Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Scholars from Indonesia and the United States have recently joined hands to establish a fund to pay for academic research in the country as part of a campaign to produce more world-class scholars.
The initiative, called the Indonesian Scholarship and Research Support Foundation (ISRSF), is looking for 20 scholars from the country, in particular women, to join a training program to become world-class academic researchers.
The ISRSF is currently supporting three Indonesian scholars, all of whom are men, to pursue their studies at Chicago’s Northwestern University and has called for other scholars in the country to enroll in the program.