Students in the program will be eligible to receive the ASSCI scholarship. The scholarship covers the following expenses for each participating student:
 

• Tuition at the Chinese institution 
• On-campus accommodation 
• Health insurance 
• Monthly stipend 
   

The scholarship does NOT cover: 

• Tuition at the US institution 
• Airfare and other travel expenses to China 
• China visa application fees 

Applicant must be a:

• Faculty in any discipline who teaches a course that requires students to study abroad in China 
• Faculty who are interested in developing a course for students to study abroad in China  

The course must meet the following requirements:

• Co-designed and co-taught with a Chinese partner institution, with at least 50% of the content delivered by the Chinese partner on site in China
• Offers academic credits for all the students  
• Has a duration of no less than four weeks and no longer than one academic year 
• Has a minimum of six students 
• Has a maximum of no more than 30 students 

The selection committee will use several criteria when reviewing applications:

• The proposed program will be measured for clarity of learning goals and the extent to which the program’s activities contribute to those goals. 
• The proposed program includes faculty leadership at the US institution. 
• The proposed program uses the resources of the Chinese partner, such as academic strengths, location in China, and connections outside the institution.  
• The proposed program involves students from the Chinese partner institution. 

1. Complete and submit the Proposal Form and Nomination Form before October 15, 2023
2. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by a Selection Committee organized by the Chinese embassy and AASCU. They will then recommend proposals to the CSC for approval.  
3. Applicants will be notified by Dec. 15, 2023.  
4. Once an American institution has received notification of its successful application, participating students, under the supervision of the leading American faculty, will complete individual scholarship applications on the CSC website during Jan.–March 2024. 
5. Faculty-led group study abroad in China, May–July 2024. 

Proposal form.   Nomination form.

Visit the China Scholarship Council website for more information about the scholarship.

Instructions for students who are admitted in a study abroad in China program on your campus and the teaching faculty will work with you to fill out the ASSCI scholarship application. 

A form to submit to certify physical health.

• Nominees must be a staff member (defined as non-faculty, non-senior administrator), affiliated for more than five years on an AASCU campus, who demonstrates leadership in advancing the civic learning and engagement of undergraduate students. 
• Nominations must include an endorsement from campus leadership, the nominee’s curriculum vita, and additional documents that provide examples of the nominee’s sustained leadership in advancing civic learning and infusing equity into their work. 

• Presentation: Annually in person at the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement conference in June and a virtual acknowledgment will be made at AASCU’s Annual Meeting in November.
• Recipients will receive a commemorative to acknowledge the national recognition.

• 2022: Romy Hübler, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 

• Be faculty or staff members at an AASCU institution.
• Demonstrate their community partnership work is grounded in reciprocity, mutual respect, shared authority, and co-creation of goals and outcomes. 
• Exhibit contributions to sustain and advance the civic engagement movement in the areas of practice, institutionalization, and scholarship.
• Nominees must be an emerging higher education leader whose community partnership work is grounded in reciprocity, mutual respect, shared authority, and co-creation of goals and outcomes on an AASCU campus. 
• Nominations must include an endorsement from campus leadership, the nominee’s curriculum vita, and additional documents that provide examples of the nominee’s contributions in the areas of practice, institutionalization, and scholarship. 

• Presentation: Annually in person at the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement conference in June and a virtual acknowledgment will be made at AASCU’s Annual Meeting in November.
• Recipients will receive a commemorative to acknowledge the national recognition.

• 2022: Bekah Selby, Emporia State University (KS) 
• 2021: Margot Morgan, Indiana University Southeast 
• 2019: Allison Rank, State University of New York at Oswego 
• 2018: Nicholas Hartlep, Metropolitan State University in Minnesota 
• 2017: Danielle Lake, Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies, Grand Valley State University (MI) 
• 2016: Jennifer Purcell, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies, Kennesaw State University (GA) 
• 2015: Adam Bush, Chief Academic Officer, College Unbound 
• 2015: Lane Graves Perry, Director of Service Learning, Western Carolina University (NC) 
• 2014: Bethany Fleck, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Metropolitan State University of Denver (CO) 
• 2013: Brandon Kliewer, Assistant Professor of Civic Engagement and ADP Campus Director, Florida Gulf Coast University 
• 2012: Emily Janke, Special Assistant for Community Engagement, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 
• 2012: Paul Markham, Assistant Professor and Co-Director at the Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility, Western Kentucky University 
• 2011: Cecilia M. Orphan, National Manager, American Democracy Project