Selection Goal

The Fellowship is annually granted to 12 fellowship recipients. The announcement of recipients is expected in late August each year, keeping pace with the annual selection process.

Eligibility

• Criteria

  • Candidates must be in full-time positions in an academic and research institution in Asia;

  • Candidate 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.

    • In the 2024 Selection Round, candidates must obtain their terminal degree on/after January 1st, 2014, with a special extension to consider degrees obtained between January 1st, 2013 - December 31st, 2013.

• Discipline supported:

  • Life Science related topics and applied research, and cross-disciplinary research

  • Physical Science related topics and applied research, and cross-disciplinary research

  • Mathematics and Computer Sciences related topics and applied research and cross-disciplinary research

• Countries：We currently cover the following countries in Asia: China (mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao), India, Japan, Korea, Singapore

Selection Processes

Stage 1: Nomination

Each qualified nominator receives a nomination letter to submit one nominee each year. The secretariat checks the eligibility of nominees received, monitored by the workgroup.

Stage 2: Material Submission

After the qualified nominees have been identified, an invitation is sent to nominees with instructions to submit a full application material to be reviewed by the Committee of the fellowship. The submission should be done before the deadline. 

*Material Required:

1) CV and basic personal information. A CV should cover the main experience (no more than 5 pages in a standard format)

2) Research Statements.

a) Past Research - describes what you have done in the past (800-1000 words);

b) Future Research Plan – describing what you wish/plan on doing in 5-10 years (800-1000 words)

3) Three Letters of Recommendation. Letters should be submitted separately by the recommenders. The nominator can submit one letter.

Stage 3: Review

The secretariat will first conduct a preliminary screening to ensure the completion of material submitted by the nominees.

The selection committee will review and evaluate the candidates by the material submitted and decide on the top candidates. Ad-hoc members will be invited to provide an evaluation when necessary. The top candidates will be ratified by the Steering Committee.

Stage 4: Announcement of the Recipients

The official announcement will be made on the website and notified to the recipients, unselected candidates, and all members of the Fellowship via email and website.

Conflict of Interest

• The nominator cannot nominate his/her student, trainees, and post-doc.

• The Selection Committee cannot review the application of their own institute, trainees, and post-doc. When the application is discussed, members of the same institution shall exclude themselves from the discussion.

• No committee members (including Advisory Board, Steering Committee, and Selection Committee) are allowed to participate in the nomination process.