Applicants are encouraged to discuss with their host how to apply their expertise to strengthen the capacities of faculty members, researchers, graduate students, and higher education administrators in Thailand. This can be achieved through research projects, teaching and research projects, and professional projects.

Conduct collaborative research in an area of specialization on an issue of priority to ASEAN or to the U.S.-ASEAN relationship in 2-3 ASEAN countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam.