Asia Recent Grants

Recent Grants

Luce Initiative on Asian
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LIASE Grants
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Selected Project Profiles

2013

Association for Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, MI—To support a meeting on future directions for Southeast Asian studies, to be held in conjunction with the AAS 2013 annual conference. A one-time grant of $15,500.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH—For the publication Chinese Paintings: Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. A one-year grant of $100,000.

Columbia University, New York, NY—For a Tibetan studies librarian position at the C.V. Starr East Asian Library. A three-year grant of $300,000.

Filmmakers Collaborative Inc., Waltham, MA—For a documentary film project on the environmental impact of the electronics industry in China and the United States. A one-time grant of $40,000.

Hispanic Society of America, New York, NY— To create a web-based “Sino-Philippine Digital Archive” of manuscripts and rare books dating from the 16th through 19th centuries. A one-time grant of $40,000.

KCET Community Television of Southern California, Burbank, CA—Continued support for LinkAsia’s news, cultural and current affairs programming on East and Southeast Asia. A three-year grant of $450,000.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY—For the exhibition and catalogue Lost Kingdoms of Early Southeast Asia: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture, 5th to 9th Century. A one-year grant of $250,000.

National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA—For a research project on the reemergence of Myanmar/Burma. A two-year grant of $200,000.

National Committee on American Foreign Policy, New York, NY—For ongoing policy dialogues of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security. A three-year grant of $375,000.

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA—For program activities of the Center for Vietnamese Philosophy, Culture, and Society. A three-year grant of $300,000.

University of Hawai’i Foundation, Honolulu, HI—For research on endangered languages in China and mainland Southeast Asia for the Catalogue of Endangered Languages. A three-year grant of $160,000.

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI—To support the Fourth International Lao Studies Conference. A one-time grant of $30,000.

2012

American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY—For the launch of a China Studies Program. A two-year grant of $1.2 million.

American Institute for Indonesian Studies, Ithaca, NY—For programmatic activities and scholarly exchange between the United States and Indonesia. A three-year grant of $240,000.

The Asia Foundation, San Francisco, CA—For expansion of an education and exchange program on U.S.-China relations. A three-year grant of $500,000.

Asian Cultural Council, New York, NY—To support a program for art historians from China, the Advanced Workshop in Western Art and Art History: American Art and Modernism, to be held in New York City in summer 2012. A one-time grant of $60,000.

Aspen Institute, Washington, DC—For the China-Europe-U.S. Trialogue. A one-year grant of $75,000.

Association for Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, MI—To support two international panels on The Future Direction of East Asian Studies Librarianship and Libraries in the Twenty-first Century: Bringing the Players Together, to be held in conjunction with the AAS annual meetings in 2013 and 2014. A one-time grant of $40,000.

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, New York, NY—For participation of students from Asia in the Global Ethics Network. A three-year grant of $375,000.

Center for American Progress, Washington, DC—To support the book project Head to Head: The U.S.-China Relationship in Ten Conversations. A one-time grant of $24,000.

Center for Lao Studies, San Francisco, CA—For programming and outreach activities. A three-year grant of $200,000.

China Dialogue Trust, London, England—For research and reporting by chinadialogue on China’s global environmental impact. A three-year grant of $150,000.

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY—For a preservation training program for Chinese academic libraries. A two-year grant of $180,000.

The Flaherty/International Film Seminars, New York, NY—To support an exchange with China on documentary film. A one-time grant of $12,000.

Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC—To support a training workshop in Southeast Asian kiln site excavation. A one-time grant of $35,000.

Give2Asia, San Francisco, CA—To support the work of China Development Brief (English), a project of the Beijing Civil Society Development Research Center. A one-time grant of $40,000.

Japan Society, New York, NY—To support the exhibition and catalogue Silver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828). A one-time grant of $35,000.

The Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, DC—For a fellowship program for graduate students and young faculty from Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam. A five-year grant of $425,000.

Kansas University Endowment Association, Lawrence, KS—To support an international research symposium and exhibition, Color in Ancient and Medieval East Asia, to be held at the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. A one-time grant of $40,000.

Lark Play Development Center, New York, NY— To support the Contemporary Chinese Reading Series. A one-time grant of $35,000.

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA—For a United States-Indonesia undergraduate exchange program in partnership with the University of Michigan. A three-year grant of $190,000.

Living Earth Television, Evanston, IL—To support a project on Chinese documentary film. A one-time grant of $27,000.

Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA—For the publication of Modern Asian Drama: An Anthology. A one-time grant of $25,000.

McGill University, Montreal, Canada—For the Ming Qing Women’s Writings Project: A Digital Archive and Database of Women’s Literature and History in Late Imperial China. A four-year grant of $300,000.

Mercy Corps, Washington, DC—To support programming of the National Committee on North Korea. A one-time grant of $40,000.

Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media, St. Paul, MN—For ongoing coverage of Asia on Marketplace. A three-year grant of $400,000.

National Geographic Society, Washington, DC—For expansion of Asia projects in the Young Explorers program. A three-year grant of $300,000.

National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC—To support a fact-finding trip to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. A one-time grant of $14,000.

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL—To support an international Cambodian studies conference to be held in September 2012 in DeKalb, Illinois. A one-time grant of $22,000.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, New York, NY—For the exhibition and catalogue Gutai: Splendid Playground. A one-year grant of $100,000.

Teach for China, New York, NY—For the U.S.-China teaching fellows program. A three-year grant of $300,000.

Texas Tech Foundation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX—To support two academic symposia on transnational American studies, to be held in Hong Kong and Beijing in June 2012. A one-time grant of $27,000.

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT—For scholarly exchange, research collaboration and curricular projects of the Mekong Region Development Research Group. A four-year grant of $450,000.

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI—To support an authors’ conference on the Handbook of Southeast Asian Economics. A one-time grant of $40,000.

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT—For a Chinese poetry and translation residency program. A three-year grant of $180,000.

2011

American Folklore Society, Columbus, OH— For the China-US Forum on Intangible Cultural Heritage. A two-year grant of $250,000.

American Institute for Indonesian Studies, Ithaca, NY— To aid establishment of a center in Jakarta, Indonesia for research and educational exchange. A one-year grant of $60,000.

Arizona State University Foundation, Tempe, AZ— For the Theravada Civilizations Project: Future Directions in the Study of Buddhism in Southeast Asia. A three-year grant of $200,000.

Asian Cultural Council, New York, NY—To support American participants in an advanced workshop in Western art and art history to be hosted by the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. A one-time grant of $23,000.

Association for Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, MI—To support initiatives of the Southeast Asia Council’s Translation Project Group to promote Southeast Asian studies through translation. A one-time grant of $40,000.

Association of Regional Centers for Asian Studies, Honolulu, HI—For a faculty development project on the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia. A two-year grant of $200,000.

Center for American Progress, Washington, DC— For a United States-China dialogue on the G-20. A three-year grant of $150,000.

China Institute in America, New York, NY—For a series of exhibitions on Chinese art and material culture. A four-year grant of $180,000.

Columbia University, New York, NY—To support Cinema China, Culture China: A Chinese Film and Culture Festival, a five-day event taking place October 18–22, 2011. A one-time grant of $5,000.

Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY—Continued support for the Southeast Asia Program. A two-year grant of $150,000.

CRDF Global, U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation, Arlington, VA— For academic exchanges through the United States—Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Scientific Engagement Consortium. A three-year grant of $350,000.

East-West Center, Honolulu, HI—To support the third East-West Center International Media Conference, Networked News: Journalism, Technology and Change in Asia and the Pacific, to be held in Seoul, South Korea. A one-time grant of $40,000.

Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia—For expansion of a graduate student exchange program focused on interreligious and cross-cultural understanding. A three-year grant of $400,000.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA—For the China Biographical Database project. A three-year grant of $280,000.

Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN—For a project on the history of Western medicine in China, 1800-1950. A three-year grant of $240,000.

Lafayette College, Easton, PA—To support the publication of a catalogue to accompany the exhibit The Vase Project: Made in China—Landscape in Blue. A one-time grant of $9,000.

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA— For continuation of the Chinese Bridge Project. A two-year grant of $340,000.

Link Media, Inc., San Francisco, CA—To support Link TV’s news, cultural and current affairs programming on East and Southeast Asia. A two-year grant of $300,000.

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, Washington, DC—To support a workshop and conference on Asian maritime territorial disputes and the law of the sea, to be held at the University of Hong Kong. A one-time grant of $29,000.

National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA— For a research project on the United States-Thailand alliance. A one-year grant of $130,000.

National Committee on United States-China Relations, New York, NY—For the Public Intellectuals Program. A three-year grant of $270,000.

Newark Museum, Newark, NJ—To support the Tibetan Centennial Celebration, a nine-month series of exhibitions and programming. A one-time grant of $40,000.

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH—To support a curriculum and professional development workshop on the history of the book in East Asia. A one-time grant of $17,500.

Public Interest Law Institute, New York, NY—To support participation of Southeast Asians in the International Public Interest Law Fellows Program. A two-year grant of $275,000.

Public Radio International, Minneapolis, MN—For coverage of Asia on news programming. A three-year grant of $300,000.

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN—For a digital project on the study of Christianity in China. A three-year grant of $300,000.

Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY—For a series of publications on Tibetan art history. A three-year grant of $270,000.

Social Science Research Council, Brooklyn, NY, and Association for Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, MI—For a new model of paired dissertation workshops on the study of Asia. A three-year grant of $190,000.

University of Hawai’i Foundation, Honolulu, HI—To support an international workshop on Southeast Asian archaeology to take place in Thailand. A one-time grant of $40,000.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI—For dissertation workshops on women’s and gender studies organized in partnership with Fudan University, Shanghai. A three-year grant of $240,000.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI—To support the exhibition and catalogue Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints, organized by the University of Michigan Museum of Art. A one-time grant of $30,000.

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA—For an initiative of the Center for Transpacific Studies. A three-year grant of $200,000.

VIA, San Francisco, CA—For launch of a Burma/Myanmar program. A three-year grant of $185,000.

2010

American Studies Association, Washington, DC—To support the participation of scholars from East and Southeast Asia at the ASA’s annual meetings in 2010, 2011 and 2012. A one-time grant of $15,000.

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA— To support the Fall 2011 San Francisco Forum for Asian Art Museum Directors. A one-time grant of $40,000.

Asian Cultural Council, New York, NY—For renewal of a program for American artists and museum professionals in Asia. A three-year grant of $300,000.

The Aspen Institute, Washington, DC—To support the travel of members of the American delegation to The Aspen China Trialogue – Global Governance: Challenges and Expectations, a three day conference in Beijing, China. A one-time grant of $30,000.

Association for Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, MI—For new program initiatives for the Association’s annual meetings. A three-year grant of $135,000.

Brookings Institution, Washington, DC—To support fellowships for scholars from Mongolia and Vietnam at the Center for Northeast Asia Policy Studies. A two-year grant of $210,000.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC—For a U.S.-China policy dialogue project on advancing climate cooperation. A two-year grant of $200,000.

Center for Lao Studies, San Francisco, CA—To strengthen organizational and programming capacity. A one-time grant of $30,000.

Teach for China, New York, NY—For the US-China Teaching Fellows program. A one-time grant of $40,000.

F.Y. Chang Foundation, Washington, DC—To further develop an American studies initiative in China through the US-China Education Trust program. A two-year grant of $250,000.

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC—For two Southeast Asia initiatives. A one-year grant of $133,000.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY—For a program on Asian studies and the environment. A four-year grant of $400,000.

The Hong Kong-America Center Ltd., Hong Kong—For the Advanced Workshop in Western Art and Art History: A Teaching and Research Institute, organized by the Hong Kong-America Center and hosted by the University of Hong Kong. A one-time grant of $7,500.

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN—For an initiative on China and global governance at the Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business. A three-year grant of $250,000.

Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN—To support a project on the history of Western medicine in China. A one-time grant of $30,000.

International Student Conferences, Washington, DC—For the Korea-America Student Conference. A three-year grant of $100,000.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD—To support a new program for specialized Chinese language instruction at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. A three-year grant of $390,000.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA—For expansion of the Visualizing Cultures project. A three-year grant of $250,000.

Maysles Institute, New York, NY—For a public education and film project on Tibet. A one-time grant of $5,000.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY—For the exhibition and catalogue From Xanadu to Dadu—The World of Khubilai Khan. A one-year grant of $100,000.

MUSE Film and Television, New York, NY — To support a documentary project on Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. A one-time grant of $40,000.

National Committee on American Foreign Policy, New York, NY—Renewed support for policy dialogues on Northeast Asia security issues. A two-year grant of $250,000.

Rice University, Houston, TX—For a research project and digital archive at the Chao Center for Asian Studies. A three-year grant of $273,000.

School for Advanced Research on the Human Experience, Santa Fe, NM—For a residential fellowship on East and Southeast Asia. A three-year grant of $132,000.

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY—To support the travel of a delegation of presidents from American research universities to North Korea. A one-time grant of $25,000.

Texas Tech Foundation Inc., Lubbock, TX—To support the symposium Vietnam–U.S. Relations: Toward a Brighter Future, co-organized by the Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University and the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. A one-time grant of $22,000.

Tides Center, San Francisco, CA—For the Center for Digital TV and the World’s journalism training program on coverage of Asia. A three-year grant of $215,000.

University of Illinois, Urbana, IL— For film screenings by the Asian Educational Media Service at the 2011 meeting of the Association for Asian Studies. A one-time grant of $20,000.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI—For a conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Michigan. A one-time grant of $30,000.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA—For the Penn-China Civil Society Initiative. A two-year grant of $156,000.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA— To support a symposium, Reconfiguring the Silk Road: New Research on East-West Exchange in Antiquity, to be held at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. A one-time grant of $28,000.

2009

American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY—For renewal of an individual fellowship program through the Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archeology and Early History. A one-year grant of $1,000,000.

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA—For the exhibition and catalogue Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance. A one-year grant of $130,000.

ASIANetwork, Bloomington, IL—For a post-doctoral teaching fellowship program. A three-year grant of $450,000.

Cambodian Association of Illinois, Chicago, IL—For an exhibition on the Cambodian genocide at the Cambodian American Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial. A one-year grant of $75,000.

East-West Center, Honolulu, HI—For the project Asia Matters for America. A three-year grant of $250,000.

Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA—For two Asian exhibitions and accompanying catalogues. A two-year grant of $100,000.

Lawrence University, Appleton, WI—Support for a project, involving the university’s Environmental Studies and East Asian Studies programs, on water resource management in Wisconsin and China. A one-time grant of $30,000.

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA—For Bridging Disciplines and Cultures: The Chinese Bridge Project. A two-year grant of $300,000.

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC—To support the participation of scholars from abroad in a workshop and conference Myanmar/Burma: Outside Interests, Inside Challenges organized by the Southeast Asia Studies program. A one-time grant of $18,000.

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY—For a visit by a delegation from North Korea’s Kim Chaek University of Technology. A one-time grant of $20,000.

Trinity University, San Antonio, TX—For the Trinity University Press publication Chinese Writers on Writing. A one-time grant of $15,000.

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA—Renewed support for the Journal of Vietnamese Studies. A three-year grant of $115,000.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI—For a web-based resource on United States-Philippines relations. A two-year grant of $200,000.

University of Wisconsin Foundation, Madison, WI—For a Hmong studies initiative in partnership with the University of Minnesota. A three-year grant of $500,000.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC—To support the project “Southeast Asia & the Cold War: Exploring the Recent Past Through Regional Archives.” A one-time grant of $17,000.

World Monuments Fund, New York, NY—For a publication on Preah Khan temple at Angkor in Cambodia. A one-time grant of $15,000.

2008

American Center for Mongolian Studies, Bellingham, WA—For a fellowship program in Mongolia. A three-year grant of $333,000.

American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY—For renewal of an individual fellowship program through the Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archeology and Early History. A one-year grant of $1,000,000.

American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY—For a publication on Asian studies in liberal education in the 21st century. A one-year grant of $55,000.

The Asia Foundation, San Francisco, CA—For an education and exchange program on U.S.-China relations. A three-year grant of $500,000.

Asia Society, New York, NY—Additional support for the exhibition and catalogue Ancient Arts of Viet Nam. A one-year grant of $150,000.

Association for Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, MI—Support for two new initiatives to globalize and diversify the programs of the AAS annual meeting. A one-time grant of $18,000.

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Pacific Forum CSIS, Washington, DC and Honolulu, HI—Renewed support for the Young Leaders Program. A three-year grant of $280,000.

China Institute in America, New York, NY—For the exhibition and catalogue Royal Tombs at Mawangdui: Art and Life in the Changsha Kingdom, Third Century BC—First Century AD. A one-year grant of $150,000.

The Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture, Hanford, CA—For a curatorial internship program. A three-year grant of $140,000.

Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY—To support a Southeast Asian Studies Fellow. A two-year grant of $450,000.

F.Y. Chang Foundation, Washington, DC—For an American studies initiative in China through the US-China Education Trust program. A two-year grant of $270,000.

East-West Center, Honolulu, HI—Renewed support for a South Korea-United States journalist exchange program. A three-year grant of $275,000.

Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia—For an exchange program in religious studies for American and Indonesian graduate students. A three-year grant of $375,000.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA—For the Visualizing Cultures project. A two-year grant of $250,000.

Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media, Saint Paul, MN—For coverage of China and East Asia on Marketplace. A three-year grant of $420,000.

National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA—Renewed support for a policy research fellowship program on Northeast and Southeast Asia. A three-year grant of $375,000.

The National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle, WA—To support a seminar for university leaders on Asia policy issues, organized in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. A one-time grant of $20,000.

National Committee on United States-China Relations, New York, NY—Renewed support for the Public Intellectuals Program. A three-year grant of $165,000.

The Quiet in the Land, New York, NY—To assist with production and publication of The Quiet in the Land: Art, Spirituality, and Everyday Life, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR (2004-2008) . A one-time grant of $30,000.

Tides Center, San Francisco, CA—Support for a Beijing, China project of the Center for Digital TV and the World. A one-time grant of $25,000.

Tides Center, San Francisco, CA—For the U.S.-based activities of chinadialogue, a forum for information exchange with China on climate change and environmental issues. A three-year grant of $150,000.

United States-Indonesia Society, Washington, DC—To support a survey of Indonesian studies in the United States. A one-time grant of $17,000.

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA—For a research project on learning Chinese as a second language. A three-year grant of $230,000.

University of Maine, Orono, ME—To support a Vietnam oral history project. A one-time grant of $30,000.

University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA—For a research, exchange and publication project on the history of Christianity in China. A three-year grant of $300,000.

University of Washington, Seattle, WA—To support the Summer Institute for Chinese Studies Librarianship in the Electronic Environment. A one-time grant of $25,000.

West Virginia University Foundation, Morgantown, WV—For an exchange program with the Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute in China. A three-year grant of $350,000.

2007

American Council of Learned Societies , New York, NY—For renewal of an individual fellowship program through the Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History. A one-year grant of $450,000.

American Studies Association, Washington, DC—To support attendance of scholars from East and Southeast Asia at the ASA's annual meetings. A one-time grant of $20,000.

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA—For the exhibition and catalogue Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty. A one-year grant of $150,000.

Asian Cultural Council, New York, NY—For a program for American artists and museum professionals in Asia. A three-year grant of $300,000.

Associated Colleges of the South , Atlanta, GA—For a Chinese studies initiative. A three-year grant of $490,000.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC—For a U.S.-China project on energy security and climate change. A three-year grant of $330,000.

Committee of 100, New York, NY—To support public opinion surveys of American and Chinese attitudes toward each other. A one-time grant of $30,000.

East Asia Institute, Seoul, Korea—Renewed support for a program to strengthen academic links between East Asia and the United States. A three-year grant of $180,000.

F.Y. Chang Foundation, Washington, DC—For an American studies initiative in China through the US-China Education Trust program. A one-time grant of $29,000.

Filmmakers Collaborative Incorporated, Waltham, MA—For the Ambrica Productions film Making It, a television documentary about China's Generation X. A one-year grant of $200,000.

Hamilton College, Clinton, NY—For advanced language study through the Associated Colleges in China program. A three-year grant of $300,000.

High Museum of Art , Atlanta, GA—For the exhibition The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army. A one-year grant of $150,000.

Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, DC—For a project on China-Latin America relations. A two-year grant of $160,000.

International Student Conferences , Washington, DC—To assist with the launch of the Korea-America Student Conference with support for a staff position to help organize and implement the new program. A one-time grant of $30,000.

Japan Society, New York, NY—For a public symposium and retreat under the auspices of the U.S.-Japan Innovators Project. A one-time grant of $30,000.

The Korea Society, New York, NY—For a project on U.S.-South Korea relations, organized in cooperation with Stanford University's Asia-Pacific Research Center. A one-time grant of $30,000.

National Committee on American Foreign Policy, New York, NY—For policy dialogues on Northeast Asia Security issues. A two-year grant of $250,000.

Queens Library Foundation , Jamaica, NY—For Asian materials and programming for the International Resource Center. A three-year grant of $100,000.

Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY—For Bon: The Magic Word, an exhibition and catalogue on the Bon religious tradition of Tibet and the Himalayas. A one-year grant of $150,000.

Stanford University, Stanford, CA—For a project on disarmament and peace on the Korean peninsula. A one-time grant of $30,000.

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA—Renewed support for a digital atlas of China's religions. A three-year grant of $300,000.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI—To support scholarships for undergraduate students to attend the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute. A three-year grant of $300,000.

Volunteers in Asia (VIA), San Francisco, CA—For an expanded program in mainland Southeast Asia. A three-year grant of $210,000.

The WBUR Group, Boston University, Boston, MA—For a week-long broadcast of the program On Point live from Shanghai. A one-time grant of $30,000.

2006

American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY—For the second year of an individual fellowship program through the Luce Initiative on East and Southeast Asian Archaeology and Early History. A one-year grant of $1,200,000.

American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY—For a capstone conference and publication evaluating the Luce Fund for Asian Studies. A one-year grant of $60,000.

The Atlantic Council of the United States, Washington, DC—For the United-States-China Strategic Cooperation Program. A three-year grant of $250,000.

Center for Khmer Studies, New York, NY—Renewed support for a fellowship program in Cambodia for American undergraduate students. A three-year grant of $100,000.

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Pacific Forum CSIS, Washington, DC and Honolulu, HI—For the Young Leaders Fellowship Program. A three-year grant of $200,000.

College of Charleston, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC—For the project Force of Nature, a multi-institution collaboration in the Carolinas involving residencies for Japanese artists and an exhibition. A one-time grant of $20,000.

East-West Center, Honolulu, HI—Renewed support for the Southeast Asia Fellowship Program in Washington, DC. A three-year grant of $135,000.

The Hong Kong-America Center, Hong Kong, China—For a project on religion and public life in China. A two-year grant of $180,000.

Japan Center for International Exchange, Inc., New York, NY—For a project on United States-Japan-China trilateral relations. A two-year grant of $300,000.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD—For a new joint Masters of Arts in International Studies program at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. A one-year grant of $300,000.

Public Radio International, Minneapolis, MN—For expanded coverage of Asia on national and local news programs. A two-year grant of $150,000.

Shanghai Institute for International Studies, Shanghai, China—For a training program on Chinese think tanks and United States-China relations. A three-year grant of $200,000.

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Washington, DC—For The Mekong River: Connecting Cultures Project. A two-year grant of $125,000.

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA—For the conference Asian Art History in the Twenty-First Century. A one-time grant of $30,000.

United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, New York, NY—For an assessment of four Luce buildings on campuses in Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan. A one-time grant of $30,000.

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA—For the conference Over a Hundred Years of Collecting: The History of East Asian Collections in the United States. A one-time grant of $26,000.

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA—For the Berkeley China Initiative. A three-year grant of $375,000.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA—For the Tibetan and Himalayan Historical GIS Project. A three-year grant of $325,000.