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foundation stems from professors of Chinese descent at American universities becoming concerned about the decline of programs of Chinese studies at colleges and universities overseas, and their desire to reverse this situation. Chiang Ching-kuo is said to have favored creation of the foundation, and it was created as a living memorial to him. The foundation was patterned after the
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The foundation's principal goals are to foster the overseas study of Chinese culture and society, to support international scholarly exchange, to promote widespread attention to and understanding of Taiwan, and to promote academic dialogue on global issues. The foundation organizes its grants by four
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The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange was formally established on January 12, 1989, being supported by both the ROC government and private organizations, while also earning distinction as Taiwan’s first international academic organization.. The stated motivation for the
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was offered $ 3 million for a new center to study ancient Chinese cultures, but the offer was dependent upon the university commemorating both the foundation and Chiang Ching-kuo. This brought about opposition to the proposed funding by students and scholars who objected to the history of political
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and $ 33 million from private donors. The foundation then operates using the interest generated from this endowment, which as of 2004 was $ 3.4 million for a year. The foundation is governed by a board, consisting of prominent government officials, academics, people in industry, and assorted other
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The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation provides research grants, fellowship grants, grants for conferences, seminars, and workshops, publication subsidies, doctoral fellowships (including for Taiwanese students abroad), and travel grants and visiting fellowships. In some cases, research that focuses on
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In its first seven years of operation, the foundation spent $ 23 million on American scholarship. By 2001, many Western academics who were specialists in China were getting research funds from the foundation. By 2004, the foundation had supported nearly 2,000 projects overall.
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Political complexities have also extended to scholars working in the People's Republic, who have worried that getting research funds from the foundation or other sources in Taiwan would lead to them being suspected as spying for or otherwise colluding with Taiwan.
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repression during the earlier years of Chiang's regime. They thought it would damage Berkeley's reputation and put Berkeley under undue control by the foundation, and who feared it would harm the university's research and exchange student dealings with the
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geographical areas: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and domestic (Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao); historically, most of its activity has been with those in the United States.
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In the end, two centers for Sinological research were set up: The Chiang Ching-kuo International Sinological Center at Charles University (CCK-ISC) was established in 1997 at
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Taiwan's recent social, cultural, economic, or political development is encouraged, as are collaborative projects with scholars in Taiwan.
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Grants from the foundation have sometimes proven controversial. In 1996, the
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from 1972 to 1988. The foundation also has a regional office in
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at overseas institutions. It was founded in 1989 and named after
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citizens. As of 2011, the board had 19 members; its chair was
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Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation
Sinology
Taipei, Taiwan
McLean, Virginia
Fredrick Chien
Endowment
www.cckf.org.tw
Chinese
Taipei
Taiwan
research grants
Chinese studies
humanities
social sciences
Chiang Ching-kuo
Republic of China
McLean, Virginia
United States
Fulbright Program
US$
Republic of China Ministry of Education
Mao Kao-wen
Taiwan Province
James Soong
Morris Chang
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lawrence Lau
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Fredrick Chien

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