Stanford Center at Peking University Team Innovation Faculty Fellowship Program
SCPKU Team Innovation Faculty Fellowships provide support for up to $30K per team for “proof-of-concept” project expenses. A campus-wide faculty advisory committee will determine awards based on the team’s proposed budget and SCPKU space availability. This program is open to all fields, disciplines, and schools. Those with existing research related to China are encouraged to apply, but no familiarity with China is required. A key goal of the program is to provide seed funding to promote innovative multi-disciplinary collaborations within the Stanford faculty and student community focused on projects that will lead to relevant long-term research programs in China with clear and measurable impact. Awardees are expected to spend the bulk of their fellowship period in Beijing and maximize their time at SCPKU. Teams will also be required to give a public talk at SCPKU to share their research.
All Stanford faculty (members of the Academic Council, Medical Center Line faculty, and Active Emeriti) are eligible to apply; only the team’s PI submitting the proposal must have this status though all team members must be affiliated with Stanford. A faculty advisory committee representing a cross-section of Stanford’s academic community will review all proposals and make selections. In the selection process, the committee will look for projects with the following attributes:
- Topic of mutual interest to Stanford, China, and the U.S.
- Innovative and multi-disciplinary approach
- Potential to leverage local resources and collaborators (ability to show already-existing connections or efforts to do so a plus)
- Clear and measurable impact
- Plans to leverage/combine other funding (if applicable, teams are strongly encouraged to also consider applying for seed grants offered by Stanford's Office of International Affairs and other SU units. See other SU faculty seed grant opportunities.)
- Promise of long-term sustainability with reduced reliability on SCPKU funding
- Time maximized at SCPKU
- Potential to generate synergistic activities at SCPKU before, during, and after project trip(s)
Other guidelines:
- 3 faculty team members maximum including PI; 2 faculty team members minimum
- 2 Stanford graduate students maximum per team; graduate students are not required to be part of team
The Stanford Center at Peking University (SCPKU) offers team-based fellowships to Stanford faculty (members of the Academic Council, Medical Center Line faculty, and Active Emeriti) to spark creative, multi-disciplinary approaches to research in China focused on topics of key interest to Stanford, the U.S. and China.
