VSG Travel Award 

VSG Travel Awards to the Annual AAS Conference 2026

Dear list,

Congratulations to those of you who have been accepted as presenters at the AAS Annual Conference 2026! This year, the Vietnam Studies Group is pleased to have available a total of $1,750 for travel awards to help defray the travel costs of presenters to the AAS Annual Conference 2026 in Vancouver, Canada. These will be disbursed as two awards: $1000 for a scholar who is based in Vietnam, and $750 for another applicant based anywhere in the world.

Scholars from all levels of study can apply, from graduate students and post-docs to professors and independent scholars. We strongly encourage scholars from countries with lower-than-average per capita income to apply. Please be aware that VSG travel funds cannot go to those who receive the $2000 AAS International Exchange Travel Grant, and that receipt of the VSG grant will not permit graduate students to receive the $200 AAS student travel stipend.

To apply, please fill out this form by Friday, December 1, 2025, 11:59pm Eastern Time. If you have any questions, please forward them to Hoang Minh Vu at hoang.vu@fulbright.edu.vn.

I would also be incredibly grateful if our group members can please help us spread the message above in your academic communities, through social media, and via other platforms so we can have many applications this year!

Thank you so much!

Hoang Minh Vu

Chair of the VSG Travel Awards Committee

Fulbright University Vietnam

2025 Travel Award Winners

VSG Travel Awards to AAS 2025

From: Hoang Vu via Vsg <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 9:36 PM
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Vsg] VSG Travel Awards to AAS 2025

Dear group,

Congratulations for those of you who have been accepted as presenters at the AAS Annual Conference 2025! This year, following feedback from you at the last VSG Annual Meeting, the Vietnam Studies Group is pleased to have available a total of $2,500 for travel awards to help defray the travel costs of presenters to the AAS Annual Conference 2025 in Columbus, Ohio. These will be disbursed as three awards: $1000 for a scholar who is based in Vietnam, and $750 each for two other applicants who can be based anywhere in the world.

Scholars from all levels of study can apply, from graduate students and, post-docs, to professors. We strongly encourage scholars from countries with lower-than-average per capita income to apply. Please be aware that VSG travel funds cannot go to those who receive the $2000 AAS International Exchange Travel Grant, and that receipt of the VSG grant will not permit graduate students to receive the $200 AAS student travel stipend.

To apply, please fill out the form below by Friday, December 1, 2024, 11:59pm Eastern Time. If you have any questions, please forward them to Hoang Minh Vu at hoang.vu@fulbright.edu.vn.

https://forms.gle/KuqDwKMpXTQz5MEF8

After receiving feedback from our last VSG Annual Meeting, I would also be incredibly grateful if our group members can please help us spread the message above in your academic communities, through social media, and via other platforms so we can have many applications this year!

Thank you so much!

Hoang Minh Vu

Chair of the VSG Travel Awards Committee

Fulbright University Vietnam

2024 Travel Award Winners

• Thi LT Nguyen, Independent Scholars of Asia (unable to attend)

• Tran TP Hoa, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

•  Liem Duc Vu, Hanoi National University of Education

The Vietnam Studies Group 2024 Travel Award to AAS 2024 Seattle

Deadline: Friday, December 1, 2023

From: Hoang Vu <hmv23@cornell.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2023 6:28 PM
To: vsg@uw.edu
Subject: [Vsg] [Funding opportunity] VSG Travel Awards for AAS 2024

Dear list,

Application link: https://forms.gle/QgG9Nj33dexagpgf6

This year, the VSG is pleased to have available a total of $1,500 for travel awards to help defray the travel costs of presenters to the AAS Annual Meeting 2024 in Seattle. These will be either disbursed as two awards of $750 each OR three awards of $500 each, depending on the number and merit of applications to be determined by the VSG Travel Awards Committee.

Scholars from all levels of study can apply, from graduate students, post-docs, to professors. Please be aware that VSG travel funds cannot go to those who receive the $2000 AAS International Exchange Travel Grant, and that receipt of the VSG grant will not permit graduate students to receive the $200 AAS student travel stipend.

To apply, please provide us with the following by 11:59 pm Pacific Time, December 1, 2023:

1.     Name of your paper and the panel in which it appears in the program

2.     In 250 words, describe the efforts you have made to secure other funding and the results of such efforts. (Priority will be given to those who can show that they have attempted or will attempt to find at least one additional source of funding)

3.     Shortened CV (2 pages), including your conference presentation records in the past three years.

4.     Indicate whether you have received VSG funds in the past as a travel grant, what year and AAS location.

Please feel free to contact myself, Hoang Minh Vu, and/or my fellow Committee Members Christian Lentz and Thuy Do for further information.

Looking forward to your applications!

Hoang Minh Vu

Chair, VSG Travel Awards Committee

Visiting Associate Research Scholar, Columbia University and Faculty Member in History and Vietnam Studies at Fulbright University Vietnam

2023 Travel Award Winners

• Cindy Nguyen (UCSD): AAS Travel Award ($500).

• Pham Thi Hong Ha (History Institute of Vietnam): AAS Travel Award ($500).

The Vietnam Studies Group 2023 Travel Award to AAS 2023 Boston

Deadline: Friday, December 9, 2022

From: Hoang Vu <hmv23@cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 12:19 AM
Subject: [Vsg] VSG Travel Award to AAS 2023
To: Vietnam Studies Group <vsg@u.washington.edu>

Dear colleagues,

This year, the VSG is pleased to have available two awards of $500 each to support two presenters at the AAS Annual Meeting 2023 in Boston, MA. Please be aware that VSG travel funds cannot go to those who receive the $2000 AAS International Exchange Travel Grant, and that receipt of the VSG grant will not permit graduate students to receive the $200 AAS student travel stipend.

To apply, please provide us with the following information in this form by Friday, December 9, 2022, 11:59pm California Time: https://forms.gle/dQn3yHy5Z3uNeZiu5 [forms.gle]

1. Your email address

2. Name of your paper and the panel in which it appears in the program

3. In 250 words, describe the efforts you have made to secure other funding and the results of such efforts. (Priority will be given to those who can show that they have attempted or will attempt to find at least one additional source of funding)

4. Shortened CV (2 pages), including your conference presentation records in the past three years

5. Indicate whether you have received VSG funds in the past as a travel grant, what year and AAS location

On behalf of the Travel Award Committee,
Vu Minh Hoang, Do Thi Thanh Thuy, and Frank Proschan