This allowance is meant to compensate in part for loss of summer employment. The Japanese government will provide accommodations as well as allowances for 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 Summer Institute supports up to sixty students each year.