Who is eligible to apply?

Applicants should meet the following criteria.

• Members of the Young Leaders Network

Current or former recipient of one of the following awards:

• Asia New Zealand Singapore Scholarship
• Asia New Zealand David Holborow Scholarship
• NZ Japan Young People’s Exchange Programme
• Asia:NZ/NZASIA Postgraduate Research Awards
• Royal Society grant for science programmes in Asia
• Other Asia:NZ award supporting study visits to Asia
• Confucius Institute China Scholarship

Current or former recipients of one of the following NZAID awards:

• Study Award
• Commonwealth
• Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme
• NZDS Public
• NZDS Open

Current or former recipients of Ministry of Education scholarships:

• New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarship (NZIDRS)
• New Zealand International Undergraduate Fees Scholarship (NZIUFS)

Other conditions

Applicants holding NZAID or Ministry of Education scholarships must be citizens of one of the following: Bangladesh; Brunei; Burma; Cambodia; China; India; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Laos; Malaysia; Mongolia; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; or Viet Nam.

Recent graduates must have completed their scholarship since 2002.

All applicants must be aged between 20-35 years old as of November 2008 to be eligible to apply.

Ten places will be open for non-Young Leaders Network members.

Applicants who have not received a scholarship, but can demonstrate a commitment to New Zealand-Asia relations, will be considered.

Applications close 22 August 2008.

Download application form (Word; PDF).

For further information about the Forum, please contact:

Melanie Crawford
Telephone: + 64 4 470 8709
Email: mcrawford@youngleaders.org.nz