The U.S.-China Legal Cooperation Fund, an initiative supported by leading American companies engaged in trade and investment with the? China, supports transparent and equitable legal processes and institutions in China through funding of U.S.-China cooperation. ?Since 1999, it has provided more than $1 million in grant funding.
The Fund has sent out a press release saying that it invites grant proposals for projects fostering the rule of law in China, to be carried out jointly by American and Chinese non-profit organizations or educational institutions.
The fund will give priority consideration to efforts that promote transparency in legal processes and institutions, with a particular focus on one or more of the following issues: ?law making and regulatory processes, labor law, intellectual property rights, dispute resolution, contract enforcement, or consumer safety. ?The Fund also will consider proposals in other areas of U.S.-China legal cooperation.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to expand the impact of their projects beyond the direct participants, through developing and disseminating print or electronic materials, media outreach, or other means.
The Fund anticipates making grant awards up to $100,000, with projects to be carried out over one to three years.
The Fall 2010 deadline for submission of proposals is October 1, 2010.
Further information on the grant application process and on previous grant awards is available at www.uschinalegalcoop.org <http://www.uschinalegalcoop.org> .
