With funding provided by the Department of Education's T6 grant, APSI will support several conferences during the 2006-2010 grant cycle. The conferences should focus on the three research and pedagogical themes of the grant, which are: Geo-histories, Networks, and Regional Cultures; Information, Technology and Media Studies; and East Asian Capitalism.
One grant of about $5,000 is available for the 08-09 year, and for the 09-10 year, two conference grants of about $5,000 each will be available.
Organizers of a T6 conference can also apply for up to $2,000 APSI's own funds, to be used to backstop the conference in the event the conference's costs exceed the funds raised for it. Proposals for conferences to be held during either the 08-09 year or the 09-10 year are due June 15, 2008.
Each proposal should include:
A 3-page proposal that includes the rationale for holding the conference
APSI is soliciting proposals for course
development to be funded by the Title VI grants. Please note that funding for the coming year is limited, and we anticipate funding 1-2 proposals.
Criteria for Eligibility:
The course must be taught at
least twice in the next five years.
The course must have at least
25% East Asian (China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) content.
APSI core faculty will be given
priority. Other faculty members are also invited to
apply.
Selection Criteria:
Priority will be given to a
new course. Next priority will be given
to an existing course to be taught for the first time
by a different faculty member. Proposals from faculty
members who are planning to overhaul an existing course
will be also considered.
Both graduate and undergraduate courses will be funded, but we strongly encourage 200-level courses, which are open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
A course with higher East Asian
content will be given higher priority.
Application
Please submit: a) a course proposal
of at least one page, b) a budget with the specific
description of planned use of the funds (i.e. visiting
lecturer, teaching materials, research assistant) and
the semester it will be taught, and c) a letter from
your chair approving that the course will be rostered
in the department or an official Request For Approval
of Add/Revision of Regular Course Offering signed by
your chair.
APSI sponsors Research
Programs/Clusters each year, the purpose of which is
to promote interdisciplinary and cross-cultural inquiry
and collaboration among East Asian faculty and students
at Duke as well as in the Triangle Area. Faculty members
are especially encouraged to propose research programs/clusters
focusing on one of the three research and pedagogical
themes of APSI's Title VI grant. The three themes are:
Geo-histories, Networks, and Regional Cultures; Information,
Technology and Media Studies; and East Asian Capitalism.
Each proposal requires three signers (with at least
two being APSI core faculty); the maximum number of
proposals on which a faculty member may co-sign is
two. Proposals will be reviewed by the Executive Committee,
which will allocate up to $3000 to support each cluster. The deadline for submitting applications
for the 2008-2009 year is extended to June 1, 2008.
Faculty members who receive funding
for a research program/cluster should submit a report,
including a budget summary, by the end of the academic
year.
APSI’s core faculty members are invited to apply
for research grants for the 08-09 academic year. Application
deadline is April 14, 2008.
• The grants will provide
seed money to launch new research projects, support
research write-up projects and research
on components of larger on-going projects.
• The total amount that may be awarded to a faculty member
in an academic year is $3,000.
• Proposals should include a one paragraph abstract (100
words or less), a fuller description of the project
(max. 2 pages), and an estimated budget including,
if applicable, other funding sources.
• The proposals will be reviewed by the Executive Committee.
Funding will be available after July 1st, 2008.
• If, after applying for a grant from APSI, a faculty
member is informed that he/she has or has not been
awarded a grant from the University Research Council
or other funding sources for the same project, please notify the APSI office immediately, so that the information can be available to the committee
reviewing the proposals.
• Each recipient is required to submit a short summary
of the research accomplished with the grant within
3 months of completion of the project. This report
can simply be a copy of the report sent to the University
Research Council, if both awards cover the same project.
• The monies awarded must be used by August 14, 2009;
otherwise, funds revert to APSI.
APSI has travel grants
available for the 07-08 academic year to cover travel
expenses
for presenting on East Asian topics at conferences
and professional meetings. The awards will cover up
to $700 for presenting at a domestic or an international
conference.
To
be eligible for these awards, all travel must be completed
by 8/14/08.
Applications will be accepted twice
a year; with deadlines set for October 1 and February
1. Applications will be accepted for travel throughout
the entire academic year with the fall grant cycle,
so please plan ahead and apply early.
Priority will
be given to APSI’s core faculty members. Priority
will also be given to faculty who have not received
travel support from APSI recently, and to junior faculty
members. Language faculty should check with AALL's
Title VI committee first for availability of language
workshop related travel grants.
To apply, please submit
an application with:
A statement of your funding
needs, including the cost of transportation, lodging,
and registration.
Please state any other funding sources available.
Evidence of your paper’s
acceptance at the conference, such as conference program
or invitation from the conference organizer
