We invest in developing expertise and capacity in East and Southeast Asia, and foster cross-cultural understanding, cooperation, and knowledge-sharing.
Grant CategoriesAcross our grantmaking, we support collaborative, community-engaged research and community-led solutions to the complex challenges that have created deep divisions and inequities in our society. These convictions are present in the work of all our programs.
The Luce Initiative on Southeast Asia (LuceSEA) was a five-year initiative aimed at strengthening the study of Southeast Asia in North American...
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A non-profit dedicated to the advancement of the field of Asian Studies through international exchange, networking, publications, research support, and career development.
Learn more(this link opens in new window)ASIANetwork, a consortium of over 140 North American colleges, promotes education about Asia within the liberal arts. Our member colleges prepare their undergraduates for a world in which Asian societies play prominent roles in an ever more interdependent world.
Learn more(this link opens in new window)Since 1979, Association for Asian American Studies has been elevating the professional standards of excellence in teaching and research across the complex and diverse field of Asian American Studies.
Learn more(this link opens in new window)With the encouragement and guidance of the Henry Luce Foundation, ACLS conducted a series of strategic planning activities to reassess and reconfigure the Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies. After surveying and convening scholars at all ranks, higher education leaders, journalists, librarians, curators, and other readers of research and writing on China, we re-imagined our program to meet the needs of China studies in the 21st century.
China Studies in North America: https://www.acls.org/resources/china-studies-in-north-america/
China Studies in an Uncertain Age: https://www.acls.org/resources/china-studies-in-an-uncertain-age-2/
Learn more(this link opens in new window)The Multimedia Textbook on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will provide the most comprehensive history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with embedded curricula for high school, college and lifelong learners available free online. It combines distinguished scholarship, open-access technology, and ethnic studies pedagogy to deepen public knowledge about who we are and bring Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) stories into every classroom. By making our experiences visible, we generate historical empathy and redefine the American narrative towards a more equal, just and inclusive democracy.
Learn more(this link opens in new window)The U.S.-China rivalry is intensifying, causing mistrust and stifling the impacts of Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues. The authors of this report review the status of U.S.-China relations, the roster of Track 2 dialogues, the record of such dialogues, and the criteria for successful Track 2 initiatives. They conclude that a new Track 2 effort focused on long-term coexistence is needed to stem the decline in U.S.-China relations.
Learn more(this link opens in new window)China’s economic and geopolitical rise over the last two decades has included a growing presence and influence across the globe, not least in the Global South, where it is an important investor across multiple sectors. The Understanding Violent Conflict (UVC) and the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum (CPPF), through a decade of activities, are a leading node for a growing, yet fragmented interest in China’s engagement with the world.
The China and the Global South initiative aims to develop research capacity about China in the Global South and connect institutions and researchers producing knowledge on China in a global network. It builds capacity for knowledge generation and dissemination on China in the Global South by supporting research institutions, linking them to each other in an international network, and giving locally produced knowledge a greater voice in global academic and policy conversations.
Learn more(this link opens in new window)The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations promotes understanding and cooperation between the United States and Greater China in the belief that sound and productive Sino-American relations serve vital American and world interests.
Public Intellectual Program: https://www.ncuscr.org/program/public-intellectuals-program/
Subnational initiatives: https://www.ncuscr.org/program/subnational-initiatives/
Established in 1990, AAPIP is a justice-minded national philanthropy serving organization that provides unique community spaces for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and allies in philanthropy. We are a membership-based organization that centers equity and justice in philanthropy to move money and build power of AAPI communities for an inclusive democracy.
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