Hou Family Fellowship for Taiwan Studies

Fairbanks Centre (Harvard)

Application deadline: May 15, 2017

The Hou Family Fellowship for Taiwan Studies sponsors one North America-based scholar of Taiwan Studies and one Taiwan-based scholar of Taiwan Studies as visiting fellows at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University to pursue Taiwan related research for a term of three to twelve months from August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2018.

Applications are welcome from candidates with advanced Ph.D. candidate standing or recent Ph.D.s in a relevant discipline of the humanities or social sciences focusing on Taiwan. Candidates may not be more than five years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. at the start of the fellowship.

Total stipend: $25,000, plus $3,000 for research. Apply.

Details are available on the Embassy of Japan's website.

Applicants who successfully pass the written application screening are required to undertake an interview and examination (English and Japanese language) to be held in late June or July.