IAFOR Grant and Scholarship Recipients 2025

We are delighted to announce the recipients of IAFOR grants and scholarships for The 16th Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2025) to be held in Tokyo in May 2025.

We are delighted to announce the recipients of IAFOR grants and scholarships for The 16th Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2025) to be held in Tokyo, Japan between May 11-16, 2025.

In total, we received 142 scholarship applications.

Launched in 2016, IAFOR’s grants and scholarships programme provides financial support to PhD students and early career academics, with the aim of helping them pursue research excellence and achieve their academic goals through interdisciplinary study and interaction.

Our warmest congratulations go to the following scholarship recipients.


IAFOR Scholarship Recipients

Muhammad Abdul Aziz, University of PTIQ-PKUMI Jakarta, Indonesia
Philosophizing Exegesis: The Sketch of the Emergence and Development of Tafsīr Maqāṣidī

Ezgi Bengisu Bahar, Başkent University, Turkey
Ukiyo-e as an Art Movement and Its Influence on Illustration

Kristel Wiener Benitez, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
Seniors Living the Thug Life: Exploring the Reasons Behind the Rise in Senior Offenders in Japan, 2012-2021

Han-Yu Cheng, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Contemporary Aesthetics: An Exploration of Human Aesthetic Perception and Cultural Ecology

Clara Frempong, Koforidua Technical University, Ghana
An Investigation into English Language Tutors’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Grammar at Some Selected Colleges of Education

Chi Jin, Renmin University of China, China
Toward the Hyperboundary Museum: A Study on Knowledge-Oriented Management Models for Cultural Relic Resources in the AI Era

Binsu Susan John, The English and Foreign Languages University, India
Auditory Archives of Slavery: Exploring the Soundscape of Slavery in Saraswatheevijayam (1892)

Xuan Qiao, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Entangled Media Practices of Asian Cinema: Chinese Female Directors in the Z-Generation Era


About IAFOR’s Grants and Scholarships

IAFOR is dedicated to helping young scholars achieve their research and academic goals, while also encouraging them to apply the principles of interdisciplinary study to their work. IAFOR offers travel and accommodation grants as well as full or partial scholarships covering conference registration fees to PhD students and early career academics who might not otherwise have the financial resources to be able to attend our academic conferences.

Awards are based on the appropriateness of the educational opportunity in relation to the applicant’s field of study, financial need, and contributions to their community and to IAFOR’s mission of interdisciplinarity. Scholarships will be awarded based on availability of funds from IAFOR and will vary with each conference. The Programme Committee of the relevant IAFOR conference will award scholarships to eligible applicants with exceptional abstracts accepted for presentation following the blind peer review process.

For further information on IAFOR grants and scholarships, please visit the Grants and Scholarships page of the IAFOR website.


2025 Grants and Scholarships

Grants and scholarships are still available for IAFOR conferences with open abstract submission deadlines. If you are eligible for an IAFOR grant or scholarship and would like to be considered, please submit your abstract to the conference you would like to attend and select the checkbox for the relevant award during the submission process.



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