Application Form for John Wang, Min Kwaan, and Other EALC Grants

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures is pleased to announce grant programs in honor of the late Professor John C. Wang. These grants are made possible by generous financial contributions from Professor Wang and his family.


* The John Wang Conference Travel Grant has been exhausted for AY 2024-25 and will re-open in 2025-26.*


John Wang Conference Travel Grants

Each year four graduate students will be awarded a conference travel grant up to $1,000 against receipts for airfare, hotel, ground transportation, and conference registration. Students must be presenting a paper at a reputable academic conference. Applications for use of the John Wang Conference Travel Grant must be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to the date of the conference. A Ph.D. student who has received a J.W. Conference Travel Grant will still be eligible for two EALC Department conference travel grants in the same academic year for use towards other conferences.


John Wang Student Fund

EALC has limited John Wang Student funds earmarked for students experiencing unexpected or usually burdensome expenditures related to coursework, research, travel, writing, publishing, and personal exigencies. Examples include but are not limited to unusually expensive books, fees associated with research access, compensation for research or editorial assistance, computer purchase/repair or other equipment needs, publication costs (charged by publishers), unexpected travel costs associated with COVID-19, etc. Graduate students are eligible for one grant per academic year, up to $500, and may apply for this funding if they have exhausted or are not eligible for other appropriate sources of funding. Please note: This fund is not intended to support additional conference travel.


John Wang Digital Fellowship

Provides post-graduation access to Stanford Libraries’ digital resources, in an effort to support our recent PhD graduates and their ongoing research. Alumni automatically have access to Stanford digital databases for 120 days post-graduation while on the Stanford network but the databases cannot be accessed off-campus. The Digital Fellowship will include 1 year of access to the Stanford Libraries’ digital resources (accessible off-campus) and can be renewed for a total of 2 years. Applicants must be within 5 years of graduation.


EALC Summer Grants

Each year, graduate students who have been admitted into a reputable summer language or disciplinary training program will each be eligible for financial assistance that covers tuition and airfare (domestic up to $600; international up to $1,500). A list of recommended programs can be found in the graduate handbook.


Min Kwaan Archaeology Fund


The Min Kwaan Archaeology Fund supports graduate students pursuing advanced research and fieldwork in archaeology. Reimbursements from this fund require prior approval from Professor Li Liu. Students may also use the $1,000 EALC research and travel fund and professional society membership allowances, which are separate from this fund.


Funding Opportunities:


  • Conference Travel Grants: Up to $1,500 for domestic travel and up to $2,500 for international travel.


  • Fieldwork Grants: A maximum of $9,500 per year, which may be used for winter or summer fieldwork, or split between two fieldwork seasons, provided the total remains within the annual limit.



Please complete the following form to apply. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Intended Funding Program*

Select the funding program you intend to apply for from the list.

John Wang Student Fund

The John Wang Student Funds are earmarked for students experiencing unexpected or usually burdensome expenditures related to coursework, research, travel, writing, publishing, and personal exigencies. Examples include but are not limited to unusually expensive books, fees associated with research access, compensation for research or editorial assistance, computer purchase/repair or other equipment needs, publication costs (charged by publishers), etc.


In principle, the John Wang Student Fund is not intended to support additional conference travel. If you have exhausted your $1k fund and would like to attend more conferences, please consider pursuing conference travel funding options from other campus units listed in the Graduate Student Resources page of the EALC website.


Graduate students are eligible for one grant per academic year, up to $500, and may apply for this funding if they have exhausted or are not eligible for other appropriate sources of funding.


Eligibility Guidelines


  • Must be an enrolled graduate student in the EALC Department, in good academic standing.

John Wang Digital Fellowship

The John Wang Digital Fellowship provides post-graduation access to Stanford Library’s digital resources, in an effort to support our recent PhD graduates and their ongoing research. The Digital Fellowship includes 1 year of access to the Stanford Library’s digital resources and can be extended up to 2 years.


Eligibility Guidelines


  • Applicant must be within 5 years of graduation from the Stanford EALC PhD program.

EALC Summer Grant

Each year, graduate students who have been admitted into a reputable summer language or disciplinary training program will each be eligible for financial assistance that covers tuition and airfare (domestic up to $600; international up to $1,500). The following is a list of recommended programs (any other program needs to be approved on a case-by-case basis):


  • IUC Yokohama
  • IUP Qinghua University
  • IUC SKKU (Seoul) for Advanced Korean
  • ICLP, National Taiwan University
  • Middlebury College Summer Language School
  • Hokkaido International Foundation Japanese Language and Culture Program
  • School of Theory and Criticism, Cornell University
  • Institute of World Literature (administered by Harvard University, held at various locations)
  • The New York - St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition, and Culture (NYI)
  • Kambun Workshop, USC
  • Global Asias Summer Institute, Penn State University
  • Summer Institute in Rhetoric, Media, and Publics, Northwestern University
  • Summer University, Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
  • Yuehan Academy, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • International Summer School (ISS), National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Please provide a 300-500-word statement of purpose.

Min Kwaan Archaeology Fund

The Min Kwaan Archaeology Fund supports graduate students pursuing advanced research and fieldwork in archaeology. Reimbursements from this fund require prior approval from Professor Li Liu.


Funding Opportunities:


  • Conference Travel Grants: Up to $1,500 for domestic travel and up to $2,500 for international travel.


  • Fieldwork Grants: A maximum of $9,500 per year, which may be used for winter or summer fieldwork, or split between two fieldwork seasons, provided the total remains within the annual limit.



Eligibility Guidelines


  • Must be an enrolled archaeology graduate student in the EALC Department, in good academic standing.

In 300 – 500 words, please explain your rationale for requesting the Min Kwaan Archaeology Fund.

Please upload the following


For John Wang Conference Travel Grant:

  • Submit a budget in spreadsheet form (please include a note about each expense)
  • exported email of advisor approval


For John Wang Student Fund:

  • Submit a budget in spreadsheet form (include note that incorporates language from text at the top of this form)


For EALC Summer Grant:

  • A detailed summer budget. The budget must include whether you’ve received additional summer funding (e.g., CEAS/FLAS) and if you have any remaining Research & Travel funding. Please clarify which expenses your regular summer fellowship ($13,513) will cover and what the additional EALC Summer Grant funding will be used for.
  • An uploaded email of advisor approval.


For Min Kwaan Archaeology Fund

  • Submit a budget in spreadsheet form (please include a note about each expense)
  • exported email of approval from Prof. Li Liu
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