Graduate Student Fellowship in Chinese Studies

 

The Friends of the Chinatown Library is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, incorporated in 1977, to support the Chinatown Branch Library of the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) system. The Chinatown Branch Library provides library and general community services to the ethnically and socioeconomically diverse community of the Los Angeles Chinatown neighborhood. Amongst the seventy-plus branch libraries of the LAPL system, the Chinatown Branch Library ranks amongst the top three in traffic and circulation. One of the unique and prized features of the Chinatown Branch Library is the Chinese Heritage Collection, which consists of books and materials on Chinese and Chinese-American civilization and culture. This collection is the largest and most comprehensive of its type within the LAPL system.

 

 

To be eligible, you must:

 

1)      Be presently enrolled as a graduate student in an accredited university in Southern California

2)      Have proof of your declared major in the area of Chinese civilization (or evident concentration of courses in that area on your transcript)

3)      Have a minimum 3.5 undergraduate GPA.

4)      Submit a completed application package, including:

a.       Application Form

b.      Research Paper or article on your field of study of 1,000 to 3,000 words that may have been submitted previously as part of your undergraduate or graduate class work.

c.       Personal statement of 500 to 600 words.

d.      Copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts to date (sealed in an envelope with the school stamp across the seal).

 

 

Jack Hom Scholarship for Graduate Chinese Studies

Friends of the Chinatown Library

Chinatown Branch Library

639 N. Hill Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012