Call for Applications
Proposals for organizing scientific and educational meetings of planetary science(workshops, schools, and training programs)
Center for Planetary Science (CPS) calls for proposals to organize workshops, schools, and training programs
under the conditions mentioned below. The successful projects are expected to proceed in cooperation with
CPS. CPS will share part of the cost to hold the meetings and give support for paper works and for practicaltasks of archiving information and knowledge in an electronic form.
1. About CPS
Planetary science is an interdisciplinary field that involves astronomy, earth science, and life science. The ultimate goal is to understand our place in the evolving universe. Progress in science and technology has
deepened our understanding in each discipline. At the same time, however, this deepening has fractionalized planetary science. This has prevented us from grasping the overall picture.
The Center for Planetary Science (CPS) was founded in April 2007 as an academic institution open to all researchers with the purpose of integrating their knowledge of specialized disciplines. CPS coordinates international education and research activities by fostering interactions among researchers in different disciplines
and by serving as a repository for knowledge of planetary science.
This call invites proposals along the lines of the main goal of CPS, which take an institutionally boundarylessapproach toward independent development of human resources and promotion of research activities,
open up a new frontier of planetary science with radical originality, and make a contribution to the wholecommunity of planetary science as a part of the CPS activities.
2. Meeting Categories(A) Workshops
A maximum of 300,000 JPY will be granted for each successful (domestic or international) workshop withten to dozens of participants.
(B) Schools
1) CPS International School of Planetary Sciences
This is a call for organizing the annual international school of CPS.
Check the CPS website (https://www.cps-jp.org/index.htm.en) for the previous accomplishments.
2) General
A maximum of 300,000 JPY will be granted for each school that consists of lectures and that enrolls participants from several groups and several academic institutions (only qualified institutions mentioned below).
(C) Training Programs
Financial support will be given to exploratory programs for educational training in the field of planetaryscience or to projects for designing and developing a training program that calls public attention.
3. Eligibility to Apply
Qualified applicants are the faculty and research staff of the following institutions: National University Corporations; Public and Private Universities; Inter-University Research Institute Cooperation; universities, junior colleges, technical colleges, and research institutions run by Independent Administrative Institution or Local Independent Administrative Agency. Individuals who are acknowledged by the director of CPS to have theeligibility are also qualified for application. The chief organizer is allowed to apply for only one category within the same fiscal year. Students are encouraged to apply provided that a qualified applicant is delegatedto submit the proposal.
4. How to Apply
The application form must be sent by e-mail to:
ercg-shukai11 cps-jp.org
and include the following ten items (no restrictions of its format and the number of words):(1) Name of scientific and educational meeting(2) Expected place of the meeting(3) Estimated duration of the meeting(4) Rough schedule throughout the meeting

(5) The background, goal, and significance of the meeting (Describe concretely the contribution given in
the section 6-1)

(6) Organizing body (If CPS is not host, specify the host and co-hosts)(7) Members of organizing committee (CPS staff must be included. Refer to the section 6-3-3)(8) Contact address(9) Expected participants(10) Estimate of the expenses
5. Deadline for Submissions
A call for applications remains open throughout the year, although applications proposed by June 13, 2011
have received first consideration for fiscal 2011.
6. Important Note
(1) Selection procedure and notice of decision
The steering committee of CPS will decide the awardee along the selection standard mentioned below,
based on the assessment of necessity for the development of planetary science and of its feasibility. Unsuccessful proposals will be considered in the next turn; These proposals may be revised if necessary. The chieforganizer will be notified of the decision as soon as possible.
• Selection Standard (not all the demands are necessarily fulfilled.)- Contribution to human resources development in a broad sense- Contribution to the CPS promoted project of knowledge archives- Contribution to the development of crossover approaches to planetary science in a different field andmethod- Contribution to a new frontier of planetary science- Feasibility(2) Report

The successful chief organizer will be requested to submit a report by e-mail soon after the meeting is over.
This report will be posted on the CPS website and attached to the CPS annual report. We will guide about
the format of the report when the application will be approved.

(3) Others
1. If the meeting is hosted under the joint sponsorship of CPS, the organizers should acknowledge CPS’s
financial support for holding the meeting and technical support for archiving knowledge.

2. All the workshops, schools, and training programs must be executed between April in 2011 and Marchin 2012, except for CPS International School of Planetary Sciences, which should be carried out between April in 2012 and Mach in 2013 owing to its longer preparation time.
3. For convenience of CPS administration, the organizing committee members should include CPS staff
given at the URL mentioned below:
https://www.cps-jp.org/member/index.htm.en
4. Any loss, damage, and accident happened in the meeting should be settled by the hosting institutions
or individuals. CPS is not responsible for such matters unless the meeting is hosted by CPS.
5. Inquiries about application may be addressed to:Prof. Kiyoshi Kuramotoercg-shukai11
cps-jp.org
CPS staff in charge of Education and Research CG
Center for Planetary Science (https://www.cps-jp.org/index.htm.en)
c/o Graduate School of Science of Kobe University
Nada-ku Rokkodai-cho 1-1, Kobe 657-8501, JAPAN(after July 1., Minatojima-minamimachi 7-1-15 Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, JAPAN)