The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is pleased to announce TheNext Generation Leadership program, a new year-long fellowship forrecent master’s degree recipients that focuses on bridging the gapbetween scholarship and policymaking. The fellowship will be based atNBR’s headquarters in Seattle. Fellows will collaborate with leadingscholars to publish research and share their findings with thepolicymaking community in Washington, D.C.

The Next Generation Leadership program will break new ground bymentoring and immersing young Asia specialists from a wide variety offields and interests in the skills and the practice of bridging the gapbetween scholarship and policy. Each fellow will receive a fellowshipaward, as well as travel and research-related expenses.

Application deadline is January 16, 2006. Fellowships begin June 5,2006. For further information and application materials please visithttp://www.nbr.org/NextGeneration