The Asia Pacific Regional Human Development Initiative (APRI), Regional Centre in Colombo, UNDP, has announced the opening of two types of Human Development fellowships for citizens of the Asia Pacific countries. The deadline for receipt of applications for both the fellowships is 30 April 2006.

The Human Development Academic Fellowship is intended for young Ph.D. students who are at an advanced dissertation stage working on a topic related to human development – theoretical, applied or policy oriented. The idea is to push the boundaries of the discipline by encouraging creative, high quality academic work.

The Human Development Media Fellowships are intended to support mid-career media professionals to communicate on human development themes in mainstream media. The theme for this year’s fellowship is “International Trade and Human Poverty in Asia and the Pacific”.

The Academic Fellow will receive financial support of $10,000 and the Media Fellows will receive support based on a proposal and budget. Fellows must submit written proposals of around 2,000 words.