The Nippon Foundation’s Fellowship Program for Asian Public Intellectuals (API) provides grants to successful applicants to carry out a project during the fellowship period (1-12 months) in a country or countries (currently confined to Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. NGO activists, social workers, public servants, researchers, academics, media professionals, artists etc committed to working for the betterment of society can apply for these fellowship grants. The program “is designed to stimulate the creation of a pool of such intellectuals in the region. They aim to promote mutual learning among Asian public intellectuals and to contribute to the growth of public spaces in which effective responses to regional needs can be generated.”
There are two categories under the program:
The API Senior Fellowships are meant for those with an established track record as a public intellectual and who are at least 40 years of age, as of August 31, 2010. The fellowship period should be a minimum of one month to a maximum of twelve months in up to four of the countries participating in the API Fellowships Program (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand).
The API Fellowships are for those under 40 years of age as of August 31, 2010. The fellowship period should be a minimum of four months to a maximum of twelve months in one or two of the countries participating in the API Fellowships Program (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand).
For both categories, the fellowship period must be continuous and the minimum period of visit to a project country is one month and cannot include the native country or country of residence.
Applications can be submitted from 1 July 2010 onwards up to 31 August 2010. For more information, visit this link.
