Fourth Call for Applications for International Collaborative Research Projects(ICREP)
August 25th, 2019
Outline: The Japanese Society for Environmental Education (JSFEE) is calling forinternational collaborative research proposals on environmental education for theaccounting years 2019 and 2020 (July 2019 to June 2021). Proposals will be examinedby the Board of Directors and adopted proposals will be deemed JSFEE international
research projects for the accounting years 2019 and 2020. Application guidelines are asgiven below.
Application Guidelines
1. An international collaborative research project goes beyond the framework ofindividual countries and is conducted jointly by two or more researchers. The
proposals called for this time are for a period of two years (July 2019 to June2021), consisting of the following four stages: (1) Adoption of the submitted
proposal, (2) Recruitment of collaborative researchers based on the adopted
proposal, (3) Implementation of the collaborative research, and (4) Presentationand sharing of the research outcomes. As for sharing the research outcomes, all theresearchers will be eligible to submit research findings to the special feature issue“Environmental Education in Asia, Vol. 3” of the academic society journal
Japanese Journal of Environmental Education (an English language online journalscheduled for publication in June 2021). (The submission deadline is June 2020.
Papers will be peer reviewed. Please refer to separate guidelines for submissions
and authors.)
2. The purpose of international collaborative research project is to increase a body ofknowledge through comparisons of environmental education conducted in each of
the researchers’ different countries, or to discover new outlooks by having
researchers from different countries participate in observation and analysis of theenvironmental education being conducted in one country.
3. Proposals for international collaborative research project may be initiated andsubmitted by any person, but the submission must be accompanied by arecommendation from one person who is a JSFEE director, representative,committee member (a person who has been issued with a letter of appointment
from the Chairman), or a member of the JSFEE International Collaborative
Research Advisory Committee.

4. For collaborative research project to begin promptly, the deadline for proposal
submission shall be October 15, 2019. The recruitment will be conducted throughthe four academic associations with which JSFEE has agreements or throughparticipants in past JSFEE research projects. A research project team consisting of
the person submitting the proposal and the joint researchers will be formed. If,
however, formation of the research team is, for some reason, found not to bepossible, or if the research is suspended while still being implemented, JSFEE will
delete that research project from the list.
5. English will be used as the official language in all communications regarding
international collaborative research projects. The use of other languages is
acceptable for supplementary purposes.
6. More than one joint researcher from any particular country may participate in one
research project. In addition, one researcher may submit more than one proposal.
7. JSFEE will not bear the necessary costs of adopted international collaborative
research projects. However, JSFEE will bear the costs of publication of JJEE-EEA,
the journal for public presentation of research outcomes.
8. Applicants should submit proposals in the following format to the email address
shown below by October 15, 2019
JSFEE International Environmental Education Collaborative Research Projects
Dr. Kimiharu TO (Aomori University)
tokim@aomori-u.ac.jp
The application should consist of the following items.
The application will be accepted in either Japanese or English. Kindly understand that if
you submit your application in Japanese, it will be necessary to resubmit the application
in English following adoption of the proposal.
A. Name, affiliation and position of applicant
B. Title of research (tentative)
C. Overview of the research, not to exceed 300 words
D. Roles of the joint researchers, expected number of joint researchers, and the namesof countries if the applicant wishes to have researchers from particular countries. (If asufficient number of joint researchers are already available and it is not possible for
new researchers to be accepted into the project, please state so.)E. Names of joint researchers (If some joint researchers are already committed to theproject, please give their names and affiliations. If no joint researchers have yet beenfound, please leave this space blank.)
F. Name of person recommending the proposal.