Type: INT 97-26 **NSF/Tokyo Report: 1997 Summer Institute in Japan**

Org: INT

Date: 6/30/97

Replaces: None

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 Summer Institute Program in Japan

Fifty-six U.S. graduate students in science and engineering are
participating in the 1997 Summer Institute in Japan Program from June
26 - August 23, 1997. Including this year\'s participants, a total of
425 students have been supported by the Summer Institute since it
started in 1990.

The Summer Institute Program evolved from discussions of the Task Force
on Access of the U.S.-Japan Agreement on Cooperation in Research and
Development in Science and Technology, and was established to provide
U.S. science and engineering graduate students first-hand experience in
a Japanese research environment, intensive Japanese language training,
and an introduction to the science and science-policy infrastructure of
Japan. The goals of the program are to introduce U.S. graduate students
to Japanese science and engineering research laboratories and to
initiate personal relationships which will better enable students to
collaborate with Japanese counterparts in the future. The long-term goal
of the program is to increase the number of American scientists and
engineers who are both familiar with the culture and language of Japan,
and the research being conducted in Japan in their fields of expertise.

The program is jointly supported by the Japanese government agencies
concerned with the Task Force on Access (TFA) under the U.S.-Japan
Agreement for S&T Cooperation, the U.S. National Institutes of Health
(NIH), U.S. Agricultural Research Service (ARS), and the National
Science Foundation (NSF). NSF and the Science and Technology Agency
(STA) of Japan serve as implementing agencies.

Participants in the 1997 Summer Institute first go through a 5-day
intensive course on \"survival Japanese,\" followed by 3-weeks of 2-hour
Japanese language lessons each morning (Monday-Friday). Students will be
integrated into on-going research projects at the host institutes and
are supervised by Japanese host researchers. Students are encouraged to
visit other laboratories doing research in their disciplinary areas. An
overnight trip to Lake Kawaguchi, Kabuki and tea ceremony, and a series
of lectures are also scheduled parts of the program.

Host institutes for the program include Japanese government, university
and corporate laboratories. Among the 56 participants (32 male and 24
female students) selected from 36 U.S. universities, 21 will work at
laboratories in Tsukuba, 30 at laboratories in Tokyo and its environs,
and five at laboratories outside Tokyo/Tsukuba areas including Osaka,
Gifu, Mie and Shizuoka. Thirteen students are hosted by corporate
laboratories, 12 by laboratories at national universities, 27 by
Japanese government institutes, and 4 by semi-governmental and
non-profit research organizations. Lists of host institutes, students\'
home universities and students\' areas of research are attached.

The application deadline for the Summer Institute is December 1.
Graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents in
science or engineering, including biomedical and agricultural sciences,
may apply. Application materials and information form are available via
the NSF/Tokyo Homepage (http://www.twics.com/\~nsftokyo/home.html) or
NSF/INT Homepage (http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/intfund.htm). For 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

[Host Institutes for Summer Institute \'97]{.underline}

Science & Technology Agency (2):

National Aerospace Laboratory 2

Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (12):

> Tokyo Institute of Technology 1\
> Tokyo Medical & Dental University 2\
> University of Tokyo 9

Environment Agency (3):

National Institute for Environmental Studies 3

Ministry of Health and Welfare (7):

> National Cancer Center Research Institute 1\
> National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute 2\
> National Institute of Infectious Disease 1\
> National Institute of Health Sciences 2\
> National Institute of Neuroscience 1

Ministry of Agricul, Forestry and Fisheries (5):

> National Food Research Institute 1\
> National Institute of Agrobiological Resources 2\
> National Res Institute of Agricul Economics 1\
> National Research Institute of Aquaculture 1

Ministry of International Trade and Industry (6):

> Electrotechnical Laboratory 1\
> Geologial Survey of Japan 1\
> Mechanical Engineering Laboratory 3\
> National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology 1

Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (1):

Institute for Post & Telecommunications Policy 1

Ministry of Construction (3):

> Building Research Institute 2\
> Public Works Research Institute 1

Semi-Governmental Research Organization (4):

National Space Development Agency of Japan 1

The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research 3

Corporate Laboratories (13):

> Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. 1\
> Eisai Co., Ltd. 2\
> Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 1\
> Hitachi Central Research Laboratory 1\
> Kumagai Gumi 1\
> NEC Corp. 2\
> NTT Multimedia Networks Laboratories 1\
> Sony Corporation 2\
> Tokyo Electric Power Company 1\
> Toshiba Corporation 1

[Home Universities for Summer Institute \'97 Students]{.underline}

Boston University 1\
Case Western Reserve University 2\
Clemson University 1\
College of William & Mary 1\
Columbia University 1\
Dartmouth College 1\
Georgia Institute of Technology 1\
Harvard University 2\
Johns Hopkins University 1\
Kent State University 1\
Michigan State University 1\
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1\
North Carolina State University 3\
Polytechnic University 2\
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey 1\
Stanford University 7\
State University of N.Y. at Albany 1\
The George Washington University 1\
University of California, Berkeley 5\
University of California, Irvine 1\
University of California, San Diego 1\
University of California, San Francisco 1\
University of Akron 1\
University of Illinois, Chicago 1\
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2\
University of Maryland at College Park 4\
University of Missouri 1\
University of South Alabama 1\
University of Tennessee at Knoxville 1\
University of Texas, Austin 1\
University of Utah 1\
University of Virginia 1\
University of Washington, Seattle 1\
University of Wisconsin, Madison 2\
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University 1\
Yale University 1

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36 universities

[Summer Institute \'97 Students\' Areas of Research]{.underline}

Aeronautics & Astronomy 1\
Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering 2\
Astrophysics 1

Agricultural Economics 1\
Applied Physics 1\
Architecture & Construction 1\
Biochemistry & Biophysics 1\
Bioengineering 2\
Biomedical Engineering 2\
Botany 1\
Chemical & Biochemical Engineering 5\
Chemistry 2\
Civil Engineering 5\
Crop Sciences 1\
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences 1\
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science 8\
Environmental Sciences 1\
Geology 1\
Geophysics 1\
Government & Political Science 2\
Linguistics 1\
Liquid Crystal Display 1\
Mechanical Engineering 2\
Mechanical Engineering Design 1\
Medicine 2\
Microbiology 2\
Neurology 1\
Pharmacology & Toxicology 1\
Physics 4\
Zoology 1