Deadline: January 11, 2008

Amount note: The grant provides the following:

1. Round-trip travel between home country and host country
2. In-country living allowance to cover housing and other expenses based upon the cost-of-living in the host country
3. Limited accident and health insurance
4. Field trip and language training allowance
5. Research allowance

Eligibility: Applicants must have a master's or doctoral degree or equivalent
professional training and experiences (minimum of three years of university
teaching experiences for scholars or five years of work experience for
professionals.) Proficiency in English or in the language of the host country
appropriate to the proposed research project is required.

Citizenship: Bangladesh; Bhutan; Brunei; Burma (Myanmar); Cambodia; China; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Japan; Laos; Malaysia; Maldives; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; South Korea; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam

Activity location: Asia

Abstract: The principal goal of the ASIA Fellows Awards is to increase the overall awareness of intellectual resources in the countries of northeast, south, and southeast Asia and to contribute to the growth of long-range
capabilities for cross-regional knowledge sharing. The ASIA Fellows Awards seek to:

- develop regional expertise;
- establish a multilateral network of Asian specialists from many disciplines, professional fields, and countries;
- stimulate interdisciplinary research and inter-societal comparison; and
- contribute to new developments within existing area studies communities.
The awards offer opportunities for outstanding young and mid-career Asian scholars and professionals to gain knowledge of the countries in the region and an understanding of the contexts that shape global and regional issues through research.

Contact name: Asian Scholarship Foundation

Contact email: info@asianscholarship.org