The SBFT Katherine Whitaker Bequest

Postgraduate Grants for Sinological Studies

GBCC, The SBFT Katherine Whitaker Bequest

The Sino-British Fellowship Trust has been supporting researchers in the UK and China since 1948. Research may be conducted either in Britain or in China, or in both countries. Most SBFT grants are given through organisations; a small number of individual grants are given each year, notably through the Katherine Whitaker Bequest.

Grants are available:

  • To help academic staff and senior postgraduate candidates at UK academic institutions fund travel and living costs while they undertake research or study visits to China;
  • To help academic staff and senior postgraduate candidates at Chinese institutions fund similar visits to the UK;
  • To support academic staff and senior postgraduate candidates in their study of Chinese languages.

While grants from the Sino-British Fellowship Trust cover a very wide range of subjects, grants from the Katherine Whitaker Bequest are made for studies in the areas of particular interest to Dr Whitaker (Chinese history, literature and languages, Chinese Medicine, Tibetan Studies).

Please note grants can only be made for travel and living costs; we cannot fund tuition fees.

For more information, please visit the Sino-British Fellowship Trust website, www.sbft.org.uk.

Information for Applicants

For further information please contact, in writing:

The Sino-British Fellowship Trust Office
23 Bede House Manor Fields
Putney
London SW15 3LT

The Great Britain-China Centre hosts these webpages on behalf of the SBFT. For any questions about the award, please contact the Sino-British Fellowship Trust directly at the above address. For any technical problems with these pages, please contact trust@gbcc.org.uk.