Grant Recipients in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2012-2013

 

 

Recipients in the Asia-Pacific Region

(in order of application received)

Unit: US$

A. Research Grants

 

1. Frederick Teiwes

University of Sydney (Australia)

"Chinese Communist Elite Politics under Hua Guofeng and Deng Xiaoping"

Grant amount: US$39,000

Grant period: 3 years

 

2. Bit-Chee Kwok

City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

"A Study on Subgrouping of Southern Min"

Grant amount: US$38,000

Grant period: 2 years

 

3. Xiaoping Fang

University of Technology, Sydney (Australia)

"Between Hierarchy and Equality: Women Doctors, Modern Medicine, and Socialist Politics in China"

Grant amount: US$10,000

Grant period: 1 year

 

4. Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh

Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong)

"Wenyi文藝 and Film Marketing in Republican China"

Grant amount: US$35,000

Grant period: 3 years

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5. Shu-Sen Chang

University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

"One Hundred Years of Suicide in Taiwan"

Grant amount: US$52,000

Grant period: 2 years

 

6. Elena Gregoria Chin Fern Chai

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Malaysia)

"Perceptions and Acceptance of Tua Pek Kong as an Official Religion: A Survey in Sarawak, Malaysia"

Grant amount: US$8,000

Grant period: 2 years

 

7. Glenn Summerhayes

University of Otago (New Zealand)

"In Search of Austronesian Movements -- Archaeology on the North New Guinea Coast"

Grant amount: US$42,000

Grant period: 2 years

 

8. Feng Chen

Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong)

"Forming Labor NGOs: Leadership and Strategy"

Grant amount: US$55,000

Grant period: 3 years

 

9. Wen-Chi Liao

National University of Singapore (Singapore)

"The Impact of Land Rights on Urban Redevelopment"

Grant amount: US$34,000

Grant period: 2 years

 

B. Conference and Seminar Grants

 

1. Richard Walker

City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

"Improving Chinese Public Services: Theory and Empirical Evidence"

Grant amount: US$17,000

Grant period: 1 year

 

2. Yin-wah Chu

Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong)

"The Asian Developmental State: Reexaminations and New Departures"

Grant amount: US$20,000

Grant period: 1 year

 

3. King-fai Tam

Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)

"Political Humor in Modern China: Interdisciplinary Perspectives"

Grant amount: US$20,000

Grant period: 1 year

 

C. Dissertation Fellowships for ROC Students Abroad

 

1. Pei-hua Wu

University of Otago (New Zealand)

"Lapita to Post-Lapita Transition in the Bismarck Archipelago"

Grant amount: US$15,000

Grant period: 1 year

 

●Wait List

(a) Humanities

 

1. Chiachiu Tsai (#4 in the Humanities Category)

University of Tsukuba (Japan)

"Japanese Artists' Travel and Art (1910s-30s): The Image of East Asia from Multiple Areas and Cultures"