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The Asian Scholarship Foundation (ASF) is funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation and manage by the Royal Patronage of H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in Bangkok.

The principal goal of the ASIA Fellows Awards is to increase the overall awareness of intellectual resources in the countries of Northeast Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia and to contribute to the growth of long-range capabilities for cross-regional knowledge sharing The ASIA Fellows Awards seek to develop regional expertise, establish a multilateral network of Asian specialists from many disciplines, professional fields and countries, stimulate interdisciplinary research and inter-societal comparison, and contribute to new developments with existing area studies communities.

The awards offer opportunities for outstanding young and mid-career Asian scholars, and professionals to gain knowledge of the countries in the region and an understanding of the contexts that shape global and regional issues through research. The awardees will conduct they research in a participating Asian country for six to nine months.