Apply Now for NSF's 2015 East Asia & Pacific Summer Institutes

This item is posted on behalf of Elena Hillenburg, Program Specialist, National Science Foundation:

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Fellowship Program provides US graduate students in science and engineering with an opportunity to spend 8 weeks (10 weeks for Japan) during the summer conducting research at one of the seven host locations in East Asia and the Pacific: Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan. The program is a collaboration between NSF and counterpart agencies in each host location.

EAPSI is open to graduate students who are US citizens or permanent residents and are enrolled in a research-oriented masters or PhD program in science or engineering. Applicants must propose a research project in a field of science, engineering, or STEM education supported by NSF, including Engineering; Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Materials Science); Biological Sciences; Geosciences; Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences; Education (STEM); and Multidisciplinary Research in these fields. Applicants identify and contact host researchers on their own, prior to submitting their EAPSI proposal; lists of prospective host institutions are available at the end of each Handbook (see next paragraph).

NSF provides EAPSI Fellows with a $5,000 stipend and roundtrip airplane ticket to the host location. Our foreign counterparts provide in-country living expenses and accommodations (arrangements vary by host location). Please see http://www.nsf.gov/eapsi for additional information including the Program Solicitation (NSF 13-593), host location-specific Handbooks, How to Apply Guide, and Helpful Tips for Applicants.

In 2015, approximately 215 EAPSI Fellows will travel to seven locations in East Asia and the Pacific:

• Australia – 30
• China – 40
• Japan – 65
• Korea – 25
• New Zealand – 15
• Singapore – 15
• Taiwan - 25

The application deadline for Summer 2015 is 13 November 2014. EAPSI informational webinars will be conducted on Tuesday, 9 September, and Friday, 17 October, at 2:00 pm ET. Login instructions are available at http://www.nsf.gov/eapsi.