Luce/ACLS Travel Grants 2025 To Study In China

Apply for the Luce/ACLS Travel Grants 2025 to advance your research in China studies and gain support for your project. Apply below: 

When is the Application Deadline:

The application deadline for the Luce/ACLS Travel Grants in China Studies is 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on November 14, 2024.

Tell Me About The Luce/ACLS Travel Grants:

In partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation, ACLS offers a travel grant competition for graduate students in a PhD program and non-tenure track faculty at any career stage. The grant supports travel for conducting basic research in China or conducting China studies-related research in databases, collections, and archives anywhere in the world.

Additionally, scholars may use these funds to travel to libraries, archives, and field sites, to establish contact with scholars in Chinese-language communities, and to secure necessary permissions for fieldwork or archival research.

Which Fields are Eligible?

 Humanities or interpretive Social sciences

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Type:

Travel grant

Who can Apply For The Luce/ACLS Travel Grants?

Also, applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Applicants must be either: A graduate student enrolled in a PhD program at an accredited university in the United States or Canada OR contingent faculty at any career stage (e.g., adjunct faculty, postdoctoral scholars, lecturers, instructors) affiliated with a university in the United States or Canada.
• Contingent faculty must hold a PhD from an accredited institution in the United States or Canada, OR be a US or Canadian citizen/permanent resident/work authorized status holder with a PhD from any accredited institution by the application deadline.
• An applicant who is not a US or Canadian citizen/permanent resident/work authorized status holder must have an affiliation, or a long-term, regular research or teaching appointment, with a university or college in the United States or Canada. See FAQ.
• Tenure-track and tenured faculty are not eligible for support.
• Applicants must have a working knowledge of Chinese or knowledge of another language used in China studies (e.g., Tibetan, Uyghur) are also acceptable.
• Applications must be submitted through the ACLS Online Fellowship and Grant Administration (OFA) System no later than 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on November 14, 2024.

Required documents

Applicants are also to submit the following:

• Submit a completed application form.
• Provide an application essay (up to two double-spaced pages in Arial or Helvetica 11-point font) discussing:

• The design and goals of the research project and how travel will advance these goals, including potential sources to be examined.
  • The significance of the topic and its contribution to the field of China studies.
  • The rationale for the travel grant application, considering available institutional funds and limitations.
  • An explanation of why additional funds are needed if other funding has already been received.
• Include a work plan (up to one double-spaced page in Arial or Helvetica 11-point font) detailing:
  • A timeline of travel and an estimate of when the funds will be used.
  • A “Plan B” explaining alternative actions if major obstacles arise.
  • Identification of individuals, institutions, and/or sites to be visited, including archives, libraries, and geographical sources

• Provide a bibliography (up to two pages, double-spaced between entries in Arial or Helvetica 11-point font).
• Optional: Submit supporting materials (e.g., images, musical scores) up to two pages without annotation.
• Include one letter of reference (required only for graduate students), from the dissertation advisor or a faculty member eligible to be the advisor.
• No budget is required.

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Evaluation Criteria:

• The research design of the project, and its significance to the field of China studies.
• The need for travel to support the project.
• The feasibility of the plan of work for the proposed travel.
• The institutional resources are available to the scholar.

Which Countries Are Eligible?

All countries 

Where will the Award be Taken?

China

How Many Awards?

Not specified

What is the Benefit of the Award?

Additionally, the travel grant benefit amounts to a $5,000 grant for travel at any time during 12 months. Other support may be accepted during the grant period.

How Long Will the Award Last?

1 year 

How to Apply:

To begin your application, click this link. 

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