Dear Professor,

We are honored to invite you to nominate one eligible candidate to be considered for the Asian Young Scientist Fellowship - 2025 Selection Round. We believe your valuable nomination will help us identify early-career Asian scientists who would best benefit from this fellowship!

What are we?

Asian Young Scientist Fellowship (AYS Fellowship) is a privately funded research fellowship in the Asian region. It aims to encourage and support young scientists in Asia to carry out creative and transformative research. The Fellowship annually selects 12 early-career researchers in the following three fields: 1) Life Science, 2) Physical Science, and 3) Mathematics and Computer Science, covering basic, applied, and inter-disciplinary research. The recipients will receive a USD 100,000 grant to support their research initiative and academic endeavors over two years and opportunities to participate in activities designed for this program.

 Through a rigorous review process, the AYSF Committee has selected 24 exceptional young scientists in Asia over the last two years. They are from top universities and reaseach institutions across Asia, including China (Mainland, Hong Kong), India, Japan, Korea, Singapore. They represent the most creative minds and their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in Asia.

Who is eligible to be nominated?

Eligible candidates must fulfill the following criteria in 2025 Selection Round:

1. Candidates must have a full-time position in an academic and research institution in Asia, currently covering five countries: China (mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan), India, Japan, Korea, and Singapore.

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

3. Candidates must be within 10 years post-completion of the terminal (Ph.D./MD) degree obtained from January 1st, 2015.

Please note that each nomination of AYS Fellowship is valid for three years. Your nominated candidate may reapply within this period without new nomination if they are not selected in the current round. If you have nominated the candidate in past selection rounds, we kindly encourage you to nominate a new candidate to avoid duplicate nominations.

Please submit your nomination below via the link below by March 14th, 2025 (23:59 GMT+8)

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Shall you have any questions regarding the nomination or the selection process, please visit the following link of Frequent Asked Question on our website: https://www.aysfellowship.org/faq, or contact our Program Coordinator, Ms. Wennie Wen at: wennie@aysfellowship.org. We will get back to you in 3 business days. 

We thank you for your contribution and support of young scientists in their most creative years!

Yours Sincerely,

AYS Fellowship Committees