rick@cs.arizona.edu (Rick Schlichting) (12/15/90)
1991 SUMMER INSTITUTE in JAPAN for U.S.
Graduate Students in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces an opportunity for 50
select U.S. graduate students in science and engineering to spend the
summer at Japanese government research laboratories.
The goals of the 1991 Summer Institute in Japan program are to provide
American science and engineering graduate students first-hand experience
in a Japanese research environment and to build relations between the U.S.
and Japanese research communities. Those eligible are graduate students
at U.S. institutions who are enrolled in a Ph.D. program or enrolled in
an engineering graduate program of which they will have completed a year
or more by January 15.
The 50 graduate students selected for this internship will spend the
summer participating in on-going research projects at Japanese government
laboratories in Tsukuba Science City, about 60 km northeast of Tokyo. The
interns will also receive intensive Japanese language training and,
through lectures, discussions, and occasional field trips, compare U.S.
and Japanese culture, science policy, and the current status of selected
fields of science and engineering. Graduate students travelling to Japan
as interns in the Summer Institute program will be in Japan for eight
weeks from June 28 through August 24.
In all, some three dozen Japanese research institutions are potential
hosts for the Summer in Japan interns. They include such well known
laboratories as the Electrotechnical Laboratory, National Institute for
Environmental Studies, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources,
the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, the Tsukuba
Life Science Center of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
(RIKEN), and the University of Tsukuba. In addition, some industrial
laboratories in Tsukuba may also agree to receive summer interns.
The application deadline for the 1991 Summer Institute in Japan program
will be January 15, 1991. NSF welcomes applications from all qualified
science and engineering graduate students, and strongly encourages women,
minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply. Application materials
may be obtained by sending a post card to Japan Program, NSF, Room 1214,
Washington, D.C. 20550, or via electronic mail to:
NSFJinfo@nsf.gov (InterNet) or
NSFJinfo@NSF (BitNet).