Visiting Asian Scholars Program (VASP)
The Visiting Asian Scholars program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign hosts a diverse group of self-funded scholars in the humanities and social sciences for period of up to 12 months. Long a leader in international scholarly exchange, and host to the prestigious Freeman Fellows program for seventeen years, the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies offers visiting scholars from Asia, in a multitude of disciplines, access to world class research, teaching and public engagement. The University of Illinois leads the nation and the world as one of the top ranked public institutions of higher education with a commitment to public service that extends far beyond national borders. Illinois is consistently ranked one of the top 20 research institutes in the nation in number of international students, faculty, and exchange scholars on campus. Illinois is home to a preeminent faculty that propels many academic programs to the top ranks in the world.
As a participant in the Visiting Asian Scholars Program, in addition to conducting research in-residence, you will receive the following benefits.
- access to the second largest university library in the United States
- full text access to hundreds of online academic journals and periodicals dating back decades
- work space/study carrel, computer, internet and phone
- assistance partnering/working with leading faculty scholars in your field
- the opportunity to present research that can be developed into articles publishable in English language journals
- a year-long seminar series on American higher education, society and culture. Speakers and discussion panels are comprised of noted academics from the University of Illinois and regional institutions of higher education as well as the arts, industry, business, and politics.
- friendship families to embed visiting scholars into the life of the local community
- opportunity for professional advancement upon return to their home institution
- opportunity to audit classes at UIUC
- orientation & cultural conversation programs
- assistance with visa and finding housing
Eligibility
The Visiting Asian Scholars program is open to any self-funded scholar
from East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. We welcome scholars
from the Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as the Fine Arts and
Professions with disciplinary interests corresponding to faculties in
our College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College
of Education, College of Law, Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences,
College of Fine and Applied Arts, School of Labor and Employment
Relations, College of Media, and School of Social Work.
To begin the application process please fill out this informational form and upload your cv here. You will be contacted shortly.