China Medical Board of New York, Inc.

750 3rd Ave., 23rd Fl.

New York, NY 10017-2701

Telephone: (212) 682-8000

Fax: (212) 949-8726

Contact: Dr.Lincoln Chen, president, effective July 1, 2006

History: The China Medical Board (CMB) began in 1914 as a division of the Rockefeller Foundation. The China Medical Board of New York, Inc. was incorporated as an independent body in 1928. The Board devoted its funds largely to supporting the Peking Union Medical College until the college was nationalized and China's participation in the Korean conflict began in 1951. Thereafter, the Board assisted health professions-educational institutions in several East and Southeast Asian nations. In 1980, the Board began again to support health professions-educational institutions in the People's Republic of China..

Purpose and activities: To extend financial aid to the Peking Union Medical College and/or like institutions in the Far East or the United States of America. The board's activities are:

1) to assist institutions in improving the health levels and services in Asian societies; and

2) to assist institutions in improving the quality and increasing the numbers of

appropriate health practitioners in these societies.

CMB supports programs in medical research, staff development, cooperative planning, and library endowment only at designated national medical schools, nursing schools, and schools of public health in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Tibet, and the People's Republic of China.

Fields of interest: Asia; China & Mongolia; Health care; Health organizations; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Korea; Libraries/library science; Malaysia; Medical research; Medical school/education; Nursing care; Philippines; Singapore; Southeast Asia; Taiwan; Thailand.

Geographic focus: International

Types of support: Conferences/seminars, Endowments, Fellowships, Program development, Publication, Research, Scholarship funds, Technical assistance. Financial assistance is provided to selected educational institutions for programs in medicine, nursing, and public health. Each recipient institution is identified education and training. as a leading resource in its country for health-professions education, health research, or both. The Board is especially interested in grants to advance the recipient institution's pursuit of excellence and for the enhancement of the academic and professional content of medical, nursing, and public health

Limitations: Applications not accepted. Giving limited to East and Southeast Asia, including the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. No support for governments, professional societies, or research institutes not directly under medical school control. No grants to individuals (except for scholarships and fellowships), or for capital funds, operating budgets for medical care, special projects, or the basic equipping of medical schools, nursing schools, or schools of public health that are the responsibility of various governments or universities; no loans.

Application information: Submit request through dean's office of Asian institution in which foundation has a program of support.

Board meeting date(s): June and Dec.