Asia-Pacific Study Fund
(APSF) Short-Term Reciprocal Research Fellowship
Asia-Pacific Studies Fund (APSF, formerly
American Studies Fund) was established in 1999 as an ad-hoc private group to
promote collaborative research in Asia-Pacific studies between Japanese and
non-Japanese scholars. APSF provides a reciprocal research fellowship.
Terms and Conditions
Those who are interested in collaborative and
interdisciplinary research with Japanese scholars about some aspects of
Asia-Pacific Studies, especially Japanese studies (humanities and social
sciences) are welcome to apply for this fellowship. The Asia-Pacific region
encompasses countries and areas in Asia and the Pacific Ocean, including North
America (Canada and the United States).
Since this is a reciprocal research fellowship,
APSF requests the institution to which the successful candidate belongs to
prepare a matching fund to invite APSF faculty member as a visiting researcher
in return for this fellowship.
The successful candidate will give at least one lecture
at Osaka University.
APSF will provide the successful candidate with
the fellowship sufficient to cover roundtrip airfare and accommodations on
campus for 1-2 weeks.
APSF strongly urges the successful candidate to
publish a joint research paper or an edited book with the APSF members.
The successful candidate will negotiate with
APSF academic executive director concerning the specific details.
There is no deadline. APSF examines each
application as soon as we receive it. It normally takes 2-8 weeks to make our
decision after we receive all the necessary documents.
If you are interested in applying for this
fellowship, please send the following via email:
1.
CV
2.
Three possible topics and synopses for your
lecture
3.
Statement of your research project in Japan
4. Statement
that your institution provides a matching fund to invite APSF faculty member as
a visiting researcher.
If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact:
Yone Sugita, APSF academic executive director
(Updated: 14 April 2014)