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Date: October 3, 1995
For Release: Immediate Release
Contact: Irene Edwards, NIH/FIC (301) 496-2075

Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science Offers Fellowships to U.S. Scientists

Bethesda, Maryland -- Through arrangements made with the Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) will award 30 fellowships to American biomedical and behavioral researchers to pursue collaborative research in Japanese universities and other eligible institution s and laboratories. Funding is available for stays ranging from two weeks to twelve months.

These fellowships are intended to enhance United States-Japanese collaboration in biomedical and behavioral research. They provide flexible opportunities for American scientists to work with colleagues in leading Japanese laboratories on substantive projects of mutual interest. Although intended primarily for postdoctoral level researchers, doctoral candidates and senior researchers also may apply. Fellows are expected to be recipients of NIH awards or substantially involved in NIH-supported research. Awardees must be prepared to begin work in their host laboratories by March 31, 1996.

In addition, JSPS will provide fellowships to 30 Japanese post-doctoral level researchers currently supported in NIH intramural laboratories through the NIH Visiting Program, which provides opportunities for foreign scientists to participate in NIH research.

Since Japanese funding is available initially for a limited period, these fell owships are being offered as a pilot program. They are the result of cooperative efforts by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture and the NIH to foster a deeper and more balanced cooperative relationship with Japan in biomedical and behavioral science. Philip E. Schambra, Ph.D., Director of the Fogarty International Center, said he hoped this would be the first of several new initiatives designed to broaden the level of scientific cooperation between American and Japanese researchers and to encourage productive partnerships in laboratories on both sides of the Pacific. He added that further internationalization of Japanese biomed ical research would benefit science in the United States, Japan and the rest of the world, and inc rease the benefits to health that will come from enhanced international collaboration.

Further information on the program may be obtained from the Division of Intern ational Relations, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 31, Room B2 C11, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2220, or by telephone: 301-496-4784, fax: 301-480-3414, or e-mail: jsps@nih.gov.

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