Everyone, Just in case you haven't seen this announcement already, the Association for Asian Studies has just announced this grant program for Asian Studies professionals to promote greater equity and inclusion, and to provide pandemic relief. The Association for Asian Studies has received a $1 million grant<https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-awards-288-million-arp-funding-13-grantmaking-organizations> from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This grant is awarded through the NEH's Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) program, which supports humanities organizations, programs, and professionals at the local level, advancing economic recovery within a cultural sector devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our project, "Striving for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Asian Studies: Humanities Grants for Asian Studies Scholars," will enable the AAS to make approximately 30 individual awards to provide relief from the coronavirus pandemic to Asian Studies professionals to conduct humanities research, teaching development, and multimedia projects. This initiative is designed to provide opportunities for career development and research projects for Asian Studies professionals on the periphery of Asian Studies. These constituents include Black scholars of Asia, contingent/adjunct faculty in academic institutions, first-generation scholars, junior scholars in the field, independent scholars, and Asia specialists working outside the professoriate. This program is a solid step toward promoting greater equity and inclusion in the field of Asian Studies. For more information on how to apply, please go to: https://www.asianstudies.org/grants-awards/striving-for-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-asian-studies-humanities-grants-for-asian-studies-scholars/aas-fellowships/ Thanks, Ari ____________________________ Ari Daniel Levine Horace Montgomery Professor Department of History University of Georgia President, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies