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Fellowship Program

Overview:

The 9th Asia Pacific Next Generation (APNG) Camp is planned to be held in August 2007 in Xi’an, China. The APNG Camp is:

Where future Internet leaders in the AP Region meet together.
Where AP Seniors and the Next Generation learn and work together.
Where AP perspective of the Internet is shared and discussed.

Since its 5th Camp, APNG Camp Committee has incorporated a Fellowship Program to provide opportunities for people of developing countries to participate in APNG Camp. We would like to continue this endeavour for the fifth time due to its continued success and its importance for securing the participation of young generation from developing countries.

The APNG Camp Committee now cordially invites suitable applicants to apply for fellowship funding to participate in 9th APNG Camp in Xi’an, China.

Who can participate?

The APNG Camp Fellowship Program targets personnel from developing countries who are actively involved in Internet development, in any of the following roles:

Young network architects/developers/engineers.
Young decision makers in government, educational, non-government, commercial, non-profit sectors related to Internet development.
Young on-line activists in (and not limited to) social science, business, environment, gender equivalence, entertainment, etc.

Awarded Package

Fellowship for International Applicants

Fellowship package will cover registration fees, local accommodation and meal expenses, local transportations and (full/part of) the roundtrip airfare.
Fellowship for Local Applicants

This is a special fellowship package to encourage participation from Chinese citizens. Local fellowship package will cover registration fees, local accommodation, meal expenses and traveling expenses (train-fare).

The final grant size is determined according to final costs and available funding, of which successful applicants will be duly informed.

Criteria for Selection:

The 9th APNG Camp Fellowship Committee will select Fellows according to the following criteria.

Residency in a developing country
Full-time student of a university or college (public or private), or
Employed by Internet-related company and in the age less than 35 years old
Willingness to return to APNG Camp as a presenter or trainer in future
Willingness to work with APNG Working Groups
Willingness and capability to present your country's culture/heritage/traditions/costume
Presentation materials and a 2-page paper submitted for APNG Camp “Call for Presentation”. The presentations/papers are expected to align with one of the following working groups (WG):
1. Internet Technologies WG
2. Internet Culture & Blog WG
3. E-learning & Live-E WG
4. Disaster Management & E-Health WG
5. E-Commerce & Business Start-up WG

Applicants from any part of the world will be considered, however it is expected that the majority of the fellows selected will be from the Asia-Pacific region.

Applications will first be reviewed by the members of the APNG Camp Committee and APNG Fellowship Selection Committee will then select those who meet the above-mentioned selection criteria in their final decision. The 9th APNG Camp Fellowship Selection Committee is chaired by Mr. Tommy Matsumoto and constituted by APNG Steering Committee and APNG Camp Committee. Schedule:

The following deadlines will apply to the APNG 9th Camp Fellowship Program:

Public Announcement: 13th November 2006
Applications Deadline: 8 February 2007 (Extended)
Selection Announcement: 30th April 2007

Application:

Please kindly fill the application in English in the following format:

Name and affiliation:
Age:
Gender:
Nationality:
Contact email address:
Your qualifications and/or experience (Preferred in point form):
Why do you want to join APNG Camp and how would you like to contribute to the APNG Camp? (Limit to 500 words)
Key terms or topic of presentation:
Description of presentation (between 250 and 500 words):
- Authors should aim for presentations of 15 to 20 minutes duration, including question time.
How you would present your countries ethnicity in 9th APNG (Do something really unique to represent your ethnicity).

Congratulations to the selected fellows!

To apply, please submit your Application with full details to the APNG Camp Committee, by email to <camp-fp@apng.org>. Along with the application for fellowship, the applicant must also submit a 2-page paper as well as the accompanying presentation material for speech opportunity in the APNG Camp. Refer to 'Call for Presentation' for details.

Important Notice:

Due to a sudden problem at the local ISP on 22 January 2007, it is a possibility that certain mails have been lost. Therefore we request those applicants who have not received any confirmation from APNG secretariat of their applications being received, to resend their applications to camp-fp@apng.org. Deadline has been extended to 8 February 2007.