| Types
of Grants |
The
Geiss Foundation will offer two types of grants:
|
(1) |
Project Grants and Geiss Fellowships
Until we can allocate additional funding, most
grants given will be Project Grants, which amounts
will range from $2,500.- to $10,000.00. Project
grants are designed to support new or enhance existing
research projects in the field of Ming studies.
Project grants are not necessarily confined to individuals
and may include Geiss Foundation sponsorship of related
conferences and publications about Ming studies. |
| (2) |
Geiss Fellowships will be granted to qualified
scholars in or outside of academic institutions.
Stipends start at $35,000.00 a year for a period of
12 months. When the proposed research so requires,
Geiss Fellowships may also include roundtrip
economy travel to China or to the destination of study.
Geiss Fellowships may not be extended or renewed.
The Foundation will help, when possible, all grant recipients
and Geiss Fellows to publish such papers in manuscript
form in journals and books, or electronically on appropriate
websites. |
Individual
grants may not be offered each year so check with us about
timing. We expect to accept the first applications for
Geiss Fellowships in 2007 for stipends for 2008. |
| Geiss
Foundation Individual Project Grants |
The
Geiss Foundation intends to award Geiss Foundation Project
Grants on a regular but not annual basis; the first of
the Individual Project Grants of between $2,500.- to $10,000.-
for innovative research studies on the Ming was offered in
2004. Applicants seeking funding must submit their applications
prior to 1 October of the year before grants are made; grant
awards will be announced in April of the year after application.
Our Academic Advisors
will review all applications. The core Evaluation Committee
includes: Professor William Atwell, Hobart And William Smith
Colleges; Professor Thomas Nimick, US West Point Military
Academy; Martin Heijdra, PhD, chief bibliographer at Princeton
East Asian Library and Professor David Robinson, Colgate University.
Depending on the project, additional relevant scholars and
specialists may augment this Committee, which will make final
decisions on grant applications for approval by the Trustees.
Recipients of
any Geiss Foundation grant will not be eligible to re-apply
within four (4) years of receiving a grant. |
