Galen will receive a $2000 summer research grant from the China and Inner Asia Council. The China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC) is one of four regional councils operating within the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Created in 1970, these councils represent the interests of scholars working in their respective...
Galen was awarded a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for 2013-2014. Studying Hindi at CU will expand Galen's knowledge of Himalayan languages and contribute to his research on infrastructure developments and political-economic transformations in High Asia.
Galen was awarded a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for 2013-2014. Studying Hindi at CU will expand Galen's knowledge of Himalayan languages and contribute to his research on infrastructure developments and political-economic transformations in High Asia.
Meredith was selected to receive a 2013 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship. This fellowship provides tuition and a $30,000 yearly stipend for 3 years.
The Society of Women Geographer's Pruitt Fellowship Program awards fellowships of between $8,000 and $15,000 to women doctoral candidates in the United States and Canada. These fellowships support dissertation research in geography and geographical aspects of related fields.
Ian's paper “Tourism and Territoriality in Taiwan and China†won the 2013 student paper competition of China Geography Specialty Group (CGSG), Association of American Geographers (AAG).
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Ian will use this grant to support his dissertation research on state territorialization, tourism, and...
This award is sponsored by the Association of American Geographers and funded by the National Science Foundation. The award provides $1250 specifically for travel to the International Geographical Union Regional Conference. Ian will attend the 2013 IGU Regional Conference in Kyoto, Japan where he will present his paper on "Tourism...
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