ASEAN Scholars 2008

FYI

The Asia Research Institute of NUS invites applications from ASEAN citizens
enrolled for a fulltime advanced degree at a university in an ASEAN country
(except Singapore) for consideration as ASEAN Research Scholars. These
fellowships are offered to current graduate students working in the
Humanities and Social Sciences on Asian topics , and will allow the
recipients to be based at NUS for an 'in residence fellowship' for a period
of three months. The aim of the fellowship is to enable scholars to make
full use of the wide range of resources held in the libraries of NUS and the
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Scholars will be expected to commence
on 1 May 2008, and to make a presentation on their work at the Singapore
Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies at the end of July 2008.

Successful candidates can expect the following benefits:
1) A monthly allowance of SGD$1,750 (inclusive of housing allowance).
2) A one time round trip travel subsidy by the most economical and direct
route on a reimbursement basis upon being accepted for the fellowship.
3) Access to library and computer resources on campus.

Applicants are invited to e-mail/facsimile/ mail their curriculum vitae, a
2-page outline of their research proposal in English (this may be
accompanied by a longer statement in a Southeast Asian language) to the
address below by 15 November 2007. Arrangements should also be made by
which at least two letters of reference, one of which is from your principal
supervisor, are sent confidentially to the same address by the same
deadline.

The 2-page research proposal must include the following details:
1) Whether the data collection or fieldwork stage of the research has
already been completed;
2) how the fellowship will contribute to the research;
3) the types of sources to be consulted in Singapore;
4) proposed work plan during the fellowship.

You can look forward to excellent library and internet computer facilities
at NUS' main library ( http://www.lib. nus.edu.sg/ ), the
library at the
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) (
http://www.iseas. edu.sg/library. html ) and the Lee Kong Chian Reference
Library at the National Library (http://www.nlb. gov.sg) to facilitate your
research for the dissertation. NUS' main library has 2 million volumes
covering all topics while ISEAS' library has 200,000 on Southeast Asian
topics, half of which are in Southeast Asian languages.

Selvi
Asia Research Institute
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
469A Tower Block #10-01
Bukit Timah Road ,
Singapore 259770
E-mail : arikk@nus.edu. sg
Fax: (65) 67791428
Website: http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/