Details

SEAP offers travel funding for graduate students to present at conferences. Students may receive one award per year (July 1 to June 30), and only after applying for the Graduate School Conference Travel Grant and departmental conference travel funding. 

Amount

Up to $500

Eligibility

Applicants must be PhD or master's students affiliated with SEAP

To receive this award, students must also apply for the Graduate School Conference Travel Grant and departmental conference travel funding.

Timeline

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis on September 15, December 15, March 15, and June 15.

Questions?

Please direct any questions to SEAP Program Manager Colin Peterson (crp88@cornell.edu).

How to Apply

Send a written email request with the following information to SEAP Program Manager Colin Peterson (crp88@cornell.edu):

• Conference travel budget, including other funding for which you have secured and/or applied
• Paper abstract
• Invitation/acceptance letter to the conference

Details

Studying Malaysia? Apply for funding now.

Designed to promote Malaysian studies at Cornell, the Barnett scholarship is available, as an award up to $3,000 to cover research projects, conference attendance, travel related to recipients’ academic program, or summer language acquisition in Malaysia. All students focusing their academic studies on Malaysia may apply. Additionally, Malaysian students may apply for research anywhere in Southeast Asia.

Amount

Up to $3,000

Eligibility

• All graduate students focusing their academic studies on Malaysia; and/or
• Malaysian students studying any part of Southeast Asia

Timeline

Applications are due March 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM

How to Apply

Please use the “Apply” button below to create and submit an application in the Einaudi Center Funding Application website (Cornell NetID login required).

Required materials include:

• Project proposal. The proposal should contain a title, abstract, objectives, activities, timeline, and outcomes.
• Budget
• Other sources of funding
• Letter of recommendation

Questions?

Please direct any questions to SEAP Program Manager Colin Peterson at crp88@cornell.edu.

Details

Hoping to learn a new language this summer?

SEAP offers one qualified undergraduate student a chance to win a full scholarship to intensively study a Southeast Asian language for eight full weeks at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. This scholarship is intended for beginners; no prior instruction in or knowledge of any Southeast Asian language is necessary.

SEASSI is an eight-week intensive language training program, offering a chance to jump-start your language learning experience. Each language course is equivalent to two semesters of study, with full academic year credit.

Learn more about SEASSI.

If you plan on attending SEASSI using a SEAP SEASSI Language Scholarship, please note that you must ALSO apply directly to SEASSI. The priority application deadline for SEASSI is March 15, 2026.

Amount

A full scholarship covering the cost of tuition at SEASSI, plus a stipend and/or travel funding may be available

Eligibility

No prior language experience is required.

How to Apply

Please use the “Apply” button below to create and submit an application (Cornell NetID login required).

Required materials include:

• Statement of Purpose (academic background, career goals, other qualifications)
• Letters of recommendation

Questions?

Please direct any questions to SEAP Program Manager Colin Peterson at crp88@cornell.edu.

Details

Planning an international trip?

Students may apply to SEAP for up to $3,000 of funding for international study or research in Southeast Asia, as part of a class or independently. Complete the online application describing your plans, how the experience fits in with your academic goals and pathway, and explaining your sources of funding and anticipated expenses. Apply at least six weeks before your planned travel. For winter break travel, the application period is open.

Amount

Up to $3,000.

Eligibility

• Undergraduates who have taken at least one semester of a Southeast Asian Language and/or a Southeast Asia area studies course.

Timeline

Fall applications are reviewed on October 15.

Spring applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Questions?

Please direct any questions to SEAP Program Manager Colin Peterson (crp88@cornell.edu).

How to Apply

Please use the “Apply” button below to create and submit an application (Cornell NetID login required). Required materials include:

• Project proposal. The proposal should contain a title, abstract, objectives, activities, timeline, and outcomes.
• Budget using THIS TEMPLATE
• Letter of recommendation

Details

As a major conduit of graduate support, EAP offers the following area studies fellowships to Cornell graduate students whose work has an East Asia focus:

• Lee Teng-hui Fellowships in World Affairs with East Asia Focus
• C. V. Starr Fellowships in East Asian Studies
• Hu Shih Fellowship in Chinese Studies
• Robert J. Smith Fellowships in Japanese and Korean Studies
• Diverse Knowledge East Asia

There is a single application for the five fellowships. You can apply for all that are pertinent to your graduate work. 

The application for funding generally opens in November and closes late January of the following year. Typically, these fellowships provide a tuition arrangement with your field, stipend, and health insurance for one semester of the upcoming academic year, either for fall or spring. Exceptional candidates may be considered for an extra semester of support. These fellowships are considered external funding to your field, and students who receive an EAP fellowship should arrange for funding for the rest of the academic year with their department. 

There is no citizenship restriction on any of the above-listed fellowships.

Check out our FAQ before you apply.

Details

The language study grant is open to Cornell graduate and undergraduate students. The EAP East Asian Language Study Grant can be used either at Cornell or another institution. The grant provides program fees and a stipend for intensive language study of an East Asian language. The grant is similar to a Summer FLAS award, but can also be used during the academic year.

Eligibility

There are no citizenship restrictions for the EAP Area Studies Fellowships or the Language Study Grant.

Application Guidelines

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure the timely submission of the following materials by the application deadline. Incomplete files and materials received after the deadline may not be considered.

1. Online application: All required information on the application and a project proposal (.doc or .pdf file upload) that includes project budget (estimated costs of program and living expenses), program information and justification where applicable, statement of purpose, proposed courses of studies where applicable.
2. Two letters of recommendation (including one from a current language instructor): Please note, you are responsible for contacting your recommenders to request a letter of recommendation, and for the letters being received by the application deadline.

The project title should start with the applicant's surname (e.g., "Lee") and be descriptive of the course of study/research proposed (e.g., "fall semester document research at Tsinghua University").

• The project abstract should start with "East Asian Language Study Grant." The abstract should give a short but concise summary of what the applicant proposes to do if awarded a language study grant. The first paragraph should summarize what, when, where, how, and why. If the project is to take courses at Cornell or elsewhere, the project abstract should say so and give an idea of what types of courses. In the case of a research project away from Cornell, the project abstract should state where and when this research will take place. Applicants are expected to outline the expected costs of their project within their application proposal.
• If you plan to use the grant somewhere other than Cornell, please include a budget for your project in the project abstract.
• The full project proposal should not exceed five pages or 1,500 words. and should include a title with the name of the applicant and the title of the project. The opening paragraph of the proposal should include a summary description of the proposed activities and their significance to the applicant's graduate career.
• Online applications can be saved and edited anytime up to the deadline. Do not forget to submit your final application. Students will no longer be able to edit their application after the deadline. Applicants will see all of their applications on their dashboard, which will also indicate when recommendations have been completed.

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