Recipients of a CEAS Field Research Grant must submit a four-page (no less than 1,000 words) project report in English detailing the student’s progress and a summary of the report in the relevant foreign language (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, or Korean). If the project is more than one term, then students are required to submit an interim and final report. Reports must be accompanied by itemized original receipts for expenses covered by the grant. Detailed requirements on reporting are provided in award letters. Accepting a CEAS Field Research Grant obligates one to fulfill these requirements.
Please read the application instructions carefully. It is the applicant's responsibility to see that the complete application, including letter of recommendation and transcript, reaches us by the deadline; applications cannot be considered without this information.A complete application includes a project proposal; timetable of research; budget including information about other possible sources of funding; resume; Yale transcript; and letter of recommendation.Your project proposal should be no more than five pages including detailed information on the duration and location of your research project, the resources to be used, and possible institutional affiliations.When you submit your itemized budget, please be sure to list all other pending sources of funding, both within Yale and at the national/international level, to which you are applying (including the amounts).
PLEASE NOTE: your proposed project budget must conform to CEAS budget guidelines, which are available on the Council on East Asian Studies website. Please contact eastasian.studies@yale.edu with questions.Please be sure to also upload a copy of your resume and Yale transcript (unofficial transcript is acceptable) as part of the application.The recommender you designate in the application process will receive an email message with instructions on how to submit their letter of recommendation on-line.Applicants will be notified of the results of this award competition via email and mail by mid-April.For more information, please click here or contact the Council on East Asian Studies at (203) 432-3426 or eastasian.studies@yale.edu.Supplemental Material: 1. A timetable of research (describing what will be accomplished during the grant period and what will remain to be done, as well as an estimated completion date). 2. A list of other sources of support, both within Yale and at the national level, to which you are applying (including the amounts).
Grants are for research generally outside the United States and are available to registered Yale graduate students who have completed, or will complete, all pre-dissertation work before the next academic year. The approved dissertation research must focus primarily on China, Japan, or Korea.Applicants who apply for the CEAS Field Research Grant may not apply for the CEAS Summer Travel & Research Grant, which is for pre-dissertation research only.
Yale University policy requires that certain types of research projects involving human subjects be reviewed and approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) prior to the start of the study to ensure that the project meets University Policy and any other applicable regulations. To see if your project needs to be reviewed, for advice on working with human subjects, and for more information about the IRB process and requirements go to https://your.yale.edu/research-support/human-research.