Graduate Funding

Through a generous donation from POSCO America, the Asian Studies Center has established a new POSCO Scholars program in Korean Studies. Students may apply for POSCO funds up to $1000 to help support research in Korean Studies, Korean language acquisition, or study abroad to Korea during the academic year.
Applications must include:

• Official transcripts (send directly to the Asian Studies Center)
• Three letters of recommendation, with a preference for one from a language instructor
• A written statement (five pages double spaced maximum) summarizing academic goals, career objectives, research interests, and plans for use of the award
• A complete application found here

            Official transcripts (send directly to the Asian Studies Center)

            Three letters of recommendation, with a preference for one from a language instructor

            A written statement (five pages double spaced maximum) summarizing academic goals, career objectives, research interests, and plans for use of the award

            A complete application found here

The Boston Career Forum runs from November 9-11. Students will arrange their own travel, and ASC will pay up to $900 for hotel and airfare, and will host one dinner. Other travel expenses, and hotel and airfare above $900 are to be paid by the student.
For more information about the Boston Career Forum and to register for the event, see https://careerforum.net/en/event/bos/
Please complete the application here.
Students will be asked to include a cover letter and resume. Students may upload both an English and a Japanese resume.
This grant was made possible by generous financial support from the Japan Iron & Steel Foundation and Mitsubishi Japan Studies endowments at the University of Pittsburgh.

To apply, please fill in the application form here and upload

1. A description of the event and how it relates to Asian Studies
2. An Itemized budget for the event

How to apply: Students must complete application here and upload

• Official Transcripts from each undergraduate and graduate program attended
• An updated CV
• Three letters of recommendation, one of which should be from a language instructor, one of which should be from the applicants advisor
• A written statement of no more than 1200 words summarizing academic goals, career objectives, research interests and plans for use of the award.
• GRE scores

Application: The application should include:
-     A cover sheet that gives your name; address; phone number; e-mail address; major department; degree sought; other fellowships to which you have applied/funds available for the project; and your advisor's name and phone number.
-     A two page project proposal that outlines: the questions you seek to answer, the methods you will use to address them, your preparation to carry out proposed research, a timeline for completion of proposed research activities, and the format in which you plan to present results.
-     A one page budget outlining research costs.
-     A short letter of recommendation and support from your academic advisor which should be emailed separately.
Submit all application materials via via email to lcb32@pitt.edu in MS word or PDF format.

Applications should be submitted BEFORE the conference takes place.  Application materials should ALL be submitted via email and should include:
*A cover letter that briefly explains:
(a) the name of the conference you will attend,
(b) paper title, panel title, and a brief abstract of the paper,
(c) evidence that the paper has been accepted for presentation (if this is not available on-line, please submit a photocopy).
Submit all application materials via email to lcb32@pitt.edu in MS word or PDF format.
 

Complete the application here. Applicants will be asked to upload:

• A Personal Study Plan: 1-2 page double-spaced statement articulating the relationship between your area of study and anticipated future plans. This statement may also include a brief personal history including an experience(s) in or related to the grant.
• A Language Study Plan: 1 page double-spaced statement indicating the FLAS-eligible language you propose to study, how you will continue to keep up your language upon return from your summer program, the extent of your current or previous language training, and a sense of how you intend to use your language going forward.
• 1 letter of reference from a Language Instructor
• 1 letter of reference from a non-Language instructor

In addition, please note all students must submit copies of transcripts from all undergraduate (and, if applicable, graduate) programs attended to the Asian Studies Center either in hard copy or via email to rookkoepsel@pitt.edu by the application deadline.

Application packets should be submitted directly to your department chair according to their departmental deadline (which in all cases will be before February 13), rather than to the centers. Separate application packets must be submitted when applying to more than one center.  CHECK YOUR DEPARTMENT’S INTERNAL FLAS DEADLINE!

Separate application packets must be submitted when applying to more than one center.

Application packets should contain the following materials. (It is no longer necessary to submit four copies.) Only completed application packets will be accepted.  Submit completed application packets to your department.

• Completed application form (below)
• Curriculum vitae (not exceeding two pages in length)
• All undergraduate and graduate transcripts (One official original transcript and 3 copies)
• LANGUAGE STUDY PLAN – A 1-2 page statement indicating the language the student proposes to study, how the student will combine language and area studies to satisfy FLAS requirements, the extent of current or previous language training, and the student’s native language, if other than English. ** Please see the last page of the application for a list of FLAS-eligible languages and levels.
• PERSONAL STUDY PLAN – A 2-3 page statement indicating the relationship of the applicant’s area of study and anticipated career goals to the appropriate center, brief personal history including any experience in or related to the appropriate area, and the title and brief description of the student’s dissertation topic for students at the dissertation level.
• Two letters of recommendation

PLEASE NOTE: All applications will be reviewed by an independent selection committee composed of faculty members drawn from the humanities/language departments, social science departments, and professional schools. Applicants will be notified of the selection committee’s decision by the end of March.

Applicants must submit completed application form, official transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a written statement (five page maximum) summarizing academic goals, career objectives, research interests and plans for use of the award. Applicants must also submit a current CV, GRE scores and, if applicable, TOEFL scores. Send all materials to: Attn: Fellowship application, Asian Studies Center, 4400 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260