A Luce Scholar is a recipient of a cultural exchange and vocational fellowship sponsored by the Henry Luce Foundation, a private foundation established by Time, Inc. founder Henry R. Luce.
The program
Founded in 1974, The [1] Luce Scholars Program[1] each year provides stipends and professional placements for eighteen young Americans to live and work in Asia each year. The program's purpose is to increase awareness of Asia among future leaders in American society.
Those who already have significant experience in Asia or Asian studies are not eligible for the Luce Scholars Program. Candidates must be American citizens who have received at least a bachelor's degree and are no more than 30 years old by June 20 of the year they enter the program. Candidates may be nominated by one of 75 colleges and universities.
After interviews with the foundation's staff, finalists meet with one of three selection panels who choose the eighteen Luce Scholars. Placements and support services for the Luce Scholars are provided by the Asia Foundation, an organization with field offices throughout Asia. Placements can be made in many countries in East and Southeast Asia:
Alan Murray[3] (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1977), former Washington Bureau Chief, CNBC, Executive Editor, the Wall Street Journal, President of Pew Research Center
Meghan O'Sullivan (Georgetown University, 1991), Senior fellow, Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government</ref> Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, former White House Deputy National Security Adviser on Iraq and Afghanistan
Joshua Freedman (Stanford University, 2014), Economic Growth Fellow at the New American Foundation[5] and Forbes contributor on the political economics of higher education [6]