********************************** NSF Program Announcement: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC SUMMER INSTITUTES for U.S. Graduate Students Pursuing Science and Engineering (EAPSI) Application Deadline: November 10, 2010 **********************************The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) provide U.S. graduate students in science and engineering: 1) first-hand research experiences in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) an orientation to the society, culture and language. The primary goals of EAPSI are to introduce students to East Asia and Pacific science and engineering in the context of a research setting, and to help students initiate scientific relationships that will better enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts. All institutes, except Japan, last approximately eight weeks from June to August. Japan lasts approximately ten weeks from June to August (specific dates are available and updated at this address).
Awardees will receive a $5,000 stipend, a roundtrip international airfare, and will be supported to attend a pre-departure orientation in the Washington, D.C. area. Foreign co-sponsoring organizations will provide additional support to cover EAPSI fellows¡Ç living expenses abroad during the period of the summer institutes, and will provide an in-country orientation to the science environment and culture(s) of each location. The application deadline is November 10, 2010. For eligibility and other information, consult the program announcement for the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes that can be viewed on-line here. For application instructions, please consult the on-line guide "How to Apply" here.