The Center for Asian American Studies (CAAS) at The University of Texas at Austin is an interdisciplinary academic program devoted to raise awareness of issues pertaining to Asian Americans. CAAS provides scholastic awards for exceptional students who have furthered the promotion of research, service, and academic involvement which is imperative for the growth of Asian American Studies.
CAAS Scholarships are open to any student attending the University of Texas at Austin, pending that they meet specific application requirements. Please visit this website in the Spring Semester to download the scholarship application(s). Contact CAAS if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
SPRING 2011 Awards:

Spring 2010 Scholarship/Awards are now available. Click Here!
Scholarships Available: DUE DATE for all scholarships is Friday, April 22nd.
CAAS Student Service Award:
The Center for Asian American Studies (CAAS) at The University of Texas at Austin is an interdisciplinary academic program devoted to raise awareness of issues pertaining to Asian Americans. CAAS provides scholastic awards for exceptional students who have furthered the promotion of research, service, and academic involvement which is imperative for the growth of Asian American Studies.
Community involvement is highly encouraged both at the UT-Austin and CAAS levels. Additional support to CAAS is very appreciated and should be noted in the applicants CV/resume.
Undergraduate applicants must have completed or are enrolled in at least 1 (3 credit hour) Asian American Studies (AAS) course.
Service Award Amount for the 2010-2011 academic year: (Pending on the applications received, one award will be received by an undergraduate student and the second to a graduate student.)
$250 for two undergraduate students
CAAS: Asian American Undergrad. Student Organizational Excellence Award:
CAAS provides scholastic awards for exceptional students and organizations who have furthered the promotion of research, service, and academic involvement which is imperative for the growth of Asian American Studies. University and community involvement is highly encouraged both at the UT-Austin and CAAS levels. Additional support to CAAS is very appreciated and should be noted in the application.
Award will be given to President of the organization. This individual should be the one who fills out the scholarship form. This individual will also be the recipient of the monetary award. Only one form per organization please.
Student Organizational Excellence Award Amount for the 2010-2011 academic year:
$500 for one undergraduate student organization
CAAS: Undergraduate Research/Scholarship Award:
Due to the interdisciplinary focus of our program, the scholarship awards can include research papers, works of fiction, visual art/representation, and other types of research activities. Research must be backed by the faculty assigned to the course in which the research paper/project was completed. Research submitted may be from the Fall 2009 and/or Spring 2010 semester. Items submitted must be in it’s completed and graded form from Fall 2009. However, Spring 2011 research may be “works in progress” meaning that they are 90% completed. This is for research that would be graded for the final, but due to the deadline of this application may not have received the final grade before May 6, 2010.
Please submit a copy of the completed Research Papers/Project with the grade you received on it. We need some indication on what grade you received for the Research/Project. A letter of recommendation from the faculty member who was the instructor of record for the course your research paper/project is required. Papers should be electronically submited to Barbara Jann a barbaraj@austin.utexas.edu. Anything on DVD/CD should be delievered to CAAS.
Undergraduate applicants must have completed or are enrolled in at least 1 (3 credit hour) Asian American Studies (AAS) course.
Undergraduate Research Award Amounts for the 2010-2011 academic year:
$200 for two undergraduate student with an exceptional research paper/project
CAAS: Graduate Student Research Scholarship Award
Please see description above for undergraduate research scholarship award.
Additionally, graduate students should acknowledge in their application any affiliations they have with CAAS. Please also attach your CV/Resume.
Graduate Research Award Amounts for the 2010-2011 academic year:
$250 for one graduate student