Fellowship Description
Instructional/course development seed grants are awarded on a competitive basis to support the development of courses that have significant China-related content OR are designed to integrate China-related material as an analytical focus, in a comparative framework or as a case study.

Requirements & Eligibility

  • Center for Chinese Studies faculty associates are eligible to apply.
  • Preference will be given to proposals for courses with an entirely new or significantly innovative content or method. Interdisciplinary and team-taught courses are encouraged.
  • Items that would be appropriate for CCS funding include, but are not limited to:
    • assistance for translation of articles from Chinese for inclusion in a course
    • assistance for compiling a bibliography
    • development of a slide-collection, digital and audio-visual resources, course tool sites, etc.

Deadline: October 15 & March 15 annually

Application Procedure
Download the Faculty Associates Instructional/Course Development Seed Grant Application (fillable pdf)

Submission
Please send to Administrator, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1080 S. University Ave., Suite 4668, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106 or gcaudill@umich.edu. Phone: 734.647.1487; Fax: 734.764.5540