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4/6/2012 

Asia Institute Graduate Fellowships, 2012-2013

For UCLA graduate students in any field. Application deadline: April 6, 2012
Awards: 2

4/6/2012 

Hiroshi Wagatsuma Memorial Fellowships, 2012-2013

Graduate Fellowships and Faculty Grants. Deadline: April 6,2012
Amount: Up to $7000 for graduate students; $5000 for faculty grants

3/12/2012 

Lemelson Fellowships on Indonesia

The Indonesian Studies Program of UCLA's Center for Southeast Asian Studies offers fellowships to support graduate student research on Indonesia.
Amount: $5,000
Awards: 5

3/12/2012 

Thailand Travel Grants 2012

Travel grants for UCLA graduate students and undergraduates attending the University of California Education Abroad Program at Thammasat University in Thailand in Summer 2012 or academic year 2012-13.
Amount: $3,000
Awards: 4

3/2/2012 

The George and Sakaye Aratani Fellowship

Two fellowships of up to $8,000 each will be available for a beginning or continuing UCLA graduate student working in any area of Japanese Studies. Students of Japanese American descent who specialize in Japan-related graduate studies are particularly encouraged to apply.
Amount: up to $8,000
Awards: 2

3/2/2012 

The George and Sakaye Aratani Field Experience Scholarship

Up to three scholarships of $14,000- $25,000 will be available for a dissertation stage or professional advanced degree stage UCLA student to support an extended period of research and study in Japan.
Amount: ~$25,000
Awards: 3

3/2/2012 

The Herbert and Helen Kawahara Fellowship

A fellowship of $8,000 will be available for UCLA graduate students who wish to develop Japan expertise as they pursue professional training in a given academic discipline. Students with little or no Japanese studies background will be considered, as will those who intend to expand their earlier work on Japan.
Amount: $8,000
Awards: 1

3/2/2012 

The Sasakawa Fellowship

Approximately 15 fellowships of up to $8,000 each will be awarded to continuing UCLA graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in Japanese Studies. Preference will be given to those who have demonstrated competence in the Japanese language. Categories of funding include, but are not limited to, fieldwork in Japan, tuition and fees, dissertation writing support, and other research-related travels.
Amount: up to $8,000
Awards: approximately 15

3/2/2012 

The Sasakawa Japanese Language Study Fellowship

A few fellowships of up to $10,000 each will be available for UCLA graduate students who plan to study the Japanese language in Japan or in the United States. This fellowship is not designed for taking Japanese classes at UCLA during the normal academic year, but is primarily for programs such as IUC (whole year or summer), Middlebury College Summer Program, or UCLA Summer intensive program.
Amount: up to $10,000
Awards: 3

3/2/2012 

Faculty Small Grants

Faculty Grants in the field of Japanese Studies will normally be available only to UCLA ladder faculty ($8000 maximum).
Amount: up to $8,000

3/2/2012 

Sasakawa Fund for Academic Exchanges Programs, Conferences, Symposia, and Workshops

Grants will be available to UCLA faculty for the support of Academic Exchange Programs, Conferences, Symposia, and Workshops involving Japanese universities and research institutions.
Amount: up to $8,000

3/1/2012 

Terasaki Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japanese Studies

The UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies invites applications for a 1-year postdoctoral position, for the 2012-13 academic year. The fellow will be expected to teach a one-quarter undergraduate course and present one public lecture while in residence, and to participate actively in Center colloquia and other public programs during the fellowship year. The Center welcomes applications from around the world.

3/1/2012 

Graduate Student Fieldwork Fellowship for International Studies

The UCLA International Institute announces a series of Fieldwork Fellowships open to UCLA doctoral students in good standing whose research focuses on one or more aspects of international or regional studies.

2/15/2012 

2012-2013 East Asia Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

Academic Year and Summer fellowships for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language and area studies.

2/15/2012 

Southeast Asia - Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships

FLAS fellowships are designed to support graduate and undergraduate students who are studying Southeast Asian languages and area studies courses. Languages for academic year fellowships are Filipino, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai or Vietnamese. Fellowships are always contingent upon receipt of funds from the U.S. Department of Education.
Amount: $15,000 stipend ( plus UCLA fees which usually are paid by the department)

2/15/2012 

Latin America - Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship

Academic Year and Summer fellowships for Quechua, Portuguese, and Advanced Spanish combined with area studies for UCLA Graduate and Undergraduate students.

12/9/2011 

Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Community Outreach Program Fund

This fund is designed to promote deeper understanding among members of the Japanese American community of their rich and diverse heritage.
Amount: up to $3,000

12/9/2011 

UC Pacific Rim Research Program (PRRP) 2012-2013

This program offers research grants to faculty and graduate students.

12/2/2011 

The Notehelfer Prize

The Notehelfer Prize recognizes the best unpublished research paper written by a UCLA Japanese Studies graduate student in any disciplinary field, among those submitted to the Notehelfer Prize Committee in a given year.
Amount: $400
Awards: 1

11/30/2011 

Visiting Research Scholar Fellowships for 2013-2014, International Research Center for Japanese Studies

The International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Kyoto, Japan) is pleased to announce three openings for foreign scholars to reside at the Center and participate during the Japanese academic year 2013-2014 in the following team research projects.
Awards: several

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