Asia Recent Grants

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2011

American Folklore Society, Columbus, OH— For the China-US Forum on Cultural Sustainability. 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.