EAP Fellowships fund the future!
Last year alone, EAP provided $226,000 in student funding.
EAP’s graduate fellowships and other funding programs continue to support critical graduate student research and training as well as undergraduate research internships and language study. This financial support sustains and ensures the development of emerging scholars at all levels.
Student Funding Story: Hear From Our Current Students in the Field
Yuanyuan Duan
Ph.D. Candidate in Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture & Hu Shih Fellowship Awardee
Research: Crossing Boundaries: The "Ācārya" Community in Dali and their Textual Practices, 1382-1500.
A quote from Yuanyuan about her experience:
I am currently in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province in China, conducting archival research for my dissertation project on the Buddhist community named "ācārya” in Dali (southwest China today) in the 14th-16th centuries. Due to COVID restrictions, the archives, libraries, and museums in China could be closed to the public at any time. Such indeterminacy is a big challenge to my work. But I am fortunately granted a very rare opportunity for the physical examination of the medieval Buddhist manuscripts housed in local institutions. The hands-on research on the manuscripts really excites me. For the prospective applicants of EAP fellowships, I would say specifying the purpose and work plan of your project in the proposal is important to the grant application.
Thank you Yuanyuan for sharing your story!
If you would like to join Yuanyuan and pursue your research, apply for EAP Student Funding. The graduate fellowships and Language Study Grant applications are now open and the deadline is January 26th, 2023 at midnight. For more information on current Student Funding Opportunities and how to apply, visit the East Asia Program Funding Page.