Asian Pacific Intellectual Fellowship Program

The API Fellowships Program aims to:

Create and nurture a community of public intellectuals in Asia;

Promote mutual learning among Asian public intellectuals; and

Contribute to the growth of public spaces in which effective responses to regional needs can be generated.

In selecting Fellows, the API Fellowships Program will favor those whose projects address critical issues in the region, use creative and multidisciplinary approaches, and have some element of advocacy.

Who can apply?

Anyone involved in the production and exchange of knowledge or ideas in line with the goals of the API Fellowships Program can apply. This includes academics, researchers, media professionals, artists, writers, NGO workers, social workers, public servants, and others who work for the betterment of society.
You will need sufficient knowledge of the English language to conduct your project and to share the results with the wider audience afterwards.
General eligibility for both the API Senior and API Fellowships

• Applicants must hold the nationality or proper residence status of one of the five Participating Countries and reside in the country (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand) at the time of the application;
• Applicants must attend the interview at the designated date and place;
• Applicants must propose research projects and/or professional activities which start after July 1, 2012 and should be completed on or by the end of July 2013;
• Applicants must have a basic knowledge of English. An ability to speak a language/s of the country/ies where the proposed research project and/or professional activities are conducted will be an asset; and
• Applicants must be based in the region/country and will continue to be so in the future.
• When selected, they must attend the orientation in February/March 2012. Absence from the orientation may cause the cancellation of the selection.

Eligibility for the API Senior Fellowships
In addition to the general eligibility above, the applicants for the API Senior Fellowships must:

• Be 40 years of age or more as of August 31, 2011 (exceptions may be made);
• Have the ability and experience to conduct research projects and/or professional activities in the Participating Countries (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand) other than his/her native country or country of residence;
• Undertake the proposed research projects and/or professional activities in up to four of the Participating Countries (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand), but in a country/ies other than in the applicant’s native country or country of residence;
• Undertake the proposed research projects and/or professional activities for a continuous period of between one to 12 months; and
• Have the ability, influence, and means to disseminate the results of their research projects and/or professional activities.

Eligibility for the API Fellowships:
In addition to the general eligibility above, the applicants for the API Fellowships must:

• Be under the age of 40 as of August 31, 2011 (exceptions may be made);
• Have the ability and desire to engage in research projects and/or professional activities in the Participating Countries (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand) other than his/her native or country of residence;
• Have a strong potential to contribute to their field in the future;
• Undertake the proposed research projects and/or professional activities for a continuous period of between four to 12 months; and
• Undertake the proposed research projects and/or professional activities in up to two of the Participating Countries (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand), but in a country/ies other than the applicant’s native country or country of residence.

What is the schedule for the selection process?
# The application period is from July 1, 2011 to August 31, 2011.
# Interviews will take place in September/October 2011*.
*There will be no make-up interview if the applicant is not able to attend the interview on the designated date. Therefore, those who cannot be present on the interview day will be automatically dropped from the selection process.
# The results will be announced in February 2012.
Selected Fellows will be required:
# To attend the orientation in February/March 2012.
# To carry out the project between the time frame of July 1, 2012 and July 31, 2013.
# To attend the annual API Regional Workshop to be held in November 2013.
# To present the results of the project through papers and other materials.
# To disseminate the results of the project to a wider audience, whenever possible.
# To submit a final Workshop Paper for publication after