Description and Eligibility Criteria
Reserved for graduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Science who have participated in or attended events sponsored by the Asian Institute whose research focuses on the societies and modern histories of countries affected by the Japanese Empire in Asia. Normally, these awards will be used to help defray project costs associated with the travel and research of the applicant. However, for the spring 2022 competition students may apply for non-travel funding if U of T Safety Abroad does not allow travel to the country in which you wish to conduct research.
Award Value
The value and total number of individual awards will be determined annually. For the spring 2022 competition the Asian Institute anticipates 1-3 awards of approximately $1,154 to $3,462. The funds may be used anytime between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit the following documents in a single PDF file, titled in the following format: LastName.ManFamilyScholarship.pdf. Applications must be submitted electronically with the subject line Man Family Scholarship 2022 to ai.asianstudies@utoronto.ca
- Research proposal of no more than 250 words
- Recent CV
- Graduate academic transcripts (printout or pdf from ACORN is accepted)
- Letter of recommendation from a supervisor (emailed directly from faculty member to ai.asianstudies@utoronto.ca)
- Brief narrative of 50-100 words describing financial need and amount requested
Deadline
April 11, 2022, at 5PM EST. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact:
Katherine MacIvor
Program Advisor and Communications Officer, Asian Institute
ai.asianstudies@utoronto.ca
416-946-8832
Deadline: April 11, 2022