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About Us

Bei Shan Tang Doctoral Thesis Grant

What We Do
The Grant serves to support a new generation of scholars to conduct significant research that will broaden and deepen our understanding of traditional Chinese art.

Whom We Support
The Grant supports outstanding final-year PhD candidates whose dissertation topic is pertinent to traditional Chinese art. Grant awardees are expected to engage in full-time thesis writing and complete their dissertation within the grant period. The maximum grant period is 12 months.

What We Cover
The Grant covers the tuition fees and living expenses of final-year PhD studies.

Bei Shan Tang Foundation

Bei Shan Tang Foundation was founded in 1985 by Dr. J. S. Lee to institutionalise his efforts to promote Chinese art and culture, with a tax-exempt charitable (Section 88) status. Along with its original mission to promote Chinese art and culture, the Foundation now also dedicates a significant part of its resources to support educational initiatives.

Vision and Mission in Chinese Art and Culture
Vision – To enhance everyone’s understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture
Mission – To advance scholarship in the field of Chinese art and culture

Strategic Priorities in Chinese Art and Culture

To encourage the scholarly research and preservation of traditional Chinese art in both academic and museum sectors
To support capacity building of Chinese art historians and museum professionals for Hong Kong and beyond
To further scholarly research of Chinese art by leveraging Bei Shan Tang’s collection

Recent Major Initiatives in Chinese Art and Culture

J. S. Lee Memorial Fellowship Programme, which supports outstanding and promising museum professionals and scholars in the field of Chinese art and culture to conduct research or gain curatorial and museum experience through fellowship attachments at foreign museums and academic institutions for a period of 4 to 12 months
Forum for Curators of Chinese Art, which brings together Chinese art curators, museum professionals, and art historians in the global network of Bei Shan Tang Foundation with the goal of facilitating knowledge exchange and catalysing museum collaborations
Bei Shan Tang Doctoral Thesis Grant, which supports final-year PhD candidates to engage in full-time thesis writing
Museum Professionals Training Workshop organized by Art Museum, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and sponsored by the Foundation
Grants and financial support for research projects, exhibitions, conferences, publications, education initiatives in relation to Chinese art and culture organized by museums, universities, schools and NGOs
Financial assistance to students for pursuing graduate studies and postgraduate research in Chinese art and history