Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP) Foundation is currently inviting applications for the Postgraduate Fellowship Program. The SEASREP Foundation is a non-profit NGO with its office in the Philippines, and works to promote Southeast Asian studies in Southeast Asia. The Postgraduate Fellowship program offered by the foundation is run with the financial support from Toyota Foundation.
Fellowship Objectives
The fellowship aims to encourage the study of a Southeast Asian country other than one’s own or a comparative study across the region by M.A. or Ph.D. graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
The fellowship supports:
- M.A. or Ph.D. course work and/or thesis research (documentary research and field work) and thesis writing; and
- Postdoctoral research.
Fellowships are awarded for projects that are considered likely to reinforce cross-national or regional identity and promote mutual understanding in the region.
Grant Period
The grant period is one year, beginning 1 April 2012.
Grant amount
- For M.A. candidate:
- research costs $2,200
- living expenses $450 per month x 12 months
- For Ph.D. candidate:
- research costs $4,000
- living expenses $650 per month x 12 months
- For Posdoctoral research:
- research costs $4,600
- living expenses $700 per month x 12 months
Eligibility Criteria
- For M.A. or Ph.D. Fellowship: Southeast Asian nationals residing in the region under the age of 40 and enrolled in social science or humanities graduate programs in a Southeast Asian university
- Postdoctoral Research: Southeast Asian nationals residing in the region affiliated to a university or research institute in Southeast Asia and who obtained doctorate degree in social science or humanities within three years prior to the date of grant application.
Scope of research:
Research projects must focus on a Southeast Asian country (or countries) other than the researcher’s own and may involve cross-national comparisons (which may include the researcher’s own country), or examine a regional theme, issue or problem. The research must include library (or archival) research and/or field work in the country or countries being studied.
- For M.A./Ph.D. students, the research findings must be used in the preparation of the M.A. thesis or Ph.D. dissertation.
- For postdoctoral fellows, the research must lead to the publication of a journal article, book chapter, or book.
Last date for submitting the applications is January 4, 2012.
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