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Faculty & Professional Staff

The Consortium for the Study of the Asias provides support for faculty through travel grants, curriculum development and building intellectual strength, and grant support through collaborations within the University of Minnesota in the following areas:

  • Develop or revise curriculum, or create interdisciplinary courses focusing on the Study of the Asias
  • collaborate on colloquia, conferences, and workshops
  • innovative intellectual communities
  • academic conferences
  • interdisciplinary seminars, lecture series, and symposia
  • exhibitions and performances
  • international research collaborations
  • faculty, student, and community dialogues
  • new curricular programs
  • faculty led student travel

Travel Grants

CSA holds a bi-annual competition for University of Minnesota–Twin Cities campus faculty and P&A staff.

Activities Supported

The following activities are supported by the Title VI Faculty Travel Grants. The ranking below reflects the priorities of the grant program.

  • Projects that enhance the internationalization of the curriculum and international interdisciplinary research linkages. Typically these projects pertain to the collection of international materials or archival research to update courses on the Asia and Asia cultures and/or to the exploration of international linkages involving interdisciplinary research collaboratives.
  • Participation in national or international professional conferences or meetings, coupled with additional activities contributing to the internationalization of the university, such as research, course development, enhancement of study abroad opportunities or linkages with foreign institutions of higher learning. Preference will be given to activities that are linked to the strategic goals of the Consortium for the Study of the Asias.

The amount of the award will depend on the project's priority ranking and availability of funds.

Application Procedures

Grants will be made each term on a competitive basis. Applications must be postmarked or received by IGS on the following dates:

  • For travel occurring in June, July, August, September, October, November or December 2009, the application deadline is APRIL 6, 2009. Notification of awards will be late-April 2009.

  • For travel occurring in January, February, March, April, or May 2010 the deadline for application is early November 2009 . Notification of awards will be mid-November.

We will accept a limited number of applications between cycles, if funds are left over from the preceding funding cycle. In general, awards in between cycles will not be funded at the same level of support as regular applications due to the limited resources.

Download and complete the Application Form (PDF) (RTF).

Include a one-page proposal with a description of the proposed activity and the expected benefits to your research and the general area of Asian Studies. If a proposal was already created for another funding source, it may be substituted.

Include documentation of matching funds. Evidence of pending application for matching funds is acceptable.

NOTE: In case of foreign travel, the final notification might be delayed. The CSA as a federally funded Title VI National Resource Center is required to file a Foreign Travel Approval Request with the US Department of Education more than 30 days prior to the date of departure. For this reason, Faculty Travel Grants for foreign travel will be awarded provisionally, pending approval from the USDE. Failure to obtain a federal Foreign Travel Approval will result in loss of funding. In addition, awardees of a grant for foreign travel have to comply with the Fly America Act.

In general, individuals are eligible for only one travel award per academic year. Typically awards average $750.

Faculty members cannot apply to more than one Travel Grant competition within IGS. If the project more properly falls within the area of Europe, your request will be referred to the coordinator of the European Consortium Title VI grant or if in other places besides Asia and Europe, then to the coordinator for the International Title VI grant.

It is the policy of the CSA to support faculty travel of as many departments as possible. Therefore, the number of grants awarded to a single department in any given year might be limited depending on the available funds

Obligations of the Awardee

In addition to obtaining a federal Foreign Travel Approval, awardees should complete a University Travel Authorization form before departure. Receipts for travel must be provided when claiming or documenting travel costs.

Information and Inquiries

All inquiries and completed applications should be sent to:

Anne Jin Soo Preston
Consortium for the Study of the Asias
214 Social Science Tower
267-19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612/625-6103
612/626-2242 (fax)
E-mail: asias@umn.edu

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Curriculum Development and Building Intellectual Strength

The Consortium for the Study of the Asias welcomes the opportunity to support faculty interested in developing new courses or adding additional Asias content to existing courses as well as sponsoring or cosponsoring initiatives that are focused on the Asias (conferences, workshops, symposia, performances, etc.)

Target themes for the National Resource Center for the entire cycle of our grant are as follows:

  • 2006-2007
    • Film in the Asias
    • Contemporary Uses of the Past
    • Communism & Violence
    • Transnational Migrations across the Asias (as part of Global R.E.M. - race, ethnicity, and migration)
  • 2007 - 2008
    • Film in the Asias
    • Contemporary Uses of the Past
    • Communism & Violence
  • 2008 - 2009
    • Film in the Asias
    • Contemporary Uses of the Past
    • Transnational Migrations across the Asias (as part of Global R.E.M. - race, ethnicity, and migration)
  • 2009 - 2010
    • Film in the Asias
    • Contemporary Uses of the Past
    • Communism & Violence
    • Transnational Migrations across the Asias (as part of Global R.E.M. - race, ethnicity, and migration)

Target themes for the Building Intellectual Strength for the entire cycle of our grant are as follows:

  • 2006-2007
    • *Film in the Asias
    • Contemporary Uses of the Past
  • 2007 - 2008
    • Film in the Asias
    • Contemporary Uses of the Past
    • *Transnational Migrations across the asias (as part of Global R.E.M. - race, ethnicity and migration)
  • 2008 - 2009
    • *Contemporary Uses of the Past
    • Communism & Violence
    • Transnational Migrations across the Asias (as part of Global R.E.M. - race, ethnicity, and migration)
  • 2009 - 2010
    • Film in the Asias
    • Contemporary Uses of the Past
    • *Communism & Violence
    • Transnational Migrations across the Asias (as part of Global R.E.M. - race, ethnicity, and migration

**Funds designated for capstone conference.

CSA encourages creative thinking within these themes as they can all be interpreted broadly and are relative to many disciplines. Any discussion on course development is welcome as funds not expended in any one year may still be available for courses. Contact us to discuss any idea you may have as we will work to support curriculum development on campus.

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