China Initiative Graduate Research Awards support research by doctoral candidates whose focus of study is China. The awards support archival, library and on-site field research in Mainland China or Taiwan. In exceptional cases, the awards might be used to support archival or library research in other East Asian countries with collections relevant to the topic.
China Initiative Awards for Graduate Language Study support summer East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) language study for doctoral candidates in any discipline in the humanities or social sciences at Brown whose primary research focus is China.
China Initiative Faculty Research Awards support research by Brown faculty members whose focus of study is China. The awards support archival, library and on-site field research in China or Taiwan; in exceptional cases, the awards might be used to support archival or library research in other East Asian countries with collections relevant to the topic.