NBR Chinese Language Fellowship Program (CLFP) 2026-2027 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: February 16, 2026

Applications are open for the NBR Chinese Language Fellowship Program (CLFP) 2026-2027. The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) Chinese Language Fellowship Program (CLFP), funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, awards two sorts of fellowships to American graduate college students for one educational yr of full-time intensive Chinese language coaching in Taiwan or China.

The program tracks are:

• PhD Track: The PhD monitor of the CLFP permits presently enrolled PhD college students to take part in a language program in Taiwan or China for 9 months, adopted by a summer time language program throughout which fellows will take one-on-one lessons the place they might select to study major sources straight associated to their dissertation analysis.
• Prospective PhD Track: The Prospective PhD monitor of the CLFP permits present or latest grasp’s diploma college students planning to pursue a PhD to take part in a language program in Taiwan or China for 9 months. Applicants to the Prospective PhD monitor have to be presently enrolled in a grasp’s program or just lately graduated from a grasp’s program.

Benefits

• PhD Track: as much as $50,000
• Prospective PhD Track: as much as $40,000

Eligibility

To be eligible for a fellowship, an applicant will:

• Demonstrate, by way of transcripts from lessons taken and/or the outcomes of language evaluation exams, an intermediate Chinese language potential. The fellowship is NOT supposed to assist newbie college students of Chinese.
• Be capable of dedicate themselves to full-time intensive Chinese-language study for one educational yr. The fellowship is NOT supposed to help substantive doctoral analysis.
• Desire to advance U.S. public coverage towards China by way of improved experience and understanding, or to contribute to scholarly analysis and educating on China with the intention to develop future generations of China specialists.
• Be a U.S. citizen or everlasting resident of the United States.

Application

To be thought-about for a fellowship, an applicant should submit:

• A whole application type, answering questions on educational experiences, Chinese language abilities, and Chinese language lessons taken.
• A two-web page abstract resume, inclusive of educational {and professional} honors obtained (full educational CVs won’t be reviewed).
• A two-web page cowl letter that addresses how their proposed Chinese language program will contribute to their language coaching, doctoral research, and future plans.
• A letter of advice from a tutorial supervisor or professor (despatched straight by reference to Fern Hinrix at [email protected] by February 16, 2026)
• A letter of advice from a latest Chinese language instructor (despatched straight by reference to Fern Hinrix at [email protected] by February 16, 2026).
• Electronic transcripts from all academic establishments you’re presently attending and/or from which they’ve obtained a level (please add as PDFs within the application portal).

If not evident by way of transcripts or if you’re making use of to the Prospective PhD monitor…

• Explain your plans to pursue a PhD program in your cowl letter.
• Ask your educational supervisor or professor to handle your aptitude for a PhD program in his/her letter of advice.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to NBR Chinese Language Fellowship.