Established in 1974, the Luce Scholars Program is a nationally competitive fellowship that offers early-career leaders immersive, professional experiences in Asia. We aim to forge stronger relationships across geographic borders by creating opportunities for young Americans to deepen their ties and understanding of the countries, cultures, and people of Asia.

Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, the Luce Scholars Program provides stipends, language training, and individualized professional placement in Asia for 18 Luce Scholars each year. We welcome applications from college seniors, graduate students, and young professionals in a variety of fields, with a range of backgrounds and experiences, who have had limited exposure to Asia.

Today, there are about 800 Luce Scholars alumni living around the world, making invaluable contributions as global leaders and citizens and building lifelong professional relationships that began with this program. Their experiences demonstrate that there is no better way to build mutual understanding and a sense of common purpose than through sustained, immersive, in-person engagement with others.

Applications for the 2024–2025 Luce Scholars competition will open on April 25, 2023. The application deadline is October 16th at 5:00 pm ET.

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Key Information & Statistics

Estimated Number of Applicants/Year: 300-500

Class Size: 18

Estimated Acceptance Rate: 3-6%

Requires University Endorsement? No

Established: 1974

Estimated Number of Alumni: 800

Age Range: Under 32

In the last two classes, 24 of 36 selected (66.7%) graduated from Ivy League universities or Stanford, Duke, Caltech, MIT, Chicago, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Berkeley, USC, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, WashU, Georgetown, NYU, Notre Dame, Tulane, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Naval Academy.

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