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INDONESIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES A K A D E M I I L M U P E N G E T A H U A N I N D O N E S I A

- Natural Sciences Call for Nominations

Amsterdam/Jakarta, 31 March 2015

Dear Sir, Madam,

The Academy Professorship Indonesia (API) is the jewel in the crown of the scientific and

scholarly cooperation between Indonesia and the Netherlands. This programme of rotating

professorships is a joint initiative by the Indonesian and Dutch Academies of Arts and

Sciences, AIPI and KNAW.

The Academy Professorship Indonesia was officially launched in February 2007 in

Yogyakarta with the presentation of the first professorship in the field of Social Sciences and

Humanities, hosted by the Gadjah Mada University (2007-2010) and the University of

Indonesia (2010-2012). The success of this first API led KNAW-AIPI to decide expanding

the programme to the field of Life Sciences. This second API, hosted by Hasanuddin

University, started in 2012 and is running until 2016. The next two professorships will start in

2015 and will be in Natural Sciences and Social Sciences, respectively.

The AIPI-KNAW selection committee invites members of relevant departments/commissions

of KNAW and AIPI, deans of faculties of Natural Sciences of universities in Indonesia and

the Netherlands, and prominent international scientists to nominate eligible Indonesian

candidates to hold this chair in the field of Natural Sciences for a minimum period of three

years.

Deadline for nomination: 1 May 2015

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The objective of the Academy Professorship Indonesia is to strengthen the position of

sciences and arts in Indonesia, to support the fostering of scientific curiosity and an academic

culture, and to ensure societal awareness of the importance of science to the Indonesian

community.

You are kindly requested to circulate this information among eligible nominators in your

institution.

Further information is available from KITLV-Jakarta and KNAW

(www.knaw.nl/academyprofessorindonesia).

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Roger Tol

Director KITLV-Jakarta

Secretary API

Enclosures/attachments:

- Nomination form

- Programme design & Guidelines