JSPS US AA Seminar Program 2018 (1st application call)The JSPS Washington Office has announced the names of the first awardee for the 2018 year JSPS US Alumni Association Seminar Program. We offer our congratulations to:
The full program is now available here: Now available: final report on seminar organized by Dr. Major Also, be sure to look below at more information about this new Seminar Program. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Objective
Targeted Research Fields
The applicable research fields supported by this new seminar program include any fields of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences; however, it does not support subjects related to military affairs.
Eligibility
Eligibility for this seminar program is limited to applicants who meet the following conditions:
Funding
Approximately four seminars will be supported in any given fiscal year and the amount of funding will be determined by review of the application, but each seminar will have a maximum funding level of $5,000 other than costs for a Japanese researcher. Further details about the terms of funding, the requirements for applications, selection criteria, and other information are found in the seminar program Application Guidelines document available here as a PDF file.
Application Procedure
Applications for the seminar program are now being accepted and all forms (see below) in addition to other requested support documents must be received by the JSPS Washington Office by February 23, 2018.
Note that this is the 1st application call for the FY2018 JSPS US Alumni Association Seminar Program and your proposed seminar should be held between May 2018 and September 2018. A 2nd application call for seminars taking place in second half of the FY2018 will be opened in May 2018.
The application procedure is as follows:
First, please make sure to register as an US JSPS Alumni Association member before applying to this seminar program. All applicants must first complete their member registration by February 23, 2018, in order to apply.
Next, the applicant must download, complete, and submit the following required documents:
Submission of your application must be made to the JSPS Washington Office (email address: us-alumni [at] jspsusa.org) with the above material sent as email attachments. We ask that the documents used in your application be formatted to 'letter size' paper; furthermore, the size and format of the Form A document may NOT be altered by the applicant.
Please read the seminar program Application Guidelines document - available here as a PDF file - before submitting your application. If you have any questions, please contact the JSPS Washington Office at us-alumni [at] jspsusa.org. Again, the deadline for your application to the seminar program is February 23, 2018. Good luck! |