Grant Recipients in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2008-2009
Recipients in the Asia-Pacific Region
(in order of application received)
Unit: US$
A. Research Grants
1. Mark Gamsa
Tel Aviv University (Israel)
¡§The Russian-Chinese Encounter in Harbin¡¨
Grant amount: US$40,000
Grant period: 3 years
2. James Kai-sing Kung
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)
¡§Public Finance and Land Conversion: An Empirical Study of Changing Fiscal Incentives on Local Governments¡¦ Behavior in China¡¨
Grant amount: US$15,000
Grant period: 1 year
3. Sébastien Billioud
French Center for Research on Contemporary China (Hong Kong)
¡§The ¡¥Confucian Revival¡¦ in Mainland China: Forms and Meanings of ¡¥Confucian Piety¡¦ Today¡¨
Grant amount: US$90,000
Grant period: 3 years
4. John Makeham
The Australian National University (Australia)
¡§Yogācāra Buddhism and Modern Chinese Thought¡¨
Grant amount: US$68,000
Grant period: 3 years
5. Igor de Rachewiltz
The Australian National University (Australia)
¡§Introduction to Altaic Philology¡¨
Grant amount: US$27,000
Grant period: 1 year
6. Chien-peng Chung
Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
¡§China¡¦s Approaches to Institutionalizing Multilateral Political-Economic Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific¡¨
Grant amount: US$10,000
Grant period: 1.5 years
7. Shirley Chan
Macquarie University (Australia)
¡§Translation and Interpretation of the Confucian Texts in the Excavated 4th Century BCE Guodian Chu Bamboo Slips from China¡¨
Grant amount: US$7,500
Grant period: 2 years
B. Conference & Seminar Grants
1. Van-duc Pham
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Vietnam)
¡§The International Conference on Vietnamese Confucianism and East Asian Culture¡¨
Grant amount: US$15,000
Grant period: 1 year
2. Kwang-ok Kim
Seoul National University (Korea)
¡§Chinese and Northeast Asian Cuisine: Local, National, and Global Foodways¡¨
Grant amount: US$15,000
Grant period: 1 year
3. Nae-young Lee
Korea University (Korea)
¡§Current Studies and Prospects on Contemporary Taiwan: History, Politics and Economy¡¨
Grant amount: US$17,500
Grant period: 1 year
C. Subsidies for Publication
1. Stephen McDowall
Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
¡§Traces of Hatchet & Chisel: Qian Qianyi¡¦s (1582-1664) Reflections on Yellow Mountain¡¨
Grant amount: US$3,000
Grant period: 1 year
2. Michael Duckworth
Hong Kong University Press (Hong Kong)
¡§Surviving Nirvana: Death of the Buddha in Chinese Visual Culture¡¨ by Sonya Lee
Grant amount: US$6,000
Grant period: 1 year
D. Senior Scholar Grants
1. Yiu-ming Fung
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)
¡§The Philosophy of Language and Logic in Ancient China¡¨
Grant amount: US$30,000
Grant period: 1 year
E. Special Project Grants
1. Billy So
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Further Development of ¡§CUHK-CCK Asia Pacific Centre for Chinese Studies¡¨
Grant amount: US$120,000
Grant period: 1 year
F. Dissertation Fellowships for ROC Students Abroad
1. Chen-chu Chen
Hiroshima University (Japan)
¡§Rites and Music Theories in the Early Edo Period of Japan - Exploring a New Perspective to Interpret East Asian Thoughts on Art¡¨
Grant amount: US$12,000
Grant period: 1 year