The Asian Cultural Council (ACC), an affiliate of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, is a foundation which supports cultural exchange in the visual and performing arts between the United States and the countries of Asia. The ACC’s grant programme was created in 1963 and was established as a publicly-supported operating foundation in 1980. It offers fellowships to individuals, supporting artists, scholars and specialists from Asia for research, study and creative work in the United States. Grants are also made to Americans pursuing similar activities in Asia. In addition, the Asian Cultural Council awards a small number of grants in support of regional exchange activities within Asia. Arts organisations and educational and cultural institutions are eligible to apply to the Council for support for projects of exceptional importance involving cultural exchange between Asia and the United States or regional exchange in Asia. Many of the Asian Cultural Council’s fellowships are awarded with unrestricted grant funds. ACC operates the following programmes: (i) Asian Art and Religion Fellowship Program – focusing on the relationship between the artistic and religious traditions of Asia; (ii) China On-Site Seminar Program in Art History – helping American graduate students to enlarge their understanding of Chinese art in its cultural context, and introducing art history students in China to American theoretical approaches to studies in this field; (iii) Ford Foundation Fellowship Program – providing support for training, travel and research in the United States by individuals from Asia engaged in the study, documentation and preservation of Asian traditional arts; (iv) Hong Kong Arts Program – providing fellowships to especially promising artists, students and scholars from Hong Kong for research, study and creative work in the United States; (v) Humanities Fellowship Program – assisting American scholars, doctoral students and specialists in the humanities to undertake research, training and study in Asia in the fields of archaeology, conservation, museology and the theory, history and criticism of architecture, art, dance, film, music, photography and theatre; (vi) Japan-United States Arts Program – supporting exchange activities which encourage the study and understanding of Japanese art and culture; (vii) Ock Rang Cultural Foundation Fellowship Program – supporting cultural exchange between Korea and the United States as well as between Korea and other countries of Asia; (viii) Starr Foundation Fellowship Program – focusing on contemporary visual arts; (ix) Taiwan Fellowship Program – supporting American and Asian arts specialists visiting Taiwan to participate in cultural exchange projects organised by local arts institutes; (x) John D Rockefeller III Award – presented to an individual from Asia or the United States who has made a significant contribution to the understanding, practice or study of the visual or performing arts of Asia; and (xi) ACC Residency Program – assisting individual American artists, scholars and professionals undertaking research, teaching and creative residencies at cultural and educational institutions in East and South East Asia. Individuals and institutions wishing to enquire about the possibilities of grant support should send a brief description of their activity to ACC. The application deadline is 1 February for proposals to be considered at the Spring meeting of the ACC Trustees, while a small number of requests in specific programming areas may also be considered at a fall meeting, for which the application deadline is 1 August.