SCCEI Research Grants

SCCEI Research Grants and Fellowships

Supporting our Stanford Community

Our Center offers grants to support exceptional researchers conducting data-driven research related to China's economy. We accept proposals two times per year, Fall and Winter. See below for more details and current opportunities.

The Stanford Center on China’s Economy & Institutions (SCCEI) is pleased to invite proposals from Stanford graduate students, research scholars, and faculty to fund research on contemporary issues related to China’s economy, broadly defined. The aim of the SCCEI Research Fund is to foster rigorous, data-driven research on China. We support research on a multiplicity of themes representing disciplines from across Stanford's landscape.

For Faculty

Research awards may support travel, materials (including data access or acquisition), research assistants, or other costs that are integral to the research project. Research may include both primary and secondary sources and need not take place entirely or even partly in the field. Proposals are considered once per year in Fall quarter.

Priority will go to, in order:

Research projects with a realistic and well thought out plan for data acquisition, defined broadly to include both collection of new data and use of existing datasets;
Faculty and researchers with a proven track record of conducting empirical work on China;
Non-China experts looking to build their capacity for conducting research in or on China;
Projects that may face particular challenges obtaining funding through more traditional routes

Proposals should be submitted online through Seed Funding. Applications open approximately one month before the deadline.

2024-2025 Deadlines

October 27, 2024, at 11:59 pm

Past Application

For Students

SCCEI awards two types of funding for graduate students: research grants and fellowships. Research grant proposals are accepted twice yearly in Fall and Winter quarters, fellowship proposals are accepted in Winter. Priority will go towards supporting high-quality research on China that is driven by doctoral students in any field.

Applications open approximately one month before the deadline.

2024-2025 Deadlines:

October 27, 2024, at 11:59 pm
March 16, 2025, at 11:59 pm

> Graduate Student Fellowships

SCCEI offers doctoral students up to two quarters of fellowship support for the upcoming academic year, in the form of tuition and a graduate stipend.

Preference is given to applications from Stanford doctoral students who will be in their final year and who are completing their dissertations, or students who are seeking to spend time off campus conducting research.

Proposals should be submitted online through SOLO.

2024-2025 Deadline:

March 16, 2025, at 11:59 pm

Past Application

> Graduate Student Research Grants

SCCEI awarded Graduate Student Research Funding supports high-quality research on China that is driven by doctoral students. SCCEI accepts proposals twice yearly, once in Fall quarter and again in Winter quarter. Research awards may support travel, materials (including data access or acquisition), or other costs that are integral to the research project. Research may include both primary and secondary sources and need not take place entirely or even partly in the field.

Priority funding will go towards:

Student projects with a realistic and well thought out plan for data acquisition, defined broadly to include both collection of new data and use of existing datasets;
Projects that aim to build upon existing research;
Non-China experts looking to build their capacity for conducting research in or on China.

Proposals should be submitted online through SOLO.

2024-2025 Deadlines:

October 27, 2024, at 11:59 pm
March 16, 2025, at 11:59 pm

Past Application

Past Graduate Student Recipients

2023-2024 Recipients

Cody Abbey, Graduate School of Education
The Perceptions of University Students in China Towards Mental Health, Meditation, and Mindfulness

Alicia Chen, Department of Political Science
The Domestic Political Economy of China's Belt and Road Initiative

Safari Feng, Doerr School of Sustainability
Small-Scale Fisheries and Community Self-Governance in China: A Comparative Case Study of Sustainable Marine Resource Management

Qianmin Hu, Department of Political Science
China's New Growth Model: Industrial Upgrading or Great Leap Forward in A New Era?

Naiyu Jiang, Department of Political Science
Shifting Sands of Science: The Impact of U.S.-China Technological Decoupling on the Research Enterprise

Victoria Liu, Department of Political Science
Lack of Capacity or Lack of Will? Why Does China Make Drugs Affordable for Some But Not All

2022-2023 Recipients

Matthew DeButts, Department of Communication
The Formation of Metanarratives During Unexpected Events in China

Tianhao Hou, Department of Sociology
Politics, Morals, Complaints: Moral Judgments and Discretions in the Chinese Municipal Government

Leo Li, School of Law
One Playing Field, Different Games: Unpacking “Haves” in Chinese Private Lending Lawsuits

Victoria Liu, Department of Political Science
Building a Road Or Building a “Belt and Road” in China: Understanding Subnational Variations in BRI Propaganda and Local Development

Jason Luo, Department of Political Science
The Political Economy of Information Manipulation within Autocratic Systems: Evidence from China’s Government Procurement Activities

Xinyao Qiu, Department of Economics
Information Inequality in Major Choices and Intergenerational Mobility

Ni Yan, Department of Economics
The Effect of Chinese Divorce Cooling-Off Period on Marriage Outcomes

Sally Zhang, Department of Economics
Why Does Information Transmission within the Household Fail?