Much of the following text was taken from two brochures I received as
part of my grant application. I have attempted to reproduce
the relevant sections accurately. Any mistakes are mine.
The American/Chinese Adventure Capital Program provides funding
for qualified applicants to travel to China for up to one year
to pursue a personal interest. Past projects have been as
diverse as: exploring beer-making, traveling the Chinese/Russian
border by donkey, investigating modern dance, and working on a
rice farm. Successful applicants have demonstrated that their
projects meet the five program criteria:
- Person-to-person contact with the people of China
- Innovative project idea
- Projects that require individual initiative
- Projects with strong personal relevance to the applicant
- Good use of time, effort, and funds
Adventure Capital Program Application Guidelines:
Grants are not limited by any academic, language, or achievement
requirements. However, they must involve a specific
investigation or project in China. In addition, applicatns must
be staff employees, faculty members, resident artists, students
or recent graduates (within the past seven years) of a sponsoring
institution. The following institutions are participating
sponsors:
- The California Institute of Technology
- The Claremont Graduate School
- Claremont McKenna College
- The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens
- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Harvey Mudd College
- The Performing Arts Council of the Los Angeles Music
Center
- Occidental College
- Pitzer College
- Pomona College
- Scripps College
NOTE: The program is not currently accepting applications.
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