LIPI offers Nippon Foundation fellowships

LIPI offers Nippon Foundation fellowships

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
announced on Friday that six fellowships from the Nippon
Foundation were available for next year.

The Asian Public Intellectuals (API) fellowships are open to
those working in the field of shaping public opinion and
influencing policy, such as academics, media professionals,
artists and non-governmental organization leaders.

Selected fellows can pursue projects in Japan, Malaysia, the
Philippines or Thailand, or a combination of these countries, for
up to 12 months.

They will learn what their counterparts are doing in different
cultural and ethnic contexts, generate theoretical ideas to cope
with social and economic change, and build intellectual networks
for the future.

"The aim is to revive the Asian identities or values among
Asian young intellectuals," LIPI chairman Taufik Abdullah said in
announcing the fellowships on Friday.

The scholarships are divided into senior fellowships for those
with experience in research and professional activities, and
junior fellowships for those under the age of 35.

Further information can be obtained from LIPI's Center for
Social and Cultural Studies. (09)