1. Fellowship Program Committee Report - 21 st APAN Meeting Chair - Nooraida Naser Co-Chair - Jennifer/Jie An 2006.01.22 Tokyo

2. Fellowship Committee Chair: Nooraida Naser Co-chair: Jie/Jennifer AN Secretary: Tsering Dolker

3. Objectives Give fellowship support to encourage participations from member economies to attend APAN's twice yearly conferences. The Fellowships are offered on a competitive basis. Students (graduates and undergraduates) are encouraged to apply. Young scientists may be awarded if they exhibit qualities that deserves the sponsorship. Considerations will be given to individuals who are a part of APAN's primary and associate members, or from developing economies in the region.

4. Tokyo Fellowship Awarded Totally 29 Fellows awarded BD: 3NP: 1 CN: 3PH: 4 IN: 2PK: 3 ID: 1LK: 1 KR: 3TH: 2 MY: 5TW: 1 2 cancellation before the meeting

5. Tokyo Fellowship Budget Revenue : Regular Fellowship SupportUSD 5,000.00 Balance from previous meetingUSD 1,000.00 USD 6,000.00 Expenditure : Registration Fees USD 131 * 27 =USD 3,537 Accomodation USD 80 * 26 =USD 2,080 Allowances USD 100 * 27 =USD 2,700 USD 8,317 Balance :

6. History Statistics( 2003.08 - 2006.01 ) 2006.01 : Tokyo 29 (XX attended) 2005.08 : Taipei 34 (22 attended) 2005.01 : Bangkok 51 (44 attended) 2004.07 : Cairns Meeting 36 (30 attended) 2004.01 : Honolulu Meeting 39 (23 attended)

7. Selection Guideline Offer a quota of fellow recommended by the developing economies among APAN members Reserve 2 quotas of fellows to potential APAN members, and done by Fellowship Program Committee, if urgent, FP Committee chair can make the decision Support the student speakers at other APAN sessions The other quotas will be distributed among the regular applicants from developing economies among APAN members and selected by member chairs, high priority will be given to students The distribution number is based on the membership fee of developing economies Within the Program funding, try to support more to come Flexible award transfer internally and externally

8. Fellowship Program Funding Regular Funding APAN USD 5,000 Keep amount of surplus for next meeting Suggestions to get more support – 20% from conference profit, from Tokyo meeting, at least USD2,000 (raughly) – try to find other donations

9. New Chair Election Office : APAN Fellowship Program Committee Chair Nomination : Dr. Rahmat Budiarto Proposer : Nooraida Naser Seconder : Sureswaran Ramadass, An Jie Acceptance of nomination: Dr. Rahmat Budiarto has agreed to this nomination.

10. Thank you very much!