SUNY/CUNY SEAC Spring 2026 Research & Publishing Grants

SEAC annually awards a small number of fieldwork grants for faculty, and pre-dissertation/dissertation research grants (which may include language training) for graduate students. Awards will be for up to $5,000. SEAC also will five grants of up to $1,000 each to support faculty publishing related to Southeast Asia and Southeast Asians, including in the diaspora. 

Securing the Future: Intergenerational Mobility and Homeownership Among AANHPIs

In a recent report, Urban Institute researchers provide the first comprehensive, life-cycle trajectory analysis of wealth building anchored in homeownership for AANHPI households over the past two decades. By tracing how wealth evolves across the life cycle—from accumulation and use to preservation and transfer—this report reveals barriers that persist well beyond market entry. For example, … Read more