Melvin MS Goo Writing Fellowship 2026

The Melvin MS Goo Writing Fellowship provides financial support to individual journalists, authors, or writers from the United States or China for projects that enhance understanding between the two countries. It is an East-West Center fellowship funded by the Melvin M.S. Goo Memorial Fund, with a financial award of 10,000 USD. Projects may be produced in English or Chinese (with English translation) and must be published or publicly accessible in the United States and/or China, with a completion delivery by December 2026.

Financial support of US$10,000; opportunity to develop and publish or publicly distribute a journalism project focused on US–China understanding.

Applicants must be nationals or permanent residents of either the United States or the People’s Republic of China (including the Hong Kong and Macau SARs).

Submit a Project Proposal (up to 6 pages), a résumé or CV, at least three representative works, and two professional references via the provided apply link.