<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><font color="#000000">Dear Colleagues,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">

<font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><font color="#000000">The Asia Library at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce its 2014 travel grants on behalf of the Center for Chinese Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, and Nam Center for Korean Studies. </font></div>

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Three Centers are offering Asia Library Travel Grants on a competitive basis and now accepting applications for the 2014 travel grants. The grants is to help defray the cost of travel, lodging, meals, and photo-duplication for scholars of China, Japan, and Korea at other institutions who wish to utilize the collection at the University of Michigan Asia Library.</font></span></p>

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<font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Asia Library is one of the most comprehensive collections of East Asian materials in North America. The collection encompasses more than 800,000 volumes of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language materials in the humanities and social sciences, particularly strong in history, philosophy, literature, and film studies. The Library also has a comprehensive coverage of electronic resources, such as electronic full text journals, e-books, and databases.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> For further information about the library, please visit the website at</span><a href="http://www.lib.umich.edu/asia-library" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.lib.umich.edu/asia-library</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span></font></p>

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<span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">The grants will be paid as reimbursements of expenses in compliance with the University of International Institute’s travel guidelines. Candidates must secure approval prior to travel.</font></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Eligibility:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Scholars (faculty and advanced graduate students) of China, Japan, and Korea at other institutions.</font></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Amount:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Up to $700 per trip.</font></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Deadline:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.</font></span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Application Procedures:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">

<span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(64,53,25);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Center for Chinese Studies:</span><a href="http://www.ii.umich.edu/ccs/educationalresources/asialibrary" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.ii.umich.edu/ccs/educationalresources/asialibrary</span></a></font></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Center for Japanese Studies:</span><a href="http://www.ii.umich.edu/cjs/resources/facultyresources" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.ii.umich.edu/cjs/resources/facultyresources</span></a></font></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nam Center for Korean Studies:</span><a href="http://www.ii.umich.edu/ncks/academics/fellowshipsgrants" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.ii.umich.edu/ncks/academics/fellowshipsgrants</span></a></font></p>

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<span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">If you have any questions, please email to <a href="mailto:asia-travelgrants@umich.edu" target="_blank">asia-travelgrants@umich.edu</a>. Thank you very much.</font></span></p>

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<p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Regards,</font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">

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