Library Acquisition Grants


BASIC REQUIREMENTS

The Foundation offers three-year grants totaling US$9,000 (US$3,000 per year) in support of Library Acquisition projects for academic institutions in Eastern and Central Europe, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

All applications must include the following items, in the order listed below:

  1. Project abstracts (in Chinese and English).
  2. A detailed itemized budget (If this sum is to be supplemented by matching funds, please include this information in the budget).
  3. A description of the proposed project of no more than 7 pages in length.
  4. List of books or journals to be purchased.
  5. Project directorˇ¦s curriculum vitae.
  6. Endorsement letter from the applicant(s) and participating institution(s).

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

  1. The Foundationˇ¦s grants provide support for research on Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences.
  2. Applications should not exceed the limits for grant amounts and grant duration as stated in the program descriptions given above.
  3. The Foundation encourages applications with matching funds from other sources. Please inform the Foundation if applying for financial assistance from other organizations at the same time. If a project director receives aid from another source after the Foundation has already decided to support the project, please inform the Foundation within 7 days after being informed by the alternate funding organization.
  4. For projects that exceed one year, please provide a year-by-year breakdown of budget expenditures.
  5. When preparing itemized budgets, please use US Dollars as the unit of currency.
  6. If there are other co-directors, please include their curriculum vitae, lists of relevant publications and letters of agreement along with the other materials required above.
  7. The Foundation reserves the right to post project abstracts and reports on its websites.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Applications must be submitted to our online application database. E-mail and paper applications will not be accepted. Applications may be submitted every year from August 1 (to start the application process, please click here).

DEADLINE

  1. The application period for Library Acquisition Grants is from August 1 to September 15. Applications after September 15 will not be accepted.
  2. A list of grant recipients will be announced in late December.
  3. For applications which do not receive funding, the Foundation will inform the institutions and project directors within seven days after the results are made public. For applications that do receive support, the Foundation will inform the institutions and project directors as quickly as possible in order to arrange for contracts to be signed.
  4. The Foundation does not provide a written critique for unsuccessful applications.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
13F 65 Tun Hua South Rd., Sec. 2
Taipei, Taiwan 106 ROC
Tel: +886-2-2704-5333 ext. 17
Fax: +886-2-2701-6762
E-mail: amberhl@cckf.org.tw