How are the grantees notified?
The ASF office in Bangkok will send the award notification letters to the successful ASIA Fellows candidates. Fellows will be invited to attend and participate in the orientation program in Bangkok before the start of their fellowships.

What is the Orientation Program?
During the orientation program, fellows will be briefed on the administrative and financial procedures, preparations for the start of their projects, including visa clearance and working arrangements with host institutions, awards requirements and other administrative issues related to the fellowship. They will also be given the opportunities to start their bonding and networking with each other through group sessions and discussions.

The orientation program is held end-on to the annual ASF conference.

What are the “Host Institutions”?
ASIA Fellows are placed in host institutions that are located in any of the participating countries while undertaking their research projects/studies/activities. It is advisable to identify a host institution and to secure a letter of invitation at the time an ASIA Fellows application is submitted.

What is the annual ASIA Fellows’ conference?
Results of the ASIA Fellows’ studies/research projects are presented at an Annual Fellows’ Conference. Held in Bangkok immediately after the orientation for the new cohort grantees, it is an occasion for the latter to benefit from the experience-sharing on the completed research projects of the earlier group and to start their networking with other ASF Fellows.

All expenses incurred by the fellows in attending the orientation program and the annual conference are shouldered by ASF.

What is expected of an ASF Grantee?
ASIA Fellows Awardees are expected to prepare a mid-term progress report and a full report at the end of the study/research period. An abridged version of the paper is presented at the annual ASIA Fellows’ Conference.

At the end of the three-month research/study period, ASIA Fellows Follow-up Research/Study Awardees shall provide the ASF Bangkok office with a copy of the grant outputs, i.e., research paper, publication, course program, new curricula, brochure of an artist’s one-man show, a performance program, etc.

ASIA Fellows Follow-Up Awardees to attend an international conference shall render a written report about the conference (i.e., the sponsor, indicating whether it is an annual or a special event, the expected participants and audience, etc.) as well as a brief description of their paper/presentation.

Recipients of the Asian Studies Outreach Awards shall submit a written report providing details of the alumni activity, especially how it has enhanced the growth and development of Asian Studies in Asia.

Those chosen to become part of the Senior Fellows Exchange are required to conduct a seminar, workshop, forum or panel discussion where their researches, studies, theories or expertise are discussed and shared with others. They shall also give lectures to graduate students or intellectuals in his/her area of expertise during his stay with his/her host institution. Under this program, the senior fellows shall develop a partnership scheme between senior-senior or senior-junior scholars in the host institutions to foster scholarship by working together and learning from one another.

Awardees of the Intellectual Discourse Awards shall write reflective papers on timely issues affecting Asia and the global community, and get together in small gatherings for a day or two in a selected Asian country to discuss and expand on their ideas. The papers may be written alone or in collaboration with another ASF Fellow.