All undergraduate students (except for previous CAFA scholarship recipients) who are interested in Chinese culture and meeting the following qualifications are invited to apply:
The selection criteria are:
Email you application packet to ehsieh@calstatela.edu on or before January 31, 2010. Your complete application packet should include the following:
If you are selected as a finalist, you will receive a notification shortly after the application deadline. For finalists, an official transcripts and a letter of reference (if not already submitted with the application packet) from an individual who can evaluate your academic and/or work performance are required. It is the finalists' responsibility to submit the required documents in time for the final selection of the CAFA scholarship recipients. The required documents shall be emailed to the Scholarship Committee directly from the university for the transcripts and from your reference for the letter.
Awardees must appear in person at the banquet of the annual CAFA convention to receive the award. Your dinner will be paid for by CAFA. You may also invite friends or relatives to the banquet, but they will have to cover their own costs. The 2010 CAFA convention is scheduled at 6:00 pm on Saturday, February 27, at the Quiet Cannon Montebello at 901 Via San Clemente, Montebello, CA 90640.
Deadline for application is January 31, 2010. Please email your completed application form and related information to
Professor Edward Hsieh, Tel: (323) 343-2939
Chair, CAFA Scholarship Committee
Department of Economics and Statistics
California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90032
E-mail: <ehsieh@calstatela.edu >