AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) Japan Studies Grants

Description: The Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies, in conjunction with the Japan-US Friendship Commission, supports a variety of grant programs in Japanese studies designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines.

Award Amount: $1000-$5000

Requirement:

• Individual applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and seminars/workshops/conferences must be held in the United States. Institutional applicants must be located within the USA.

• Only one Japan grant application per individual will be accepted in any one grant period. Multiple applications for different categories will not be entertained.

• Graduate student applicants in any grant category (where eligible) must provide an advisor recommendation letter—sent directly to the AAS by the advisor—in order to be considered for grant funding.

• NEAC grants are contingent upon not accepting another award for the same project.

Deadline applications and graduate student advisor letters must arrive (not be postmarked) by FEBRUARY 1 for the spring/summer awards and OCTOBER 1 for the fall/winter awards.

Link: http://www.asian-studies.org/grants/main.htm#NEAC-JAPAN