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IW - FIRT 2017
The 6th International Workshop on Far-Infrared Technologies (IW-FIRT 2017)
and The 2nd International Symposium on Development of High PowerTerahertz Science and Technology (DHP-TST 2017)

Financial Support for Students and Young Researchers
Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui (FIR UF) provides alimited number of awards to assist students and young researchers to attend the joint workshop,
IW-FIRT 2017 and DHP-TST 2017.
Applications should reach the local organizing committee at FIR UF by 12 September 2016.
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The privacy information is dealt with in compliance with the privacy policy of University of Fukui:
http://www.u-fukui.ac.jp/cont_about/corporate/privacy/policy/ (in Japanese)
We (staff of FIR UF) collect and access to the information with this application form only in orderfor selection process of the financial support of IW-FIRT 2017 and DHP-TST 2017 and for further
announcements of workshops from us. We are the sole owners of this information. We will not sellor rent this information to anyone. You can modify the information at any time by contacting us.

Application form
1. Personal details
Name (including title)
Academic qualifications
Age (at 7 March, 2017)Name and address ofinstitution/university where you
are currently working/studying

Postcode:E-mail address
Current position
Information of your supervisor

Student (Postdoc
Name:
Job title:
Affiliation:
E-mail:

PhD course,Master course)

2. Financial details
Estimated cost for travel
Additional sources of funding
being sought
Amount requested from FIR UF

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3. Supporting material
Title of your presentation for the joint
workshop
Name of writer of support letter for you
Please attach a letter of support from one of the organizing committee (see the guidance).
applications will not be considered without a letter of support and an abstract of presentation.

Note that

4. Visa application
Do you need visa for travel to Japan?

Yes

NoYes

No

5. Additional information
May we send you announcements ofworkshops/symposia held at Fukui in future?

Please add any further information that might be relevant to your application including any exceptional
circumstances that you would like to be considered.

6. I confirm that the above details are correct
I confirm that the above details are correct. I also acknowledge that returning the form by e-mailshall be regarded as confirmation that all the above details are correct, even where I have not signedthe form.
SignatureDate(If submitting by e-mail please type your name or add a scanned signature)

Please return the form with supporting materials to:
LOC of IW-FIRT 2017 and DHP-TST 2017
E-mail: iwfirt_submit@fir.u-fukui.ac.jp
Post: Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui
Bunkyo 3-9-1, Fukui 910-8507, Japan
Masahiko Tani (Chair of IW-FIRT 2017 and DHP-TST 2017)(Please write "IW-FIRT2017 support application" in red on the envelope.)ver 20160627

Guidance Notes
Please read before completing your application
The local organizing committee (LOC) of the joint workshop (IW-FIRT 2017 and DHP-TST 2017)
handles the application process. LOC makes the decision on whether to award the financial
support and its value. A limited number of applicants will be selected.
Conditions of applicantsThis program will support graduate students and post-doc fellows who will come to Fukui as apresenting author at IW-FIRT 2017 and DHP-TST 2017.
What is covered by this support?
The award will support your travel cost (airplane ticket, domestic transport to and from Fukui). The
hotel fee is supported only if you stay in Makishima-so (a guesthouse of our university). The award
may cover not fully but partly your cost.
Submitting an application
Application form with supporting materials should reach LOC at FIR UF by 12 September 2016
either by e-mail or by post. A decision will be made within six weeks of the closing date. LOC may
contact the applicant by e-mail. The applicant is required to reply promptly to it.
Preparing for supporting materials (abstract of presentation and a letter of support)- Applicant should attach the abstract of presentation which the applicant will make at the jointworkshop. The abstract can be modified when you submit the final abstract to the joint workshop,
but complete change of the presentation is not allowed if you are awarded this support.
- Applicant should get a letter of support from one of members of the international organizing
committee or of local organizing committee of IW-FIRT 2017 and DHP-TST 2017 listed below. Thisletter should include comments on the status, importance and relevance of applicant's research,etc, as well as expectation for the applicant's future. This should be no more than one side of A4.
International organizing committee (IOC)l J. Jelonnek (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)l M. Yu. Glyavin (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)l R. J. Temkin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)l T. Fujiwara (Osaka University, Japan)l S. Asai (The University of Tokyo, Japan)l W. Kasparek (University of Stuttgart, Germany)l S. Sabchevski (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)l R. Dupree (University of Warwick, UK)l O. Dumbrajs (University of Latvia, Latvia)l M. Kuleshov (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine)l M. Bakunov (State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)l Tsun-Hsu Chang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)l E. S. Estacio (University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines)l H. Ohta (Kobe University, Japan)l M. Hagiwara (Osaka University, Japan)
Local organizing committee (LOC)
T. Saito, T. Idehara, I. Ogawa, S. Mitsudo, Y. Tatematsu, Y. Fujii, K. Yamamoto, T. Furuya(all at FIR UF)

Payment
If you are awarded, we will tell you in advance how to receive the award. You will receive theaward during the workshop. It means that you have to pay once by yourself for the travel cost.
Please contact iwfirt_submit@fir.u-fukui.ac.jp, if you have any queries.