Jeffrey Sean Lehman Fund for Scholarly Exchange with China
The Vice Provost for International Relations welcomes applications for the annual competition of the Jeffrey Sean Lehman Fund for Scholarly Exchange with China.
Established in honor of former President Lehman's commitment to fostering Cornell’s global linkages, and in particular to building partnerships with Chinese universities, the Jeffrey Sean Lehman Fund supports exchanges and/or research collaborations between Cornell faculty and graduate students and their counterparts at China's major research universities.
Through an annual competition, the Fund provides a small number of grants up to $20,000 each to initiate qualifying research projects, run conferences, host visitors from China, or support faculty travel to China to work with colleagues there. Preference will be given to projects that:
- Support or complement existing linkages between Cornell and Chinese universities;
- Show a strong likelihood of continuing beyond the grant period;
- Rely in part on or lead to obtaining external grant funding;
- Would not take place without support from the Lehman Fund or the scope or quality of proposed activities would be greatly reduced without Lehman Fund resources.
Eligibility:
- Tenured and tenured track faculty
- Senior Lecturers, Senior Research Associates, Research Associates
- CU grad students in a degree program in any discipline
Eligible activities may include but need not be limited to:
- Travel costs for research or meetings
- Conferences
- Hosting visiting faculty from China at Cornell
- Data collection
- Publications (including translation)
- Videoconferencing
Lehman funds are not intended to support:
- Computers or any other equipment
- Faculty salaries
- Items that are not specified in the budget
Proposal format:
- Proposals should not exceed six pages, double-spaced, 12 point font (excluding the cover page & budget) and must include:
- Title page with P.I.’s name
- One-paragraph abstract, summarizing the project and its goals, suitable for publicity purposes
- Description of proposed activities, their significance, and the likelihood that they will foster an ongoing relationship with a partner university in China
- Plans for pursuing additional funding, if any
- Budget and detailed budget justification
- Concise biographical statement for each principal investigator or project participant
Selection process:
- A committee of faculty chaired by the Vice Provost for International Relations will review all proposals and determine awards and funding levels.
Deadlines and Submission Process:
- Send applications electronically in PDF format to Alice Pell, Vice Provost for International Relations, c/o Bonnie Ferguson at bf18@cornell.edu by Monday, February 1, 2010 .
- Awards will be announced in early March, 2010 .
- Applications received after Monday, February 1, 2010 may not be considered.
For further information contact Bonnie Ferguson, bf18@cornell.edu ; 607-255-7993