LMU ‒ China Academic Network (LMU-ChAN)

Members

Since 2005, LMU Munich has established a wide range of contacts and collaborations with outstanding partners and leading research universities in China in the fields of Life Sciences and Health, Environmental and Geosciences, as well as the Humanities and Social Sciences.

LMU began to develop the LMU ‒ China Academic Network project (LMU-ChAN) in 2015. Unlike strategic partnerships which only involve a single partner university, the focus of LMU-ChAN's network model is on diverse collaboration models, generating additional synergy effects. The network now includes the following leading universities in China:

• Fudan University
• Nanjing University
• Peking University
• Renmin University
• Shanghai Jiaotong University
• Sun Yat-sen University
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• The University of Hong Kong
• Tongji University
• Tsinghua University
• Zhejiang University

Funding opportunities

LMU-ChAN Call for Applications for 2025

The call for applications for the 2025 funding period has already passed. Details of the application process for the 2026 funding period will be published in fall 2025.

LMU researchers who are planning to collaborate with one or more of the ChAN universities may apply to the ChAN partnership fund, which provides grants for the following purposes:

• Seed funding for joint projects, workshops and conferences
• Scientific Workshop at the LMU-ChAN Scientific Forum

Please note that LMU-ChAN plans to open an ongoing call for small-scale funding of up to 3,000 euros for individual mobility in the first half of 2025.

LMU-CSC Program

Furthermore, scholarships for doctoral candidates from China can be applied for via the LMU-CSC Program. This program enables highly qualified Chinese postgraduates to obtain their doctoral degrees or conduct research for a doctoral dissertation at LMU.

CSC China Link Program

LMU students and young researchers can apply to the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for a research scholarship at a Chinese university. The possible funding period is 1 to 12 months. Application deadlines are October 15 and January 15 for a stay in the following academic year. Further information on the scholarship and the application process can be found on the CSC website.

Scientific Forum

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The annual Scientific Forum is an important element of the network’s structure. The Forum not only serves to generate ideas for collaborative ventures in research and teaching, it also helps to nurture and extend existing contacts and interactions. The symposium comprises lectures, panel discussions and workshops with between 70 and 100 participants. It brings together both established and early-career researchers, as well as students from LMU and China. The Forum is hosted alternately by LMU or one of the partner universities.

• The Scientific Forum 2025 will take place at LMU Munich from 29 to 31 October 2025.
• The Scientific Forum 2024 took place at Fudan University in Shanghai from 25 to 27 September 2024.

News

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We congratulate Wei Hu, Professor of German Studies at Peking University, on receiving a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation. She has been active in our LMU-ChAN Network for many years. We are delighted that she will now further intensify her contacts here at LMU.

LMU Newsroom article

LMU-ChAN Advisory Board