AsiaNetwork Student-Faculty Fellows Program

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-- Sponsor: AsiaNetwork

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides a summer fellowship program for student-faculty teams to conduct scholarly research in East and Southeast Asia. The program is expected to last for a minimum of three weeks.

-- Deadline: 12/01/2009

-- Contact: Dr. Van J. Symons

-- Address: Augustana College, Department of History, Rock Island, IL 61201

-- Tel: 309-794-7413

-- OBJECTIVES: The fellowship is designed for students to cultivate their interests and intellectual commitments to the region through scholarly research in Southeast and East Asia, those areas bordered by Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the south and west (which include Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia), and then north to include Taiwan, Hong Kong S.A.R., China, Japan, and Korea.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Only proposals from U.S. institutions that focus on East and Southeast Asia will be accepted. Applicants must attend a school affiliated with the sponsor. Students of senior class may participate as long as they can complete the proposed research project by August 31 of their senior year.