PROGRAM: East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
SPONSORS: National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health (Japan
only)
OVERVIEW: The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes provide U.S. graduate
students in science and engineering first-hand research experience in Japan,
Korea, Taiwan, China, or Australia, an introduction to the science and
science policy infrastructure of the respective location, and orientation to
the language and culture. The institutes last approximately eight weeks
from June to August. Approximately 175 students will be supported for the
summer of 2005.
HOST INSTITUTIONS: University, government and corporate research
laboratories, depending on the program.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents; be
enrolled at U.S. institutions in graduate programs
(M.S. or Ph.D.) in science or engineering or M.D. programs with an interest
in biomedical research; and pursuing studies in fields of science or
engineering that are supported by the National Science Foundation. For
Japan, fields of study may also include those supported by the National
Institutes of Health.
SUPPORT: International round-trip air ticket; living expenses
(accommodations, food and professional travel) at the foreign location; and
a stipend of $3,000.
DEADLINE: December 10, 2004
FURTHER INFORMATION:
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf03608
http://www.nsftokyo.org/spmenu.html
Direct questions to eapinfo@nsf.gov.