Funding from Mumford Center

• Urban China Research Network Small Grant Program

Outside Funding

While general funding sources such as NSF, NIH also support research on China, some sources supports research specially on China or Asia. Some of them are listed here.

• Luce Foundation 

The Luce Foundation has an Asia Program, which promotes cultural and intellectual exchange between the countries of the Asia-Pacific and the United States, and provide scholarly and public resources for improved understanding of Asia in the United States. The Asia Program currently has three parts: the Luce Scholars Program, Asia Project Grants, and the Luce Fund for Asian Studies. The Asia Project Grants specifically support research on East and Southeast Asia.

•  Ford Fundation 

The Ford Fundation has a regional office in Beijing, which provides grants to China-related research. The Beijing Office currently considers applications for support for the following areas:
· Development finance and economic security
· Education reform and cultural diversity
· Environment and development
· Governance and public policy
· International cooperation
· Law and rights
· NPO development
· Sexuality and reproductive health

• The Committee on Scholarly Communication with China 

The CSCC is a private, non-profit organization that aims to promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and China by providing China-based liaison and coordination for cross-cultural academic programs. It has programs such as Chinese Fellowships for Scholarly Development, Chinese Public Policy Research Grants Competition, National Program for Advanced Study and Research in China and Program on Social Development in China. They provide grants to both Chinese scholars and those living in the US to conduct China-related research. The CSCC also has a Beijing office, which serves to enhance interactions with the Chinese academic community.

• Grants and Fellowships from AAS website