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.

2018年OYCF公益创新擂台赛

OYCF is pleased to announce that, for the 2018 OYCF Social Innovation contest, the Award of Excellence goes to:  广东广州市青草青少年成长服务中心，入选项目: 流动儿童城市立足

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.

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OYCF-Chow Fieldwork Fellowship

OYCF is pleased to announce the 2019 OYCF-Chow Fieldwork Fellowship is open for application. Deadline is March 15, 2019.

Since 2018, Overseas Young Chinese Forum (OYCF) has provided a fellowship to support field research in China. The Fellowship provides $3,000 to graduate students in humanities and social sciences in a U.S. or Canadian university to conduct fieldwork in China for their thesis projects. In addition, another $500 will be offered as post-fieldwork reward to the fellowship recipients who demonstrate excellence in the use of the fellowship. Fellowship recipients will be announced on the OYCF website as OYCF-Chow Fellows.