Research

Fellowships

EAST sponsors two Summer Research Fellowships.

Field Fellowship
Sends students to Shanghai to conduct projects in conjunction with the Shanghai Program.

Sharon L. and Donald E. Kurtti Summer Research Fellowship
Sends two sophomore Chinese majors to Zhuhai, China, to conduct undergraduate research in ecological civilization.

Grants

EAST students also have strong records in receiving the following Program Grants, both of which highlight student-faculty collaboration in research.

Trinity’s  SURF Project grants
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) projects involve full-time, one-on-one research collaboration on campus during the summer.

ASIANetwork’s Student Faculty Fellows Program Grants ​​​​​​
ASIANetwork projects feature group research experience abroad, usually with one or two faculty leading a group of 4-6 students.

Conferences

EAST students have also been selected to present academic papers and posters at the ASIANetwork annual meetings and the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies.