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Grants

The opportunities below are for faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Faculty colleagues at other institutions can look at opportunities for other campuses by clicking this link.

UNC faculty member Marie Lina Excellent meets with colleagues in India to add global content to her course in Chapel Hill

Course Development Grants

The Carolina Asia Center awards course development grants to selected faculty who are interested in adding Asia-related content to existing courses or developing new courses with Asia-related content. Any UNC-Chapel Hill faculty who teaches at least two courses is eligible to apply. This grant is supported with the Title VI grant from the Department of Education.

 

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Conference Travel Grants

The Carolina Asia Center awards conference travel grants to selected UNC faculty. Funding is provided to successful applicants to present a paper on an Asia-related research topic at a conference: up to $1000 for a domestic conference or up to $2000 for conference outside the US. The grant can be used to supplement conference/research travel grants from the College or School where the faculty member has her/his appointment. Faculty in all schools and departments across campus are eligible to apply. This grant is supported with the Title VI grant from the Department of Education.

 

Students install a Hinamatsuri display as part of a Japanese course at UNC

Language Course Development Grants

Faculty members teaching an Asian language at UNC-Chapel Hill can apply for funds to enhance their courses with new materials, new approaches, or guest speakers. This grant is supported with the Title VI grant from the Department of Education.

 

 

 

Vietnamese instructor teaches two students in a classroom

Language Instructor Professional Development Grants

Faculty members teaching an Asian language at UNC-Chapel Hill can apply for up to $1,000 to develop their language pedagogy and instruction. This grant is supported with the Title VI grant from the Department of Education.

 

 

 

Modern Indian Studies Faculty Research Award

The MIS Faculty Research Award is intended to further research on contemporary India, broadly conceived. The award is open to tenure track and fixed term faculty of any rank that have completed at least one year at UNC. Applicants may request up to $3,000 per award. MIS encourages applications on diverse topics and fields (from science to business to the social sciences, education, health and the humanities) and especially invites creative ideas and research projects. The funds can be used to support research travel and living expenses, to access images and rare library manuscripts, to support applied research, to conduct community engaged work, or to support publication subvention.

Southeast Asia Grants from the project “Bringing Southeast Asia Home”

Supported by the Henry Luce Foundation Initiative on Southeast Asia, his project provides a number of funding opportunities for faculty (both from UNC-Chapel Hill and beyond).

 

 

An audience listens to a speaker at the Jaipur Literature Festival in September 2024Other Funding for UNC Faculty

UNC-Chapel Hill faculty members who want to propose events or have other small funding proposals related to East, South and Southeast Asia can seek support from the Carolina Asia Center.