Visiting Scholars Program HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE
(2010-2011)
Return to:Deadline for Application: June 15, 2009
Program Office
Harvard-Yenching InstitutePhone: 617-495-0702
Vanserg Hall, Suite 20Fax: 617-496-7206
25 Francis AvenueEmail:
Cambridge, MA02138
USA
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PART ONE (to be completed by faculty member applying)
- Family Name______Given Name ______
漢 字 ______
Age ______Gender (please circle): Male / Female
2.Place of Birth: City ______Country ______Date of Birth ______
3.Citizenship (nation from which passport is obtained)______
4.Present title as faculty member ______
5.University:Department:
6.Office address______
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7. Telephone
8. Fax:
9. Email:
10. Best Mailing Address: ______
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11. Colleges & Universities AttendedPrincipal subject Dates of studyDegree & year awarded
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12. Names, addresses, phone/fax numbers and email addresses of individuals from whom you are requesting letters of recommendation. Three (3)are required, one of which must be from your adviser or the person most familiar with
your scholarly work. Please send the three letters of recommendation together with your application form.
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Names Phone/fax numbersaddressesEmail
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13.List any Faculty member(s) at HarvardUniversityand/or any other major university in the United Stateswith whom you wish to consult during the stay of the fellowship.
Name DepartmentField
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List the above faculty member’s two publications (with detailed citation information) that are highly relevant to your research.
1) ______
2) ______
14.Previous fellowships, scholarships, grants, and other honors______
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15. Are you applying for funding from any other organizations?______
16. Have you ever applied for a Harvard-Yenching Scholarship before?______If so, when?______
17. Title of Proposed Research:
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18.List all positions, academic or other, in chronological order, with dates, including the date from which you haveheld your present faculty position:______
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19. Publications where applicable. Please list titles in the original language as well as English. Attach a separate bibliography
if space here is insufficient______
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20.Foreign travel: If you have visited or lived in any countries other than the one in which you are now employed,
please give places, dates, and purposes:______
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21.Indicate your knowledge of the languages listed below and any others. If one is your own language, write native: elsewhereslightly, fairly well, or fluently.
CHINESE: Speak ______Read ______
JAPANESE: Speak ______Read ______
ENGLISH: Speak ______Read ______
KOREAN: Speak ______Read ______
THAI: Speak ______Read ______
VIETNAMESE: Speak______Read ______
OTHER (______): Speak ______Read ______
21.What is the subject of your research plan? Scholarships are intended for original, publishable research. (It is not
necessary that the research be completed during the year at Harvard.) The scholarship is NOT intended for the
compilation of textbooks or the writing of general surveys of your field. Give a description in English in about 3-5 pages,
explaining your research plans at HarvardUniversity or/and another major university. Please insert the extra page(s) in this application form if necessary.
22.AGREEMENT: If I am awarded a Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholars Fellowship at Harvard
University, I will return to my duties at my employing university in Asia at the conclusion of the Fellowship,
or at such earlier time as my home university and/or the Harvard-Yenching Institute may require. If I am
awarded a fellowship, I will apply for a J-1 (scholar) visa to enter the United States.
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Date
PART TWO: INSTITUTIONAL APPROVAL (to be signed by the President, Vice-Chancellor, Rector, Dean of
Faculty, or other appropriate administrative officer of the applicant's sponsoring university in Asia.)
Application is incomplete without approval.
TO:Visiting Scholars Program Office
HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE
Vanserg Hall, Suite 20
25 Francis Avenue
Cambridge, MA02138
USA
We approve and recommend the application of
for a Fellowship. This university will grant the above-named faculty member a suitable leave of absence if
he or she is awarded a Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholars Fellowship at HarvardUniversity,
where s/he will do research in his or her designated field. At the conclusion of the Fellowship, or earlier
if required under terms of the applicant's agreement (Part One, item 18) the said faculty member is expected
and obligated to resume appropriate duties at this university.
Signed
Title
Date
For an electronic version of application forms and with further enquiries, please email Ruohong Liregarding Visiting Scholars and Visiting Fellows Program.
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