The National Science Foundation's Tokyo Regional Office periodically reports on developments in Japan that are related to the Foundation's mission. It also provides occasional reports on developments in other East Asian countries.
Tokyo Office Report Memoranda are intended to provide information for the use of NSF program officers and policy makers; they are not statements of NSF policy.
2001 Monbukagakusho Summer Program in Japan
Thirty-four American graduate students arrived in Japan on Tuesday, 26 June to join 41 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 24, 2001, under the "Monbukagakusho Research Experience Fellowships for Young Foreign Researchers" (the so-called "Monbukagakusho Summer Program").
The Monbukagakusho 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 (Monbukagakusho) in a trial program to invite young foreign researchers to Japan for a summer research experience. The program was formally established in 1995 by Monbukagakusho 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 Monbukagakusho 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.
Monbukagakusho 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 Monbukagakusho 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: 703-292-8704
FAX: 703-292-9175
E-mail:
eapinfo@nsf.gov
The 34 American participants (including 19 male and 15 female students) for this year come from 24 U.S. universities. Attached is a list of the 34 American graduate students recommended through NSF, with information on their home institutions and their host laboratories in Japan.
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2001 MONBUKAGAKUSHO SUMMER PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Ames, Christopher Allen
University of Michigan
(Anthropology)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Anderson, Terri Lynn
George Washington University
(Museum Studies)
Host Institute: The National Museum of Ethnology
Casey, Diane M.
University of Massachusetts
Medical School (Cell Biology)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Cole, John David
Cal Poly State University, San
Luis Obispo (Electrical Engineering)
Host Institute: Kyushu Institute of Technology
Davis, Carrie Marie
State University of NY at
Buffalo (Chemistry)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Guthrie, Nicole Lee
University of California, Davis
(Nutrition)
Host Institute: Kobe University
Hahn, Matthew William
Duke University (Biology)
Host Institute: Okazaki National Research Institutes
Han, Seon Mi
Rutgers, The State University of
NJ (Mechanical Aerospace Engineering)
Host Institute: Tokyo Institute of Technology
Holloman, Erica Lynette
Hampton University (Marine and
Environmental Science)
Host Institute: Tokyo University of Fisheries
Kubatko, Ethan John
University of Notre Dame (Civil
Engineering and Geological Sciences)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Lai, Kathy Pui_Kwan
Michigan State University
(Agricultural Engineering)
Host Institute: University of Tsukuba
Lane, John R.
Michigan State University
(Computer Science)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Lutz, Barry Ryan
University of Washington
(Chemical Engineering)
Host Institute: Tohoku University
MacDonald, Erin Linsay
University of Washington
(Aquatic and Fishery Sciences)
Host Institute: Hokkaido University
Massman, Mackenzie Allyssa
George Washington University
(Museum Studies)
Host Institute: The National Museum of Ethnology
Ou, Winston Chih-Wei
University of Chicago
(Mathematics)
Host Institute: Osaka University
Paletz, Susannah B.F.
University of California,
Berkeley (Psychology)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Palmer, Andrew Grange
University of Wisconsin -
Madison (Computer Science)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Pav, Steven Elliot
Carnegie Mellon University
(Mathematics)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Rock, John Charles
State University of NY at
Buffalo (Philosophy)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Rodgers, Janise Ellen
University of California,
Berkeley (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Schultz, Kristin Elizabeth
Cornell University (Sociology)
Host Institute: Ochanomizu University
Selinger, Douglas Wayne
Harvard Medical School
(Genetics)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Shelton, Joel Andrew
Ohio State University
(Geography)
Host Institute: Hitotsubashi University
Sindelar, Charles Vaughn
University of California, San
Francisco (Biophysics)
Host Institute: Okazaki National Research Institutes
Spink, Matthew James
University of Minnesota - Twin
Cities (Civil Engineering)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Sprenger, Heather Lynn
State University of NY at
Buffalo (Biological Sciences)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Syfert, Kate Marie
State University of NY at
Buffalo (Anthropology)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Traupman, Jonathon David
University of California,
Berkeley (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Turner, Justin Harris
Medical University of South
Carolina (Nephrology)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo
Watts, Steven Michael
Florida State University
(Physics)
Host Institute: Tokyo Institute of Technology
Wong, Jamie Evan
Harvard Medical School
(Immunology)
Host Institute: Kyoto University
Wu, Shuruo Sue
State University of NY at Stony
Brook (Applied Mathematics and Statistics)
Host Institute: Institute of Statistical Mathematics
Yip, Mien
University of California, Davis
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Host Institute: University of Tokyo