Asia Policy Leadership Forum — Fellowship

The Asia Policy Leadership Forum is a year-long Salzburg Global fellowship for emerging policy leaders working across technology, governance, and society. It combines online onboarding, monthly network meetings, nine months of mentoring, peer support, and an in-person policy challenge in Salzburg, Austria.

The inaugural cohort works on digital public infrastructure, data governance, responsible innovation, and the social effects of emerging technology. The 2026 Salzburg convening brings Fellows together for workshops, expert sessions, strategy work, and cross-sector collaboration.

Benefits & funding

There is no fee to apply or participate.
Salzburg Global provides support for room and board during the in-person convening.
Limited travel support may be available for the Salzburg session.
Fellows receive monthly mentoring for nine months and lifetime membership in the Salzburg Global Fellowship network.

Eligibility

Applicants must be citizens of, based in, or doing policy work for the full fellowship period in Japan, Hong Kong SAR, India, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, or Taiwan.
Applicants must have 5–10 years of professional experience in government, civil society, the private sector, or academia.
Applicants must show meaningful policy impact at the intersection of technology, governance, and society.
Applicants must be comfortable working in English and interested in regional scaling, cross-sector collaboration, and wider representation in policy.
Salzburg Global prioritizes people with limited previous international exposure and encourages applications from historically underrepresented groups.

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Application process

1
Wait for Salzburg Global to announce a future cohort; applications for the inaugural cohort are closed.
2
Review the eligibility rules and future call instructions on the official program page.
3
Complete the official online application when the next call opens.
4
Await the selection committee decision; inaugural applicants were due to hear by the end of December 2025.

Program timeline

Inaugural cohort application deadline.
Nov 19, 2025
Inaugural applicants were due to receive decisions.
End of December 2025
Monthly online meetings began.
February 2026
In-person Public Policy Challenge session in Salzburg.
Nov 17, 2026 to Nov 21, 2026
Cohort 1 off-boarding session.
Dec 10, 2026
Future call
Not yet announced.