Chao Center for Asian Studies awards competitive grants that are intended to develop innovative models for conducting research on or about Transnational Asia or to ask new questions within existing models.

Projects may include but are not limited to: Conferences and workshops All full-time faculty, Ph. D. students, postdoctoral and research fellows, lecturers, and other academic personnel are eligible to apply using the links above.

Research application will require: Research Project abstract of no more than 200 words Large grant applications (over $5,000) must also include Research Project description of no more than 1,000 words Name and contact information of collaborating institutions or individuals (if any) Research Project timeline Research Project budget must indicate: anticipated use of the requested funds all funds sought or secured from other sources No grants are given to one individual in consecutive terms, unless there is a compelling reason to do so.

Co-funded proposals are encouraged. All grant recipients are asked to offer the Chao Center Governing Council a final report of their project. The Chao Center asks all applicants to acknowledge the T.

T. and W. F.

Chao Foundation funding support in the event a project outcome has been generated. Review Process and Selection Criteria The Chao Center Governing Council will make the final decision on all grant applications.

In its deliberations, the Governing Council will consider the intellectual merit and feasibility of each proposal, as well as other factors such as its public impact and/or its contribution to the Chao Center's mission, especially with respect to innovative research on Transnational Asia, building national and global collaborations, and public-facing/community outreach.

Please include brief information on the envisioned audience for your proposed event (faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, the wider public) and how the event will advance disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary inquiry and exchange. Preference may be offered to projects which are inter-disciplinary and/or establish collaborations.

The applicant must demonstrate that Chao Center funding will play a key role in the project and clearly state what outcomes are expected. A realistic estimate of time and expenditures is also an important criterion. Large grant applications are required by December 15 for the following Fall semester or later.

Small grant applications are accepted twice annually, on November 1 and April 1 .