Overseas Young Chinese Forum

05/08/2025

The Overseas Young Chinese Forum (OYCF) is pleased to announce the call for application for the OYCF-Stilwell Fellowship on US-China Relations. This new initiative is supported by the OYCF-Stilwell Education Fund and aims to advance understanding between the U.S. and
China.

OYCF-Stilwell Fellowships are intended to support students, scholars, professionals and
practitioners who engage in research and/or public-facing projects that explore US-China
exchange. These projects include scholarly or policy writing, documentaries, plays, podcasts,
and other activities that contribute to mutual understanding and people-to-people exchange between the US and China.

One to two fellowships, ranging from $5,000-10,000, will be awarded in each cycle through a selective process. Fellowship recipients will be announced on the OYCF website as OYCF-Stilwell Fellows, along with their project titles.

Deadline: May 30, 2025

https://oycf.net/stilwell

03/04/2022

The Overseas Young Chinese Forum is pleased to announce that the 2022 OYCF-Chow Fieldwork Fellowship is open to application from graduate students in humanities, social science and policy studies.

Since 2018, the Overseas Young Chinese Forum has provided several fellowships each year to support field research in China. The fellowship is funded by the contributions of OYCF members and the generous donation by distinguished Princeton University professor emeritus Gregory C. Chow and his wife Paula K. Chow.

The 2022 Fellowship provides $3,500 to graduate students in humanities and social sciences in a U.S. or Canadian university to conduct fieldwork in China for their thesis projects. In addition to the fellowship, OYCF will also provide up to $1,500 travel subsidy for the costs of hotel quarantine in China for eligible recipients.

Application deadline: May 20, 2022. Follow link below for eligibility and application details.

Since 2018, the Overseas Young Chinese Forum has provided several fellowships each year to support field research in China. The fellowship is funded by the contributions of OYCF members and the generous donation by distinguished Princeton University professor emeritus Gregory C. Chow and his wife Pa...

03/27/2021

Today, 3/27, at 8pm ET, follow Sida Liu from U Toronto sociology who will lead a discussion (in Chinese) on the Clubhouse about doing fieldwork in China - in conjunction with the announcement of 2021 OYCF-Chow Fellowship for Field Research in China. http://oycf.net/

02/23/2021

Overseas Young Chinese Forum (OYCF) is pleased to announce that the 2021 OYCF-Chow Fellowship for Field Research in China is now open to application. Deadline: May 17, 2021.

The fellowship provides up to $3,500 to graduate students in humanities and social sciences in a U.S. or Canadian university to conduct fieldwork in China for their thesis projects.

Priority will be given to research projects focusing on contemporary economic, social, cultural, or political issues in China, but historical or comparative studies with substantial amount of fieldwork to be conducted in China are also eligible for consideration.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 OYCF-Chow Fellowship will only support long-term fieldwork in the 2021-2022 academic year (i.e., fieldwork that commences after September 2021). Short-term fieldwork in the summer of 2020 is not eligible this year.

12/11/2020

Pls help to promote this essay contest.

China Focus is proud to announce the 2020 China Focus Essay Contest! This contest is co-sponsored by the 21st Century China Center, Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China, and the 1990 Institute. 

07/17/2019

Coincidentally, all three guest speakers at the recent OYCF retreat were quoted in this NYT article.

Gender is now one of the most important factors behind income inequality in China, where workplace discrimination and court rulings have set women back.

07/09/2019

三场精彩的演讲、三个创新的理念、三次中美公益的交流，精彩纷呈，令人意气风发。三天来积蓄的能量，足可以把每一个人都变成青年人，从4个月的幼儿到80岁的老人[微笑]谨祝海外中国青年论坛二十周年🎉🎉🎉.
--- 光磊，OYCF主席

07/09/2019

海外中国青年论坛 (OYCF) 2019年年会报道

海外中国青年论坛 (OYCF) 2019年年会 by Richard Ren · Published 07/07/2019 · Updated 07/09/2019 美国华裔跨学界、业界和社区组织之一的海外中国青年论坛 (OYCF) 2019年年会7月6日至7日在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行。年会论坛主题为“中国女性....

07/08/2019

Post conference dinner, Sunday.

07/08/2019

Social Innovation Awards winners. Prof Zheng Wang congratulates the winners, speaks of appreciations and inspirations.