Student-Faculty Collaborations

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• Student-Faculty Fellows Program

-- 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: 12/01/2006

-- Contact: Dr. Van J. Symons

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

-- E-mail: hisymons@augustana.edu

-- Web Site: http://www.asianetwork.org/freeman/2007sff.html

-- 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.

-- FUNDING: The program provides travel and research funds of up to $5,000 for each faculty member and up to $5,000 for each student, depending upon the needs and documented expenses of the researchers. This grant can be used for transportation, lodging, meals and all incidental expenses. An additional amount up to $500 per participant will be available to the faculty mentor to acquire books, necessary equipment, and other teaching materials for the research group. Any equipment acquired under the grant must be turned over to the home institution at the end of the grant period. The faculty mentor will also receive a $1,000 stipend for each student he/she directs under this program. Under no condition will grants be awarded to students receiving academic credit during the on-site research period. Faculty members will not be eligible for the grant if they are receiving teaching credit while supervising the student research on-site.