Asia-based journalists may apply for a Wall Street Journal fellowship to study business and economic reporting at the New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Deadline: January 20.

The WSJ NYU Fellowship program features journalism and MBA courses and a 4:1 student-to-faculty ratio, providing both intellectual rigor as well as hands-on mentoring for a dozen selected students, according to its Web site.

Candidates must be full-time journalists who are fluent in English and have at least two years of experience in a print or electronic publication, including one year in an English-language medium.

The fellowship covers tuition expenses and fees for two of the three semesters of the program, travel to New York, and textbooks, as well as provides a stipend of US$22,000.

To apply or for more information, visit http://wsjfellowship.com/.