IW - FIRT 2019
The 7th International Workshop on Far-Infrared Technologies (IW-FIRT 2019)

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 IW-FIRT 2019.
Applications should reach the local organizing committee at FIR UF by 26 September 2018.
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We (staff of FIR UF) collect and access the information with this application form only for selection
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You can modify the information at any time by contacting us.

Application form
1. Personal details
Name (including title)
Academic qualifications
Age (at 5 March, 2019)
Name and address ofinstitution/university where you
are currently working/studying

Postcode:E-mail address
Student (Postdoc

Current position

PhD course,Master course)

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

JPY
Please state from whom and how much

JPY3. Supporting material
Title of your presentation for theworkshop
Please attach an abstract of the presentation (see the guide below).
Name:
Job title:
Affiliation:
E-mail:Please attach a letter of support from the applicant’s supervisor (see the guide below).
Note that applications will not be considered without an abstract of the presentation or a letter of support.
Information of your supervisor who
wrote a letter of support for you

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

YesNoYesNo

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. Confirmation and Signature
I confirm that the above details are correct. I also acknowledge that returning the form by e-mail shallbe regarded as confirmation that all the above details are correct, even when I have not signed theform.
SignatureDate(dd/mm/yyyy)(If submitting by e-mail please type your name or add a scanned signature)

Please submit the form with the supporting materials to:
LOC of IW-FIRT 2019
E-mail: iwfirt2019_secretariat@fir.u-fukui.ac.jp(The subject of the e-mail should be "IW-FIRT2019 financial support application".)or
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 2019)(Please write "IW-FIRT2019 financial support application" in red on the envelope.)ver 20180723

Guide Notes
Please read before completing your application
The local organizing committee (LOC) of IW-FIRT 2019 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 for applicantsThis program will support graduate students and post-doc fellows who will come to Fukui as apresenting author at IW-FIRT 2019.
What is covered by this support?
The award will support your travel cost (airplane ticket, domestic transport to and from Fukui). Theaward may not fully cover your cost.
Submitting an application
Application form with supporting materials should reach LOC at FIR UF by 26 September 2018 eitherby 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.
Preparing for supporting materials (abstract of the presentation and a letter of support)- Applicant should attach the abstract of presentation, which the applicant will make at the workshop.
The form of the abstract can be downloaded from the workshop website. The abstract can be
modified when you submit the final abstract to the workshop, but complete change of thepresentation is not allowed if you are awarded this support.
- Applicant should get a letter of support from applicant's supervisor. This letter should includecomments on the status, importance and relevance of applicant's research, etc., as well as
expectations for the applicant's future. This should be no more than one page A4-size.
Payment
If you are awarded, we will tell you in advance how to receive the award. You will receive the award
during the workshop. Thus, you have to pay first by yourself for the travel cost.
Please contact iwfirt2019_secretariat@fir.u-fukui.ac.jp, if you have any queries.