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Southeast Asia Calls! If you want to answer in Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Khmer, or Tagalog, we invite you to study Southeast Asian languages at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa! The Center for Southeast Asian Studies offers academic year and/or summer Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships that include tuition and stipend. Open to U.S. citizen and permanent resident undergraduate and graduate students for study at UH-Mānoa. Eligibility & Fellowship Information FLAS awards are subject to funding by the…

What Is It? The YSEALI Professional Fellows Program provides emerging leaders ages 25-35 the opportunity to spend five weeks in the United States, including four weeks working directly with American counterparts in individually tailored work placements with relevant private and/or public sector organizations.  During these placements, Fellows build their practical expertise, leadership skills, and professional networks.  The YSEALI Professional Fellows Program offers exchange opportunities under the following themes: Civic Engagement (designed for emerging civil society/NGO leaders who focus on underrepresented populations). Economic Empowerment (designed…

Applications for 2020/2021 Chevening Scholarships are open until 5 November 2019 Chevening is the UK Government’s global scholarship programme that offers future leaders the unique opportunity to study in the UK. These scholarships are awarded to outstanding professionals from all over the world to pursue a one-year master’s degree in any subject at any UK university. Chevening provides fully-funded scholarships, leaving you free to focus on achieving your academic goals and enjoying the experience of a lifetime. You will live…

Applications for 2020/2021 Chevening Scholarships are open until 5 November 2019. Chevening is the UK Government’s global scholarship programme that offers future leaders the unique opportunity to study in the UK. These scholarships are awarded to outstanding professionals from all over the world to pursue a one-year master’s degree in any subject at any UK university. Chevening provides fully-funded scholarships, leaving you free to focus on achieving your academic goals and enjoying the experience of a lifetime. You will live…

The East-West Center is pleased to accept applications for the 2020 Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellowship (APLP), June 21-November 16, 2020. The APLP is the center of excellence for leadership education in the Asia Pacific region and a signature program of the East West Center. Applications are due by November 15, 2019. Please see below for details. Currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, the APLP has created a network of 653 dynamic leaders in 45 countries who are helping to build a peaceful,…

The U.S. Mission to ASEAN will host the sixth installment of the Women’s Leadership Academy in Jakarta, Indonesia from March 30 – April 3, 2020 (travel on March 30th to Jakarta and travel back to respective countries on April 3). The workshop will focus on leadership training and capacity-building with an emphasis on promoting economic development in the region. The program will include mentorship and will emphasize participants’ ties with the larger ASEAN Economic Community. ELIGIBILITIES A YSEALI Member A…

THIS IS IT! The call for applications for 2019/20 eMpowering Youths Across ASEAN Programme (EYAAP) is finally opened! This year’s programme offers a new format where we will not only invite talented youth across the region but also registered civil society organisations (CSOs) and social enterprises (SEs) in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to submit their applications!!. The selected 100 youths as well as shortlisted CSOs and SEs will converge in Bangkok, Thailand around March 2020 to take part…

The East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship provides master’s and doctoral funding for graduate students from Asia, the Pacific, and the United States to participate in educational, cultural, residential community building, and leadership development programs at the East-West Center while pursuing graduate study at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM). The graduate degree fellowship covers the cost of tuition and fees, books, housing in an East-West Center dormitory, and partial funding toward meals, health insurance, and incidental expenses. Funding for…