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The East–West Center (EWC), or the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States as part of Cold War diplomatic efforts.
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Applications are now open for the 2025 Jefferson Fellowships, a three-week journalism and study tour focusing on the theme “The Future of Food Security: Lessons from Southeast Asia.” Running from October 5-23, 2025, the program will take journalists to Honolulu, Indonesia, and Thailand to explore critical issues around food insecurity, environmental challenges, and regional efforts to ensure sustainable agriculture.
Date Posted: 20 Mar, 2025
Are you passionate about tackling challenges in resource access, environmental stability, and effective governance? The Indo-Pacific Futures Fellowship, presented by the East-West Center and Doris Duke Foundation, is accepting applications for its second year. This fellowship empowers emerging leaders to explore critical connections between food security, energy systems, and resilient leadership.
Date Posted: 20 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the East-West Center Changing Faces Women's Leadership Seminar 2025. During this 12-day professional training, dialogue, and travel program, participants engage in a series of workshops focused on leadership and entrepreneurship.
Date Posted: 23 Jan, 2025
Applications are open for the POSCO Visiting Fellowship Program 2025. The POSCO Visiting Fellowship Program, endowed by POSCO, is intended to promote research activities on Korean topics at the East-West Center. The program invites outstanding scholars and policymakers to engage in policy-relevant, contemporary research on political, security, and economic issues in Northeast Asia, as they relate to Korea.
Date Posted: 28 Nov, 2024
Applications for the Melvin M.S. Goo Writing Fellowship 2025 are now open. The Melvin M.S. Goo Writing Fellowship will award up to three grants to individual journalists, authors, or writers from the United States or China to complete projects that will foster understanding between the two countries.
Date Posted: 28 Sep, 2024
Applications are now open for the East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship. You can apply for this opportunity if you are a graduate student from or residing in Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia, the Pacific, and the United States.
Date Posted: 12 Aug, 2024
Applications are now open for the Jefferson Fellowship. Jefferson Fellowships program will investigate the rising anxiety regarding the political and economic security of the Indo-Pacific area in the context of China’s assertive actions against other South China Sea claims and heightened tensions in the Taiwan Straits.
Date Posted: 23 May, 2024
The East-West Center and the Japan Foundation jointly offer the 2024-2025 Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab, and applicants can apply now for this opportunity.
Date Posted: 07 May, 2024
The East-West Center‘s Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar 2024 is now accepting applications. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and how to apply for it.
Date Posted: 05 Apr, 2024
Applications are now open for the Hawaii Pacific Foundation Doctoral Research Award 2024. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and how to apply for it.
Date Posted: 04 Apr, 2024
The East-West Center (EWC) has opened applications to the RICE Fellowship for scholars, policy experts, non-government organization / civil society organization (NGO/CSO) members, researchers, or journalists from the Indo-Pacific Region, including the United States, to undertake research or other projects on topics related to the domestic/international governance, environmental issues, political economy issues around trade, technology and integration, and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific.
Date Posted: 04 Apr, 2024
Are you passionate about creating positive change in the world? Don’t miss your chance to apply for the Equitable Futures Fellowship program! Presented by the Doris Duke Foundation and the East-West Center, this fellowship is designed for leaders from diverse backgrounds who are committed to addressing systemic inequalities in wealth, access, and power.
Date Posted: 03 Apr, 2024