Social development in China is one important area of focus for the OYCF members. In 2016, OYCF established an annual social innovation award to encourage volunteerism and social entrepreneurship, and to promote civil society exchange between the U.S. and China.

2019年OYCF公益创新擂台赛

OYCF is pleased to announce the three organizations invited to the 2019 OYCF Social Innovation Contest, to be held in San Diego on July 7, 2019 at the OYCF annual meeting :

• 同城-中学性别平等教育
• 西桃女性领导力-西桃共学社区
• 酉心生提升男性参与，促进性别平等

OYCF's research program aims to address critical policy issues in China and to encourage fieldwork research in the country.

In 2018, OYCF announces a new fellowship program to support graduate students in field research in China.  The first four recipients were announced at the 2018 OYCF Annual Meeting.  2019 recipients of the fieldwork fellowship was just announced in April 2019.

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OYCF-Chow Fieldwork Fellowship

OYCF is pleased to announce the following recipients of the 2019 OYCF-Chow Fieldwork Fellowship:

Jiun-Da Lin, Ph.D. student in Political Science, University of Maryland.

Topic: The Adoption of Global Green Bond Standards in China

Shang Liu, Ph.D. student in Sociology, University of Southern California.

Topic: Snapshotting China in Everyday Work: How Meanings and Boundaries of the State are Constructed within Different NGOs in China

Spencer Stewart, Ph.D. student in History, University of Chicago.

Topic: Cotton Science and Rural Reform in War Time China, 1937-45

Yingyi Wang, Ph.D. student in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, University of Washington.

Topic: Working in Gender Equality and LGBT Rights NGOs

Fangsheng Zhu, Ph.D. student in Sociology, Harvard University.

Topic: Citizenship and Mobility Strategies in Post-Socialist China