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• Asian Art and Religion Fellowships:

-- Sponsor: Asian Cultural Council

-- SYNOPSIS: Support is provided to enable American scholars, specialists, and artists to conduct research and undertake projects in Asia involving the interdisciplinary analysis of religion and the arts. The sponsor awards up to five research fellowships or travel grants each year through this program.

-- Deadline(s): 10/15/2010

-- Web Site: http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org

-- Program URL: http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/?page_id=16

-- DEADLINE NOTE: Letters of inquiry must be received by October 15th. The deadline for receipt of completed applications and proposals is November 15, 2010.

-- OBJECTIVES: This fellowship program focuses on the relationship between the artistic and religious traditions of Asia. The program enables American scholars, specialists, and artists to conduct research and undertake projects in Asia involving the interdisciplinary analysis of religion and the arts. Asian Art and Religion Fellowships have supported research in India on the iconography of Hindu deities, in Indonesia on the relationship between tantric religious thought and masked performance, and in Thailand on Buddhist architecture of northern Thailand.

• Targeted Research Areas Grants

-- Sponsor: American Society for Theatre Research

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor provides an award of up to $4,000 (which may be split among more than one award) to support specific projects by scholars working in areas important to ASTR's mission that are currently under-represented in its various activities.

-- Deadline(s): 03/15/2010

-- Web Site: http://www.astr.org

-- Program URL: http://www.astr.org/Default.aspx?tabid=118

-- OBJECTIVES: This grant is intended to support specific projects by scholars working in areas important to ASTR's mission that are currently under-represented in its various activities. Such areas include, but are not limited to, the following: pre-1900 research; Asian, African, Latin American, and Middle Eastern theatre, dance, and performance; little known repertoires. Translations of important theatre documents, including plays, will also be considered. This award is not intended to support curriculum development.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Any independent, tenured, or untenured scholar who is currently a member of ASTR and holds a terminal degree, or any graduate student who is applying in support of a project that is not directly related to her/his dissertation, is eligible to apply. Rank and institutional affiliation are not considered. Applicants may not apply for a Targeted Research Area Grant and for a Research Fellowship for the same project in the same year. </p>

-- FUNDING: The award provides a grant of up to $4000 total per annum (which may be split among more than one award). Recipients are encouraged to submit their resulting work, if appropriate, to Theatre Survey and to liaise with the editors as the project develops.