Brief Description:

Description:

Visiting Scholars Initiative

Sping Lin and Ying-Ngoh T. Lin
China Center Visiting Scholars Initiative

Purpose

The purpose of the Sping Lin and Ying-Ngoh T. Lin China Center Visiting Scholars Initiative is to increase opportunities for University of Minnesota faculty and staff to host visiting scholars who will foster and grow connections with the country and cultures of China. This Initiative offers awards to assist in bringing visiting scholars to the University of Minnesota to help strengthen academic exchange and research and extend the impact of mutual collaborations with China to the greater University of Minnesota campus and community.
Preference will be given to applications that build on existing UMN institutional partnerships, that involve collaborative activities likely to be sustained and enhanced in the future, and that advance strategic international goals and reflect the University's Grand Challenges strategic initiative. Applications that include matching funds from internal or external sources equal to or greater than the amount requested from the University will be preferably reviewed.

Fundable Activities

Preferred activities include those that develop new, or strengthen existing, institutional and faculty-to-faculty relationships with Chinese partners; support outstanding research projects from across the University that are poised to make significant contributions to their field; and/or increase opportunities for meaningful student engagement.
Examples of fundable activities include:

Research and academic collaborations
Conferences, symposia, and workshops
Data collection and analysis
Professional consultation and collaboration
Faculty exchange programs
Select travel costs, including international airfare (to/from China) for visiting faculty

Funds may not be used for:

Faculty salary
Operational support (i.e., permanent staff salary, etc.)
Allocation of School/Center indirect costs (i.e., facilities, etc.)
Payments to partner institutions for indirect costs

Deadline

One award of $7,500 will be offered for scholars visiting in spring, summer, or fall. The application deadline is January 31.

Please review all instructions thoroughly and prepare all documents to be uploaded BEFORE starting your application. If you have questions, please contact the China Center at chinactr@umn.edu or 612-624-1002.
A complete application includes:

Online application
Proposal: Upload a 3-page (maximum) proposal that details:
- Why you or your department wish to bring a visiting scholar to campus
- How the collaboration between this visiting scholar and your department will contribute to building on existing UMN institutional partnerships, sustain and enhance future activities between UMN and China, advance strategic international goals, and/or reflect the Grand Challenges initiative
CV/Resume for Visiting Scholar
CV/Resume for Host Faculty Member

Note: If awarded, you will be required to submit a 2-page summary report due two weeks after your visiting scholar returns to China.

Contact Information:

For questions about this application, please contact China Center at chinactr@umn.edu

Begin Accepting Applications Date:

1/31/2025

Deadline Date (CST Time Zone):

4/15/2025 11:59 PM