Asia Recent Grants

Recent Grants

Luce Archaeology Initiative
Luce Archaeology Initiative
Grants

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.