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The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Study Center at UB, in conjunction with the Department of Geography and Asian Studies Program at the College of Arts & Sciences, invites proposals for funding from scholars and students affiliated with any department or academic program at UB to support research related to the Southeast Asia region.

The Asian Studies Program invites UB faculty and graduate students to apply for funding to support scholarly activity in, or related to Asia. Requests for funding to support overseas research will be given priority. Requests to support attendance at an annual conference will be considered only for those whose papers have been accepted for a conference. All expenses must be incurred before June 30 of any given year. The maximum award is $1000. The deadline is November 9, 2018. Learn more on our Funding page.

The American Institute of Indian Studies has just announced its winter short-term postdoctoral grants. These are open only to faculty (including non-US citizens) teaching at AIIS member institutions. UB is member institution.

The Asian Studies Program is pleased to announce the 2017-2018 Asian Studies Research Award recipients! We thank all of the applicants for their excellent proposals and their interest in the Asian Studies Program. We were able to fund five applicants, including PhD students and faculty from three UB Schools and five UB departments.

Jenny Simon, a junior majoring in English and linguistics from Brooklyn, New York, and Ethan Wolfson-Seely, a senior English major, have each received prestigious scholarships from the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program for the summer of 2018. Jenny will study Mandarin and Ethan will pursue Urdu studies. Congratulations to Ethan and Jenny! Read the UB News Center article for more information.