To encourage and support young scientists in Asia to carry out creative and transformative research.

New Launch: Asian Young Scientist Webinar 🚀

Asian Young Scientist Webinar – the Biggest Question for My Science series is organized by the Asian Young Scientist Fellowship in partnership with universities in Asia. This series aims to delve into the fundamental questions that drive scientific discovery.

We warmly welcome researchers, scholars, and students to join this webinar series.

2023 AYS Fellows

Peng Du

Peng Du

Daishi Fujita

Daishi Fujita

Ho Ko

Ho Ko

Takaaki Yasuhara

Takaaki Yasuhara

Yue Gao

Yue Gao

Tomoki Ozawa

Tomoki Ozawa

Yi Yang

Yi Yang

Huaxing Zhu

Huaxing Zhu

Hao Chen

Hao Chen

Kyeongsu Choi

Kyeongsu Choi

Reza Shokri

Reza Shokri

Yao Yao

Yao Yao

Support creative and transformative research

Selection Process

Nomination + Material Submission

After being nominated, the nominee is required to submit a full application material (including a CV, a Research Statement, and three recommendation letters) for a review process by the Selection Committee.

    • Candidates must have a full-time position in an academic and research institution in Asia.

    • Candidates must be able to conduct independent scientific research as a principal investigator.

    • Candidates must be within 10 years post completion of the terminal（Ph.D./MD）degree. - terminal degree obtained on/after January 1st, 2014, with a special extension to consider degrees obtained between January 1st - December 31st, 2013.

  • The Fellowship supports early-career scientists in the three fields, covering the basic, applied and cross-disciplinary research:

    • Life Science

    • Physical Science

    • Mathematics and computer science

  • We currently cover the following countries in Asia:

    • China (mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan)

    • India

    • Japan

    • Korea

    • Singapore

  • An invitation is sent to a pool of nominators in Asia to nominate early-career scientists as candidates for the Fellowship.

  • Candidates are required to submit a full application material to be reviewed by the Selection Committees.

    Application material including a CV, a research statement, and 3 letters of recommendation.

  • The Application submitted by the candidate will be carefully evaluated by the Selection Committee.

  • The Fellowship recipients will be announced by the end of August, 2024.

Jumpstart the next generation of creative researchers in Asia

Benefits.

  • Funding.

    $100,000 USD awarded over two consecutive years ($50,000 USD annually). The grant is disbursed to the fellow’s home institution to support his/her research.

  • Community and Network.

    Fellows will be able to access a community of frontier-thinking young scientists around Asia and our global network of scientists, fostering collaborations and friendships.

  • Empowerment.

    Fellowship conferences and discussions will be held annually to promote interdisciplinary dialogues and stimulate innovation.

Establish by Scientist, for Scientist.

  • K.-T. Tim Cheng

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

  • M.C. Frank Chang

    University of California

  • Hong Ding

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Vishva M. Dixit

    National Academy of Sciences

  • Florent Ginhoux

    Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) of Singapore

  • Rajesh Gopakumar

    International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR)

  • Zhaomin Hou

    RIKEN

  • Katsushi Ikeuchi

    University of Tokyo

  • Jong Hae Keum

    Korea Institute for Advanced Study

  • Kumiko Kotera

    CNRS/INSU et Sorbonne Universite

  • Kai Li

    Princeton University

  • Peng Li

    Tsinghua University

  • Dennis Yuk Ming Lo

    Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Dawei Ma

    Southern University of Science and Technology

  • Shigekazu Nagata

    Osaka University

  • Akihiro Nakao

    The University of Tokyo

  • Vijaykrishnan Narayanan

    Pennsylvania State University

  • Kaoru Ono

    Kyoto University

  • Li Shiuan Peh

    National University of Singapore

  • Feng Shao

    National Institute of Biological Science

  • Hee-Sup Shin

    Institute for Basic Science (IBS)

  • Harry Shum

    Tsinghua University

  • Vasudevan Srinivas

    Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  • Gang Tian

    Peking University/Princeton University

  • Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan

    Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

  • Hongming Weng

    Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Jing-Ke Weng

    Northeastern University

  • Hong Wu

    Peking University

  • Xiangping Wu

    Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Hiroshi Yamamoto

    Institute for Molecular Science

Committees