The Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs

Fellowship Announcement
The Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs

Dear Colleague:

The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is pleased to announce the Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs Fellowship for 2008-2009, a year-long program that focuses on bridging the gap between scholarship and policymaking. The fellowship is open to recent master's degree recipients and professional degree holders (e.g., MA, MBA, LLM, JD, etc.) and will be based at NBR's headquarters in Seattle. Fellows will collaborate with leading scholars to conduct independent research and share research findings with the policymaking community in Washington, D.C.

The Next Generation Leadership program, which is in its third year, is breaking new ground by mentoring and immersing young Asia specialists from a wide variety of fields and interests to bridge the gap between the best scholarly research and the pressing needs of U.S. foreign policy toward a rapidly changing Asia. Each fellow will receive a fellowship award, as well as a stipend for relocation expenses.

Application Deadline
January 14, 2008

Eligibility
The fellowship is open to recent master's degree recipients and professional degree holders (e.g. MA, MBA, LLM, JD, etc.)

Location
Seattle, Washington

The application deadline is January 14, 2008. Fellowships begin June 2, 2008 and conclude May 30, 2009. For further information and application materials please visit

http://www.nbr.org/NextGeneration

Please forward and post the full-text announcement available at http://nbr.org/nextgeneration/announcement.pdf. Thank you for sharing this with your colleagues and students.

Sincerely,
Michael Wills

Director, Research and Operations
Please contact Aishah Pang, Senior Project Manager, at nextgen [at] nbr.org or 206-632-7370 for any questions you may have regarding this.

NBR is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization devoted to bridging the policy, academic, and business communities with advanced policy-relevant research on Asia. NBR does not take policy positions,but rather sponsors studies that promote the development of effective and far-sighted policy.

Middlebury Language School Fellowships

Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace:
Investing in the Study of Critical Languages

Summer 2008

The Monterey Institute is pleased to announce 25 full fellowships - including tuition, room, board, books, and travel - to attend Middlebury Language Schools, June - August 2008.

This intense study, equivalent to a full year of college-level language learning, will allow students to enhance language skills to meet enrollment prerequisites at the Monterey Institute for Fall 2008. To be eligible for the fellowships, candidates must be admitted to the Fall 2008 semester in either the Graduate School of International Policy Studies or the Fisher Graduate School of International Business at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.*

Languages of Study at Middlebury College’s Language Schools Fellowships:

* Arabic - beginning or intermediate
* Chinese (Mandarin) - intermediate
* Japanese - intermediate
* Russian - intermediate

AND

The Monterey Institute Fellowships are offered only for students admitted to one of the following master’s programs:

* International Business - MBA
* International Policy Studies
* International Environmental Policy
* International Trade Policy
* Public Administration in International Management - MPA

Qualifications

By the time of enrollment at the Monterey Institute in Fall 2008,
students must demonstrate language proficiency at the following levels:

* Arabic - Ready to begin studies at the second or third-year
college level.
* Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Russian - Ready to begin studies at
the third-year college level.

Students who successfully complete their studies at Middlebury should meet the Monterey Institute entry requirements.

For the application and more information, please see the Kathryn Davis
Fellowships for Peace.

http://www.miis.edu/finaid/fellowships_for_peace.html

Application Deadline

All application materials must be postmarked by:
January 5, 2008 for Arabic
January 14, 2008 for Chinese, Japanese, or Russian

Monterey Institute of International Studies
Admissions Office
460 Pierce Street
Monterey, CA 93940 USA

831-647-4123
admit@miis.edu

About the Fellowships

These fellowships are made possible by a $1 million gift from Kathryn Davis to address today’s critical need for more effective language proficiency. Fellowship recipients will study Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, or Russian through the Language Schools’ signature immersion model: "No English Spoken Here." This intense study, equivalent to a full year of college-level language learning, will allow students to
enhance language skills to meet enrollment prerequisites at the Monterey Institute for Fall 2008.

In establishing the "Fellowships for Peace," philanthropist Kathryn Davis challenged Middlebury College and its affiliate, the Monterey Institute, to use the institutions’ combined expertise in language acquisition, policy studies, and international business, to recruit and train future potential peacemakers. Announcing the program, Middlebury President Ronald Liebowitz stated, "Mrs. Davis wants to improve the prospects for peace in the 21st century...We thank her not only for her
generosity but also for her sense of immediacy and urgency in bringing new ideas and new voices to serve the peace-building process."

With this unusual offer of combined study, the Monterey Institute seeks individuals committed to rigorous language study, master’s-degree training, and professional skill development to address global issues of development, fair trade, international commerce, environmental preservation, nuclear nonproliferation, and other critical issues of our time. "Fellowships for Peace" recipients will be chosen on the basis of academic credentials, experience, and commitment to building a more peaceful world.

* (Students who are currently enrolled at the Monterey Institute should apply directly to Middlebury through their separate Kathryn Davis fellowship program).