Application Deadline: Â December 15, 2024.
Applications are now open for the 2025 Wilson China Fellowship. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, seeks applicants for the Wilson China Fellowship from policy-oriented academics with specialization in political, social, economic, security, or historical issues related to China. The aim of this fellowship is to produce new and original pieces of research that improve understanding of the role that China is playing in the Indo-Pacific, its relations with its neighbors and the United States, and its impact on peace and security issues. Additionally, the Fellowship seeks to build bridges between traditional academia and the policy world, and to support a new generation of American scholarship on China.
Eligibility
This fellowship is available to US citizens only, although they may have residency anywhere around the world. Women and men with outstanding capabilities and experience from a wide variety of backgrounds (including academia, business, government, journalism, law, and other professions) are encouraged to apply. Candidates must have received a PhD or JD from an accredited university on or after January 1, 2009.
Stipend
The Center offers a stipend of $20,000 for a one-year non-resident fellowship. Fellows are responsible for their own health insurance and research-related travel expenses. The Center will cover costs associated with program-related travel to Washington to support the Fellowship’s conference.
Research Priorities
Research projects supported by this Fellowship will:
Special consideration will be made for proposals that take an interdisciplinary approach.
Focus on China’s impact on political, social, economic, security, or historical issues and its impact on China’s periphery, across Asia, and on China-US relations.
Develop concepts or explore topics that are understudied, unconventional, unique, emerging, or new within academic and policy discussions.
Build upon historical and current research on US-China relations and Chinese foreign policy.
Combine academic rigor with policy relevance.
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