Lifecycle: { "status": "2027–28 applications open", "edition": "2027–28", "cadence": "annual cohorts", "launched": 2025, "duration": "9 months: 3 months with co-host and 6 months at IIAS Leiden", "renewable": false, "dates": { "opens": "2026-07-01", "deadline": "2026-09-10", "shortlist": "2026-12", "decision": "2027-03", "cohort_1": "2027-09 through 2028-05", "cohort_2": "2028-03 through 2028-11" } } Funding and benefits: { "cash": { "amount": 1250, "currency": "EUR", "scope": "gross monthly stipend during six-month Leiden phase for funded Track A" }, "total_pool": null, "benefits": { "salary_or_stipend": "Track A: EUR 1,250 gross/month during IIAS phase; co-host phase stipend set by host", "tuition": null, "travel": "contribution for home→co-host→Netherlands→home", "housing": "EUR 1,200/month housing allowance during IIAS phase", "insurance": "fellow must hold health insurance", "research_budget": null, "in_kind": [ "workspace", "visa support", "research community" ] } } Eligibility and filters: { "citizenship": "any nationality", "residence": null, "countries": "global", "destination": "one co-host location then Leiden, Netherlands", "age": null, "experience": "Track C requires established professional practice", "education": "Track A/B academic: PhD awarded or defended by September 2026; Track C professional: PhD not required", "career_stage": [ "postdoctoral academic", "independently funded academic", "writer/diplomat/artist/professional" ], "fields": "Asia-focused humanities and social inquiry", "route": "individual application", "nomination": false, "institution": "co-host placement required", "language": "English", "location": "in person for full nine months", "remote": false, "exclusions": [ "simultaneous employment or fellowship", "external conference or fieldwork during residency" ] } Application: { "opens": "2026-07-01", "deadline": "2026-09-10", "decision": "2027-03", "start": "2027-09 or 2028-03", "end": "2028-05 or 2028-11", "url": "https://www.iias.asia/fellowships/asia-in-the-world", "materials": [ "project proposal", "CV", "motivation", "co-host preference", "references" ], "selection_stages": [ "eligibility", "shortlisting by December", "co-host matching", "final selection by March" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "leaders": [], "latest_recipients": [], "latest_edition": null, "past_recipients": [], "coverage": "IIAS maintains an official fellows directory; this new program's cohort roster was not separately indexed in the call" }, "history": { "editions": [ { "year": 2025, "event": "program launched/redesigned" }, { "year": "2027–28", "cohorts": 2 } ], "statistics": [] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "cohort size", "co-host-phase stipend amounts", "program-specific past cohort roster" ] Source conflicts: []