The National
Science Foundation's Tokyo Regional Office periodically reports
on develop-ments in Japan that are related to the Foundation's
mission. It also provides occasional re-ports on developments
in other East Asian countries. These reports are intended to provide
information for the use of NSF program officers and policy makers;
they are not statements of NSF policy.
Twenty-nine American graduate students arrived in Japan on Tuesday, 27 June to join 48 others from the U.K., France and Germany, in order to conduct research at Japanese national universities and inter-university research institutes for two months through August 26, 2000, under the "Monbusho Research Experience Fellowships for Young Foreign Researchers" (the so-called "Monbusho Summer Program").
The Monbusho Summer Program began in 1993 when NSF and counterpart organizations in Germany (DAAD) and the United Kingdom (British Council) joined the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture (Monbusho) in a trial program to invite young foreign researchers to Japan for a summer research experience. The program was formally established in 1995 by Monbusho as the "Research Experience Fellowships for Young Foreign Researchers." In 1996, CNRS of France also joined as an additional nominating agency for this program. Individuals participating in the Monbusho Summer Program receive a week-long orientation including education on Japanese language and culture, immediately after arrival in Japan at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Soken-Dai) in Hayama, Kanagawa-ken. After this period, they are placed in their respective host laboratories selected from among the national universities and "inter-university research institutes" scattered all over the country.
Monbusho provides participants with money to cover round-trip international airfare between participants' homeland and Japan, accommodations, meals, and transportation expenses in Japan.
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*Including 4 students invited directly by the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in Tsukuba Science City.
The NSF application deadline for the Monbusho Summer Program is December 1. Graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents in science and engineering, including biomedical and agricultural sciences, may apply. Information and application materials are available via the NSF/Tokyo Homepage (http://www.twics.com/~nsftokyo/home.html).
For further details, contact NSF's East Asia and Pacific Program (EAP) as follows:
East Asia of Pacific Program, Room 935
Division of International Programs
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: 703-306-1701
FAX: 703-306-0474
E-mail: inteap@nsf.gov
The 29 American participants (including 21 male and 8 female students) for this year come from 25 U.S. universities. Attached is a list of the 29 American graduate students recommended through NSF, with information on their home institutions and their host laboratories in Japan.
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NSF/Tokyo
2000 MONBUSHO SUMMER PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Bartell, Paul Allen
University of Virginia (Biology)
Host Institute: Nagoya University
Carpenetti, Donald
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Chemistry)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Crosby, Christopher Vincent
Medical University of South Carolina (Cell Biology & Anatomy)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Crosby, Michelle Balow
Medical University of South Carolina (Rheumatology)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Custodia, Noemi
Boston University (Biology)
Host Institute: Tohoku University
Datwyler, Saul Andrew
University of California, Davis (Chemistry)
Host Institute: National Institute of Genetics
Doi, Jimmy Akira
North Carolina State University (Statistics)
Host Institute: Kyushu University
Charlebois, Amber Flynn
State University of NY at Buffalo (Chemistry)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Gilchrist, Michael Aaron
Duke University (Zoology)
Host Institute: Kyushu University
Glass, Geoffrey Leyland
University of Washington (Chemical Engineering)
Host Institute: Gunma University
Hurt, Christopher Jason
Johns Hopkins University (Biomedical Science)
Host Institute: Hiroshima University
Kratzer, Eric M.
Arizona State University (Plant Biology)
Host Institute: Nagoya University
Love, Bridget Kathryn
University of Michigan (Anthropology)
Host Institute: Chiba University
MacLellan, Philip Charles
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Educational Psychology)
Host Institute: Hyogo University of Teacher Education
McGuire, Patrick Michael
University of Michigan (Economics)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
O'Hare, Christopher Anthoney
State University of NY at Buffalo (Mechanical & Aerospace
Engineering)
Host Institute: Tohoku University
Polak, Allyson Anne
University of Rhode Island (Physics)
Host Institute: National Astronomical Observatory
Raola, Orlando E.
University of California, Santa Barbara (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Rijssenbeek, Job Thomas
Northwestern University (Chemistry)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Sandahl, Jason Fredrick
Oregon State University (Environ. & Molecular Toxicology)
Host Institute: Hokkaido University
Santos, Scott Ross
State University of New York, Buffalo (Molecular Ecology)
Host Institute: University of Ryukus
Scholik, Amy Renee
University of Kentucky (Biological Sciences)
Host Institute: Tokyo University of Fisheries
Siekmann, Jonathan Henry S.
University of California, Davis (Nutrition)
Host Institute: University of Tokushima
Sienko, Kathleen Helen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Aeronautics & Astronautics)
Host Institute: Nagoya University
Smallwood, Jeanine Michelle
University of Arizona (Applied Mathematics)
Host Institute: Kobe University
Thompson, Earl David
University of Kentucky (Biological Sciences)
Host Institute: Osaka University
Gittens, Shaun Dion
University of Maryland (Computer Science)
Host Institute: Osaka University
Walczak, Michael David
George Washington University (Museum Studies)
Host Institute: The National Museum of Ethnology
Young, John Calvin
Clemson University (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Host Institute: Tokyo Institute of Technology