Wall Street Journal Asia Fellowship at NYU

Applications for the fellowship have closed, but for those applying for the NYU’s own scholarship applications filed through May 1 will be considered on a space-available basis.

Finalists for the fellowship will be informed next month.

The deadline for applications to The Wall Street Journal Asia Fellowship at New York University, for one or two promising journalists from Asia to enroll in the three-semester masters program in the Business & Economic Reporting program at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, has been extended from Jan. 22 to Feb. 8, 2010.

We’ve updated the page explaining the application process so hopefully it’s a bit clearer.

We’ve added a section outlining the procedure, and also clarifying whether applicants need to apply separately for the program.

We encourage those who are applying for the WSJ Fellowship to also apply directly for admission to NYU’s program in Business and Economic Reporting. The fellowship is very competitive, and inevitably a number of highly-qualified candidates will be disappointed. However, by applying simultaneously to NYU, those who are not offered the fellowship can compete for admission and potentially a scholarship award directly from NYU. The school’s scholarship awards are not as generous as the fellowship, but over the years they have enabled journalists from Asia and around the world to study in the BER program. Online application is here.

Deadline for fall 2009: BER provides rolling admission beginning with the first deadline of January 4. Applications filed through May 1 will be considered on a space-available basis. Please contact business.journalism@nyu.edu if you are considering filing your application after January 4.

We’ve changed the procedure for sending in applications; they should now go direct to NYU. Details here.

If you’ve already submitted to the old address, contact us and we’ll make sure your application gets passed on.

Thanks to all of you who have written in with questions. Here’s one question that is worth adding an answer to for others in a similar situation:

Question:

Can a fellow have a family member accompany them during the period of study? For example, a child or spouse?

Answer:

An international student may bring along a family member as a dependent on an F-2 or J-2 visa. Please see this link to the website for NYU’s Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS).

This OISS link provides information about entering the U.S. on an F-1 or J-1 student visa.

Just one note: Please check the site thoroughly before emailing any questions. We’ve tried to anticipate most likely questions so check all the links, or use the search box on the left, before firing off an email. And a reminder that if you do apply, it has to be done the old fashioned way: by mail.

The WSJ NYU Fellowship for 2010-11 is now open for applications.

The fellowship is a program funded by The Wall Street Journal, in association with New York University, for one or two promising journalists from Asia to enroll in the three-semester masters program in business and economic reporting at the NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

Please explore the site and contact us if you have further questions. The deadline for applications is January 22 Feb 8.

We’re pleased to report that finalists for the fellowship have been selected. Emails will be going out soon to everyone who applied. The winner will be announced in the next few days.

I’m afraid applications have now closed for the fellowship, and finalists will be notified by March.

Those who don’t get selected, or didn’t get their application together in time, will have a chance to submit next year. This website will be up, and updated, in the interim, so please continue to keep an eye out. Those of you who feel you don’t match the criteria now have plenty of time to fill in the gaps. Remember: initiative, ingenuity and a readiness to fill in the gaps of experience and knowledge are all highly regarded qualities, not just for this fellowship, but for journalism in general.

Some of you have asked about what the fellowship covers, and what it doesn’t.

The fellowship will cover costs of two of the three semesters; those who have received the fellowship have found the resources themselves to cover the last semester, and none have regretted it.

But I should add that please don’t not apply because you’re worried about whether and how you might cover the last semester. In some cases we’ve only selected one winner, in which case all three semesters are covered.

If in doubt, apply anyway!