Spring 2024 Applications Now Open: Stanford/SPICE Online Courses for U.S. High School Students on Korea, Japan, plus New U.S.–China Climate Program

Spring 2024 Applications Now Open: Stanford/SPICE Online Courses for U.S. High School Students on Korea, Japan, plus New U.S.–China Climate Program

Students with a strong interest in East Asia or international relations are encouraged to apply.
Meyer Green campus scene Meyer Green; photo credit Andrew Brodhead

SPICE’s programs for U.S. high school students are now accepting applications for next spring. Joining our long-running Sejong Korea Scholars Program (SKSP) and Reischauer Scholars Program (RSP) on Japan is a new program called the U.S.–China Co-Lab on Climate Solutions that will enroll U.S. and Chinese students together. 

The new Co-Lab program will be SPICE’s first truly transnational course, bringing equal numbers of 10th–12th graders from the United States and China into conversation to discuss the challenges with the global climate crisis. This program is based on four years of limited collaboration between SPICE’s China Scholars Program for U.S. students and the Stanford e-China Program for Chinese students.  Instructors Carey Moncaster and Tanya Lee are taking this experience to the next level by expanding the collaboration into a standalone program.

As in other SPICE online programs, Stanford faculty will be featured as guest speakers, sharing expertise on climate-related issues, U.S.–China relations, and strategies for global cooperation. Under the guidance of Moncaster and Lee, students will get to know each other’s lives and environments and work together on projects that could improve their own communities.

Meanwhile, the RSP and the SKSP will continue their academically rigorous introductions to East Asia, with students engaging with leading scholars, former diplomats, and other experts from Stanford and beyond.

High school sophomores, juniors, and seniors in the United States are eligible to apply to any of these three online courses. Students who are interested in more than one program can apply to two or three and rank their preferences on their applications; those who are accepted into multiple programs will be invited to enroll in their highest-preference course. 

Chinese students may apply to the U.S.–China Co-Lab on Climate Solutions after October 15.

Applications for all three programs can be found at https://spicestanford.smapply.io/. Deadlines vary:

  • RSP: Oct 20
  • SKSP: Nov 3
  • Co-Lab: Nov 15 for U.S. students and Dec 10 for Chinese students


For more information on a specific online course, please refer to its individual webpage at https://spice.fsi.stanford.edu/fellowship/uschinacolab , sejongscholars.org, or reischauerscholars.org 

The China Scholars Program (CSP) for U.S. high school students will not be offered in Spring 2024; applications for Fall 2024 CSP will open in April. 

Read More

Honorees of the Stanford e-China Program pose with alumni of the China Scholars Program and SPICE staff.
Blogs

Worth the Wait: Reflections on the Inaugural SPICE China Day

Congratulations to the Stanford e-China student honorees 2020–2023.
cover link Worth the Wait: Reflections on the Inaugural SPICE China Day
Students, their family members, and their instructors posing in a group.
News

Top Students of Stanford e-Japan and the Reischauer Scholars Program Are Recognized at Stanford University

Congratulations to the 2022 Stanford e-Japan and 2023 RSP honorees.
cover link Top Students of Stanford e-Japan and the Reischauer Scholars Program Are Recognized at Stanford University
Mia Shay at The Branson School, Ross, California.
Blogs

New Roots: Discovering the Intricacies of Korean Culture Through the Sejong Korea Scholars Program

The following reflection is a guest post written by Mia Shay, an alumna of the 2022 Sejong Korea Scholars Program.
cover link New Roots: Discovering the Intricacies of Korean Culture Through the Sejong Korea Scholars Program