The Japanese government will provide airline tickets and allowances for accommodations, food and professional travel within Japan.
Participants are responsible for providing their own insurance and for any additional expenditures.
Due to the intensive nature of the program, dependents are not permitted to accompany participants during the eight-week program. The Summer Programs in Japan, Korea and Taiwan provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering first-hand experience in Japanese, Korean and Taiwan research environments, an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure of the respective countries, and language training. The primary goals of the programs are to introduce students to Japanese, Korean and Taiwan science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory and to initiate personal relationships that will better enable them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future. The Monbusho Summer Program shares the same primary objectives as the Summer Institute in Japan, but does not offer language training except during the first week of orientation. The Monbusho Program also places participants in different research settings.