2021 EASC scholarship competitions now open

The East Asian Studies Center announces the availability of applications for the 2021 Louise Zung-Nyi Loh Memorial Scholarship. Graduate and undergraduate students in any department who have an academic specialization and research interests in East Asian studies in their present or future programs of study are encouraged to apply for the Louise Loh scholarship which ranges from $400 to $1,600. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2021. More information and the application can be found at https://easc.osu.edu/fellowships/graduate/easc.

Applications for the EASC Intensive Chinese Language Scholarship for Summer 2021 or the 2021-2022 academic year are also now available. Designed to accelerate the acquisition of Chinese language skills for future careers related to China, the Intensive Chinese Language Scholarship provides $1,500 in funding for undergraduate students pursuing dual degrees in Chinese language and related fields. Students must have completed first-year Chinese before the start of the scholarship to be eligible. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2021. More information and the application can be found at https://easc.osu.edu/fellowships/undergrad/easc.

Register for an upcoming FLAS Fellowship information session

EASC would like to remind students that applications for fellowships for summer 2021 and academic year 2021-2022 under the U.S. Department of Education's Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program are now available. Ohio State graduate and professional school students pursuing a course of study requiring advanced foreign language and area studies training, as well as undergraduate students of junior or senior standing in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field who have successfully completed two years of East Asian language study at the college level, are eligible to apply. Applications will be submitted online and are due by Monday, February 1, 2021, 4:30 p.m. EST. Detailed application instructions can be found at 2021-2022 FLAS Fellowship Information.

Applicants are encouraged to attend an upcoming information session on Zoom to learn more about the fellowship and the application process. Registration is required.

Thursday, November 12, 2020, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Friday, November 20, 2020, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Monday, December 7, 2020, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.