JSPS Summer Program 2018Pre-Departure Orientation

27 April 2018

JSPS Stockholm Office

Topic

• Introduction - About JSPS & Summer Program -

• Before You Come to Japan

• When You are in Japan

• After the Program – Alumni & Other Programs -

Introduction

What is JSPS?

• Established in 1932

- through an endowment by Emperor Showa.

• Japan’s core funding agency

• The entire spectrum of academic fields

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Rooster: Harbinger of new knowledge that promises a brilliant future for humankind.

JSPS: A Funding Agency for “Science”

JSPS funds:■ Researches

- Grants-in-Aid, “KAKENHI”: $2 Billion /80,000 projectsfor researchers at Japanese Institutions, regardless of their nationality

■ Fellowships - for 6,000 pre-/post-docs

■ Mobility- from pre-docs to professors, 10,000 researchers

■ International Collaborations-Bi- and Multi- lateral

JSPS selects through:■ Bottom-up approach: invite applications through open calls■ Competitive funding: conduct evaluations via peer review■ Fair and transparent screening:

Make selections based on academic merit

Introduction

About the JSPS Summer Program

• Through this program…build cooperative research networks with Japanese researchers

Process

More than 100 young researchers participate from six countries

• Recruitment & Selection: Nominating Authorities

• Orientation Sessions: SOKENDAI (Graduate University

for Advanced Studies)

• Travel Arrangements: KNT (Kintetsu International Co., Ltd.)

Before you come to Japan

Award Letter & Relative Documents

For relative documents, you can download them from “Program Guidelines for Successful Fellows”

Homepage of JSPS Summer Program(http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-summer/index.html)

Did you get your Award Letter?

Did you read the “Guidelines” carefully?

Before you come to Japan

Preparation for coming to Japan

Did you arrange your air ticket?You have to fill out the form 30 days prior to your departure

http://www.knt.co.jp/ec/2018/jsps/

“hanabi”

The Password is…

Before you come to Japan

PreparationDid you consult with your host researcher?

・Research plan during your tenure

・Maintenance and Research Support Allowances

・Lodging (JSPS doesn’t arrange it)

・How to get to your host institute after orientation sessions

Sapporo

Tokyo

OsakaKyotoKobe

Fukuoka

Kanto area

Haneda Airport

Shonan Village CenterOrientation Sessions

Do you have an idea of Japan’s geography?

Tsukuba (Ibaraki)

Tokyo Station

Before you come to Japan

Preparation

Divide your baggage into two.

For orientation sessions by SOKENDAI (one-week period)

Rest of your things (these can be sent from Narita to

your host institute)

If you arrive at Narita on June 12th…

When You are in Japan

Program ScheduleDate Activities

Jun. 12Arrival

Hotel Registration @Narita

Jun. 13Move from Narita to SOKENDAI

Opening Ceremony

Jun. 13 – 18Orientation Sessions

@Shonan Village Center (SVC)

Jun. 19 Move to host institutions

Jun. 20

– Aug. 20Research Activities

Aug. 21(A.M.) Move to Tokyo

(P.M.) Final Reporting Meeting

Aug. 22 Departure

Shonan Village Center

Mt. Fuji

When You are in Japan

Orientation Sessions• Poster presentation & Group Discussion

Arigato(Thank you)

When You are in Japan

Orientation Sessions• Japanese Language Class

Kon’nichiwa(Hello)

When You are in Japan

Orientation Sessions• Japanese Cultural Experiences

Origami Japanese calligraphy

Kimono Japanese instrumental

蛍 = Firefly

When You are in Japan

Orientation Sessions• Kamakura Excursion

When You are in Japan

Orientation Sessions• Homestay (2 nights)

Go somewhere or do some activities with your host family.

When You are in Japan

Research Activities• May be visited by JSPS staff

When You are in Japan

Research Activities and Cultural Experience

Enjoy your Stay!

When You are in Japan

Final Reporting Meeting

• Some Fellows will give a presentation

• You will get a certificate of completion

Certificate (Sample)

Procedural Provisions

What You need to do is…Title How to Submit Deadlines

ToJSPS

Air ticket and individual dataFill out ”Air Tickets and Orientation Session & Home stay Arrangement” on the website

30 days prior to your departure

Receipt for Maintenance Allowance

Send to JSPS by post (original; handwritten)

July 27th (Fri.)

Research ReportSend to Kintetsu International by email:ecc5-30@or.knt.co.jp

August 17th (Fri.)

Future Mailing Address

ToSOKENDAI

Japanese class level checkSend to Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT) by email:jsps2018sp@ajalt.or.jp

May 9th (Wed.)Excursion to Kamakura

Fill out ”Air Tickets and Orientation Session & Homestay Arrangement”Homestay arrangement

Abstract for the posterSend to Global Print Co., Ltd. by email JSPS@globalprint.co.jp

PosterBring the poster with you for Poster Presentation

By orientation

For Details http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-summer/pro2018/main.html

FRANCE2003

EGYPT

GERMANY

BANGLADESH

SWEDEN

KOREA

FINLAND

INDIA KENYAwith Eastern African countries

THAILAND CHINA

1995 2004 2004 2005

2006 2008 20082008 2009

2009 2010 2010

PHILIPPINES2013

UK & Ireland

NEPAL2015

After the Summer Program

JSPS Alumni Associations

DENMARK2015

INDONESIA2017

2017/1/23

Australia2017

US

In total, about 7,700 former fellows join alumni

activities. (As of March 2018)

◆General assemblies and symposia◆Publishing newsletters◆Operating websites◆BRIDGE Fellowship (since 2009~)

You are most welcome to the JSPS Alumni Association members!

About 160 members!

Pre/Postdocs Postdocs Mid-career ProfessorNobel

Prize Level

Standard ProgramStandard Program

Short-termProgram(Postdoc)

Short-termProgram(Postdoc)

Summer Program

Short-term S

Program

Short-term S

Program

Short-term Program

(Invitation)

Short-term Program

(Invitation)

Long-term

Program

Long-term

Program

• We want you to come to Japan again under our programs!

• For details, please check our leaflet or

visit our websitehttp://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-inv_researchers/index.html

After the Summer Program

JSPS Fellowship Program

JSPS Researchers Network (JSPS-Net)（研究者ソーシャル・ネットワーク・サービス）

Social networking service exclusively dedicated to facilitating exchange among researchers and research-support personnel

https://www-jsps-net.jsps.go.jp

• If you have any questions… General questions→ JSPS

summer@jsps.go.jp

Orientation Session→SOKENDAI

js.summer@ml.soken.ac.jp

日本で会いましょう！

See you in Japan !