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- Travel Grant for Attending Lindau Meetings
- Outline of the Program
Contact
Research Cooperation Division II,
International Program Department,
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)
Sumitomo-Ichibancho FS Bldg., 8 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8472, JAPAN
TEL+81-3-3263-1924
FAX+81-3-3263-1673
MAILlindau@jsps.go.jp
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Outline of the Program |
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1. Objective
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) supports young Japanese researchers to participate in the 'Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings', co-hosted by the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and the Foundation Lindau Nobelprizewinners Meetings at Lake Constance. The purpose of this Program is to foster highly talented Japanese researchers with a rich global view and experience for the future of Japanese academia.
2. Applicable Field
Annually, the meeting focus alternates between the three natural science disciplines of Physics, Chemistry and Physiology/Medicine, in this order. Every five years, an Interdisciplinary Meeting (Physics, Chemistry and Physiology/Medicine) is held in place of a meeting of either of the three natural science disciplines. In exception to the years when the Interdisciplinary Meetings are held, the Meeting of Economic Sciences takes place every two years on the same year a meeting in natural science is held.
3. Applicant Eligibility
The Applicants should meet all the following requirements.
| - | Be a doctoral student or postdoctoral scientist (35 years old or younger for the Meetings in Physiology/Medicine, under 30 years old for the Meetings in Economic Sciences, having obtained a doctoral degree within five years as of April 1st of each call year) of a university or research institute in Japan or overseas. |
| - | Have Japanese nationality or has permanent residency in Japan. |
| - | Have not participated in the past Lindau meetings. |
4. Number of Nominees
- Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine: within 15
- Economic Sciences: within 7
- The Interdisciplinary Meeting (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine): within 20
Number of applications from research institutions in Japan should not exceed 5 per institution.
5. Meeting Period
About a week
- Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine: around the end of June of each relevant year
- Economic Sciences: around August of each relevant year
- The Interdisciplinary Meeting (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine): around the end of June of each relevant year
6. Financial Support from JSPS
JSPS will bear the following costs based on its regulations.
| 1) | Transportation Fee | ||
| - | Round trip fares between the institution, which each participant belongs to, and the venue |
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| 2) | Participation Fee |
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| - | Participation Fee of the meeting (including boarding and lodging costs) | ||
7. Selection Procedure
After selecting Japanese candidates, JSPS recommends the candidates to the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
After recommendation by JSPS, the candidates submit their application forms to the Council via Internet.
Final participants are selected by the review panel of the Council.
8. Reference: About the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings
| 1) | Outline |
| Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings have been held for about a week once every year in Lindau, an island resort on the eastern side of Lake Constance, the Bodensee, located in Southern Germany since 1951. About 20 Nobel Laureates are invited to the meetings, to give lectures and participate in panel discussions with young researchers from around the world. Every year, the meetings alternate their focus between the three natural science disciplines of Physics, Chemistry and Physiology/Medicine. A meeting on Economic Sciences has been held every other year since 2004, and an Interdisciplinary Meeting (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine) is to be held periodically every five years starting from 2000 in place of a usual natural science meeting in either of the three disciplines. The meetings dedicate to foster the highly talented young researchers by providing them with opportunities to talk with Nobel Laureates in a casual setting all day which would stimulate their intellectual curiosity, and the best chances to build international peer networks. |
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| 2) | Co-host |
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| 3) | Number of Participants |
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| 4) | Agenda |
Period: About a week in the end of June and the beginning of August every year.
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| 5) | How to Participate |
| Each country's academic research institutions, which have partnership with the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, manage the application procedure for selecting their countries' candidates. Direct applications by individuals to the Council are not approved. The Council receives recommendation of candidates from the nominating authorities, and the Review Panel of the Council selects the final participants.. In Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), under an agreement with the Council and the Foundation Lindau Nobelprizewinners Meetings at Lake Constance, nominates up to 15 doctoral students or postdoctoral fellows for each of the Meetings in Natural Sciences, up to 7 for the Meeting in Economics, and up to 20 for the Interdisciplinary Meetings. |
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| 6) | Others |
| For further information, please visit 'The Nobel Laureate Meetings at Lindau' website at: (http://www.lindau-nobel.de/) |
