Type: INT 97-29 NSF/Tokyo Report: 1997 Monbusho Summer Program in Japan Date: 7/25/97 The National Science Foundation's offices in Tokyo and in Paris periodically report on developments abroad that are related to the Foundation's mission. These documents present facts for the use of NSF program managers and policy makers; they are not statements of NSF policy. 1997 Monbusho Summer Program in Japan Twenty-three American graduate students arrived in Japan on Sunday, 29 June to join 46 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 28, 1997, 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 and the United Kingdom 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, there were fourteen participants: eight from the United States, four from the United Kingdom, one from France and one from Germany. 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 (GUAS) 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" s! cattered all over the country. Noteworthy is the fact that for the first time this year Monbusho decided to finance not only the living expenses of all the participants while in Japan but also the round-trip international airfare between participants' homeland and Japan, while in previous years NSF and the other foreign agencies responsible for recruiting candidate students for this program were asked to provide the international airfare. Monbusho's budget for this program has been increased four-fold this year and the total number of participants also increased to 69 from last year's 14, as follows: Participants from: No. ------------------------------------- United States 27 United Kingdom 16 Germany 15 France 11 ------------------------------------- Total 69 Included among the 27 American students are the 23 students nominated by the National Science Foundation and four students who have been invited directly by the National Laboratory for High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in Tsukuba Science City. The 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.colm/~nsftokyo/home.html) or NSF/INT Homepage(http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/intfund.htm). For further details, contact NSF's Japan and Korea Program as follows: Japan and Korea 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: JKPinfo@nsf.gov Attached is a list of the 23 American graduate students recommended through NSF, with information on their home institutions and their host laboratories in Japan. Attachment: 1997 MONBUSHO SUMMER PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS Aguilar, Nancy Maria University of California, San Diego (Marine Biology) Host Institute: Nagasaki University Brown, Mary Anne University of Maryland (Geology) Host Institute: Chiba University Brown, Nathanial Patrick Purdue University (Mathematics) Host Institute: Hokkaido University Brucklacher, Ann Devoll Louisiana State University (Geography & Anthropology) Host Institute: Hirosaki University Callans, Jennifer Marie State University of New York, Stony Brook (Anthropology) Host Institute: Chiba University Casey, Brendan Cameron University of Hawaii, Manoa (Physics) Host Institute: National Laboratory for High Energy Physics Chenoweth, DeAnne University of Maryland (Political Science) Host Institute: Saitama University Clawson, Richard Derek Arizona State University (Physics & Astronomy) Host Institute: Tohoku University Hanifin, Charles Taylor Utah State University (Biology) Host Institute: Tohoku University Hill, Evan Samuel University of Puerto Rico (Neurobiology) Host Institute: University of Tsukuba Huang, Julie Northwestern University (Mechanical Engineering) Host Institute: Tohoku University Jane', Matthew C. University of California, Irvine (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Host Institute: University of Electro-Communications Johnson, Aaron James Purdue University (Agricultural Economics) Host Institute: Kyushu University Karlson, Dale Thomas Purdue University (Horticulture) Host Institute: Kyoto University Kogan, Alexander University of California, Berkeley (Mathematics) Host Institute: Kyoto University Mark, Junnie University of Rochester (Health Sciences) Host Institute: University of Tokyo Marr, Matthew David Howard University (Sociology & Anthropology) Host Institute: Kobe University Savian, Jeremy Brooks University at Buffalo, SUNY (Anthropology) Host Institute: National Museum of Japanese History Seaman, Scott Richard Duke University (Political science) Host Institute: University of Tokyo Shippey, Kelley Ford Medical University of South Carolina (Biometry & Epidemiology) Host Institute: Kyushu University Symons, Amy Marie Harvard University (Health Sciences) Host Institute: Kyoto University Van Zuyle, Paul University of California, Santa Barbara (Geography) Host Institute: Kyoto University Wieseman, Katherine Claire University of Georgia (Science Education) Host Institute: Hiroshima University