Geiss Hsu Foundation Fellowship for Chinese History
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
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- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Overview
Geographic Scope: United States
A specialized fellowship supported by the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation to support scholars working in the field of Chinese history, particularly the Ming Dynasty and related periods.
Focus Areas
- Primary Focus: Ming Dynasty China (1368–1644)
- Related Areas: Predecessors and successors of the Ming Dynasty, contemporaries in geographic areas with which the Ming interacted
- Historical Scope: Scholars may work on projects examining related periods (e.g., Uighur Buddhism from 800 to 1800 CE)
Program Details
- Scholar selected from annual fellowship applicants
- Intensive pursuit of book-length projects
- Work conducted within the Center's stimulating intellectual community
- Access to NHC's exemplary research support
Award History
- 2021-22: Johan Elverskog from Southern Methodist University selected to work on "History of Uighur Buddhism from 800 to 1800 CE"
About the Geiss Hsu Foundation
- Established: 2001
- Named for: James Geiss (1950–2000), Ming Dynasty scholar, and Margaret Hsu (established and led foundation 2001-2017)
- Mission: Encourage and support scholarly research and interpretation of the Ming Dynasty through awards for research, publications, conferences, lectures, and exhibitions
What National Humanities Center actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 11
- Total given
- $676K
- Median grant
- $58K
- Range
- $40K–$104K
- By dollars: North Carolina 35%, New York 12%, Tennessee 9%. Top recipient cities: Durham, NC; Ithaca, NY; Chapel Hill, NC.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 55% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Duke University · Durham, NC
Fellowship stipends
$104K
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY
Fellowship stipends
$80K
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC
Fellowship stipends
$75K
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN
Fellowship stipends
$61K
University of Nevada Reno · Reno, NV
Fellowship stipends
$58K
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Fields of Work
- Humanities
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