All currently enrolled Zhejiang Gongshang University students
are invited to apply for
Incentive Award for East Asian Studies
Institute of East Asian Studies of Zhejiang Gongshang University builds reputation for academic excellence under the guiding principles of Chinese culture as fountainhead, Sinology as basis, comparative study as methodology and national interest as kernel. Our grand pioneering innovative academic thoughts include Book Road and East Asian Chinese classics. Our professional work directly contributes to the generation and dissemination of knowledge in such academic domains as ancient Chinese classics outside China and bitan in East Asia, thereby taking a lead in Chinese and international academia.
In 2015, Dean Professor Wang Yong was presented The Japan Foundation Awards for his extant theoretical constructions of East Asian studies such as Book Road. Other two Chinese recipients Xia Yan and Sun Pinghua were previously presented the awards in 1988 and 1997 respectively for their demonstrable impact on promoting international mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and China through academic, artistic and cultural pursuit.
During the presentation ceremony of this award, Dean Professor Wang Yong expressed his intention to share the honor with academia. In April 2017, he donated part of the cash prize to Waseda University for setting up Incentive Payment for Academic Research. Recently, he donated 1,000,000 Japanese Yen from the cash prize to create Incentive Award for East Asian Studies ( hereunder the Award).
In order to respect Dean Professor Wang Yong’s aspiration and throw out a minnow to catch a whale, the name of Dean Professor Wang Yong is not considered for the naming of the Award. We look forward to support inside and outside Zhejiang Gongshang University and the favorable response from our Chinese and international counterparts. For the reserve forces of East Asian studies, maintenance of good momentum of our University in East Asian studies and acceleration of further development of East Asian studies in China, we believe we should contribute our meager ability.
The Award is merit-based, providing incentive payment for postgraduate students to undertake correlational research project of East Asian studies. Under the current financial management system, the Award will not subsidize other vertical research projects and topics.The Award is mainly for peopleware which is comparatively difficult to be dealt with under the current accounting practice in financial management. The approved amount will be paid in cash. Neither voucher nor financial report is required. The Award is mainly handed out for the regional research of East Asian studies but national research on individual East Asian country is also considerable. The usual research sectors supported by the Award, but not limited to, are as follows:
( a ) International academic activities: Encourage postgraduate students to take high-achieving opportunities of participation in such international academic activities as academic conference, workshop, data collection and research in their academic field. In this connection, the Award subsidizes international transportation. In case the applicant has other channel to receive travel allowance, the Award can be used for living expenses, purchase of books and/or research data.
( b ) Academic activities in China: Encourage postgraduate students to seek expertise of famous scholars, conduct literature research in libraries, participate in academic conference and have fieldwork. The incentive payment under the Award covers travel allowance and living expenses.
( c ) Engage a research assistant : Encourage a teaching staff to engage research assistant for significant research project. The monthly subsidy of RMB 1000 yuan will be paid on quarter-to-quarter basis. In case of a postgraduate student who has research assistant, he/she can also apply.
( d ) Independent academic activities: Encourage postgraduate students to undertake independent academic activities, including reading party, academic seminar and publishing academic monograph. The Award covers payoffs for teacher’s instruction, lecture in seminar and royalty payment for publication.
( e ) Bounty for outstanding intellectual creation of high academic visibility : Encourage postgraduate students to have scientific research innovation. Those who have disseminated their creative theories through print and/or electronic media and caused a big echo and great sensation in society are eligible to apply. The maximum amount of bounty is RMB 20,000 yuan.
After the grant of cash allowance and the completion of the works in the above-listed ( a ) to ( e ), the recipient should submit relevant project report in the forms of news of seminar or academic conference, what he/she thought about the workshop, notes of field trip or work summary of activities.
Applicants are now invited to submit application. Application form is readily available. The experts of award committee assess applications periodically and announce application results forthwith on our official website ( http://dyyjy.zjgsu.edu.cn ).
Xie Yong ( Mr )
Liaison Officer
Institute of East Asian Studies, Zhejiang Gongshang University
Office telephone number : 0571-28008393
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