What are the award categories?
1. ASIA Fellows Awards
The ASIA Fellows Awards are available for a period of
six to nine months to Asian scholars and professionals selected
in a two-stage open competition. They must be citizens and residents
of one of the participating countries; must have a master’s
or doctorate degree, or equivalent professional training and experience;
must be proficient in English or in the language of the host country
appropriate to the proposed research project; must have a minimum
of three years of university teaching experience for scholars
or five years of work experience for professionals; and must not
be over 45 years old.
The research project or the study must be done in a country/region
of Asia other than the applicant’s home country.
2. ASIA Fellows Follow-Up Awards
The ASIA Fellows Follow-Up Awards are conferred on those
who have completed their fellowships to engage in further research
or study at a university or other appropriate institutions in
Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan
or other Asian countries with highly-developed Asian Studies centers
and well-known scholars in area studies programs for a period
of three months.
Under this category, fellows may also apply for a travel grant
of up to four days to participate in international conferences
so that they can share their research findings with a larger audience
and to develop wider linkages with Asian specialists in other
countries.
A fellow can apply for either a study/research award or a travel
award, but not for both. However, fellows who fail to get a study/research
award may apply for a travel award.
3. Asian Studies Outreach Awards
The Asian Studies Outreach Awards are given to ASF alumni
(both as a group or as individuals) to disseminate their research
findings and results of their studies. Support is also provided
for activities (seminars, conferences, etc.) of Asian Studies-related
associations/organizations that are established (or co-established)
by ASF alumni fellows.
Proposals may be submitted by an individual ASF fellow or by
a group of fellows.
4. Senior Fellows Exchange (Not Available)
The Senior Fellows Exchange gives support for senior area specialists
or professors of Asian Studies in an area study related to the
arts, culture, humanities and social sciences to be attached to
an academic or research institution in any of the participating
countries for a maximum period of four weeks. Senior fellows can
then share their scholarship, leadership skills and capacity-building
experiences with other scholars and researchers in their host
institutions in the Asian region.
Non-ASF alumni fellows may apply.
5. Intellectual Discourse Awards (Not Available)
The Intellectual Discourse Awards allow a group of intellectuals
to 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.
The collection of papers may be published as a monograph after
the meeting.
