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Friday, June 4, 2010

Japan: The Nippon Foundation Fellowships for Asian Public Intellectuals (API Program)

Overview

What is the API Fellowships Program?

It is a fellowships program that provides a grant to successful applicants to carry out a project during the fellowship period of one month to one year in a country or countries (currently confined to Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand).

What are API Senior Fellowships and API Fellowships?

The fellowships are offered under two categories: API Senior Fellowships and API Fellowships.

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).
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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.


What can I do as a project?

The project may take several forms: a research paper, a film, a series of journalistic articles, data gathering, building networks, a work of art, etc.; but it must fulfill the following three conditions:

- It must NOT be part of your regular employment output;

- It must contribute to the goals of the API Fellowships Program, and must fit in with the API themes (please refer to page 3);

- It must have a tangible output (a research paper, a film, a photo essay, etc.).
The project must be carried out in one or more of the API Participating Countries (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand), but NOT in your native country or country of residence.

While Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam have become members of the API Fellowships Program from 2010 and Fellowships have been awarded to applicants from these countries, these three countries are not as yet available as the country(ies) to conduct projects.

You will need to identify one institution as the Host Institution in the country or countries where you will be going to on your project. The Host Institution will be your institution of affiliation for your fellowship period in the country.
The fellowship can start anytime on or after July 1, 2011 and ends on or by July 31, 2012. You must complete your project within this period.

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.

What are the goals of the API Fellowships 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.

What are the API themes for this year?

- Changing Identities and Their Social, Historical, and Cultural Contexts
- Reflections on the Human Condition and the Search for Social Justice
- Globalization: Structures, Processes, and Alternatives

What does the API Fellowships Program provide?

- A stipend and housing allowance during the fellowship period. The amount varies by country and the length of the fellowship.
- International transportation costs for one round trip.
- Domestic transportation allowance.
- Research allowance to cover computer costs, field expenses, books, translation fees, etc.
- Travel insurance during the fellowship period.

Selected Fellows will be required:

To attend the orientation in February/March 2011.
To carry out the project between the time frame of July 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012.
To attend the annual API Regional Workshop to be held in November 2012.
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 the API Regional Workshop.

By fulfilling all commitments above, you will become a member of the API Community. You will be expected to participate in the various activities of the Community, and you will have opportunities to apply for post-fellowship programs.

Where can I get more information?

Kindly visit the API website (www.api-fellowships.org) and the website of the Partner Institution in your country (see the section “Partner Institutions”). Contact the Partner Institution directly should you have any questions.
Note: Please take careful note of the projects conducted by Fellows in previous years, which you can find from the API website (http://www.api-fellowships.org/body/profile.php). Try to avoid doing a project that is overly similar to any one of them.

Application Form - Scholarization.blogspot.com.pdf

Coordinating Institution

Institute of Asian Studies (IAS), Chulalongkorn University
3rd Floor, Prajadhipok-Rambhai Barni Building, Chulalongkorn University
Phyathai Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Contact: Ms. Michiko Yoshida/ Ms. Thamonpat Cooperider/ Ms. Akiko Kuwajima
URL: http://www.api-fellowships.org
Tel: +66-2218-7422 Fax: +66-2652-5283
E-mail: api_fellowships@chula.ac.th

Partner Institutions

Indonesia
Research Center for Regional Resources (PSDR), Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Widya Graha, 9th Floor, Jln. Jen. Gatot, Subroto, No. 10, Jakarta 12170, Indonesia
Contact: Dr. John Haba / Dr. Yekti Maunati
Tel: +62-21-526-5152/525-1542 ext. 680/737
Fax: +62-21-526-5152/570-1232
E-mail: darahkubiru@yahoo.com, yektim@yahoo.com

Japan
Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University
46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Contact: Ms. Naoko Maeno / Ms. Nami Yamamoto
URL: http://www.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/api/
Tel: +81-75-753-7348/7391
Fax: +81-75-753-7350
E-mail: api@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Malaysia
Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Contact: Ms. Dorothy Fernandez-Robert / Ms. Noraini Dhiauddin
URL: http://www.ikmas.ukm.my/api/
Tel: + 60-3-8921-3576/3205
Fax: +60-3-8926-1022/9253
E-mail: drob@ukm.my, ainidee@ukm.my, apifellowships@yahoo.com

Philippines
School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)
Ground Floor, Center for Community Services (CCS) Building
Social Development Complex
Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108, the Philippines
Contact: Ms. Isabel Consuelo A. Nazareno / Ms. Reina Rose A. Perez
Tel: +63-2-426-6001 ext. 5205/5240
Fax: +63-2-426-1279
E-mail: inazareno_api@yahoo.com, api@admu.edu.ph


Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this opportunity


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