GRANTS AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator).  2006-2009.  Research Grant: “The Middle Class and Private Entrepreneurs as the Agents of Political Change in China .”  National Science Foundation.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator).  2005.  International Conference Grant: “The Rise of China and Theories of International Relations and Comparative Politics.”  Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 2003. Summer Research Fellowship: "The Conceptual Patterns of Chinese Mass Attitudes toward Democracy: Individual Liberty vs. Social Order." College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 2001-2002. Research Fellowship: “The Popular Support for China’s Current Political Regime.” The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars for the 2001-2002 academic year.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 2001-2002. Research Fellowship: “Conceptual Patterns of Democratic Beliefs in China.” The Fulbright Scholar Program for summer 2002 (May-August 2002).

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator) with Robert Holden. 2000. Area Studies Development Grant: “Strengthening Asian Studies through Faculty Training, Study Abroad, Enhanced Language and Literature Instruction, and the Establishment of an Asian Studies Major.” Department of Education, Title VI-A Program (for 2 years).  $280,000.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 2000. Research Fellowship: “Congruence between Mass and Elite Attitudes and Constraint of Their Respective Belief Systems in China.” The East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. $36,000.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 1998. Summer Research Fellowship: “Mass Political Apathy in China: A Survey of Beijing Residents.” Old Dominion University. $5,000.

• Holden, Robert (Principal Investigator), Chen, Jie (Consultant), and others (Consultants). 1998. Teaching Improvement Grant: “Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Programs.” U.S. Department of Education (Title VI-A). $4,564 (for “The Summer in China Program”).

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator), Yang Zhong (Co-Investigator). 1997. Research Grant: “Political Attitudes toward the Post-Deng Regime: A Survey of Beijing Residents.” Center for Social Science Research of University of Tennessee. $2,500.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 1997. Research Grant: “Political Attitudes toward the Post-Deng Regime: A Survey of Beijing Residents.” University of Wisconsin-River Falls. $1,500.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 1997. Summer Research Grant: “The Relationship between Political Democratization and Economic Modernization: A Case Study of Taiwan.” Great Alliance for Unification of China (Taiwan). $3,800.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 1996. Teaching Improvement Grant: “Establishing a Cross-Campus Asian Studies Minor through Distance Education.” Wisconsin Higher Education Improvement Council. $8,500.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 1996. Teaching Improvement Grant: “A Training Program for Teaching of Specialized Area-Study Courses through Distance Education.” University of Wisconsin System’s Council of International Education and Office of Academic Affairs. $ 3,000.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 1996. Teaching Improvement Grant: “Cross-Campus Collaboration in Teaching Specialized Area-Study Courses through Distance Education.” Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. $7,500.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 1995-1996. Research Grant: "Value Changes in Post-Tiananmen China: A Survey in Beijing, China." The University of Wisconsin System. $3,000.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 1995-1996. Faculty Research Grant: “The Emergence of New Social Classes and Their Influence over Political Development in Contemporary China.” University of Wisconsin-River Falls. $1,500.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator), and Jan Hillard (Co-Investigator). 1995. Grant for Chinese Higher Education Administration Workshop at University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Beijing Higher Education Commission. $60,000.

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 1995. Teaching and Research Fellowship in China. Rockefeller Foundation through the Washington Center for China Studies. $1,600 .

• Chen, Jie (Principal Investigator). 1990-1991. Graduate Student Research Grant: “Ideological Factor in U.S. Foreign Policy.” Washington State University. $1,000.