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CONSULATE-GENERAL OF JAPAN
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February 8th, 2011

Warm greetings from the Japan Information Centre!

Applications for the 2011 MEXT (Monbukagakusho) JAPANESE STUDIES are now
open.

Japanese Studies Scholarship The Japanese Government's Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) offers
scholarships for academic study in Japan to foreign students interested in
deepening their understanding of the Japanese language, Japanese affairs and
Japanese culture. The purpose of these scholarships is to promote mutual
understanding and deepening friendly ties between Japan and other countries

Student Mobility Support Program

The Student Mobility Program is designed to support short term initiatives involving exchanges, study tours, internships, scholarships, etc., in Canada, and is intended for organizations willing to offer international students the opportunity to advance their understanding of Canada in those areas of interest to Canada or in areas of shared policy challenges between Canada and the international student's country.

Applicants may request funding up to $10,000.

Applications need to be submitted to the local Canadian mission by February 1st , for events happening after April 1st. Late applications will not be considered.

For more details and the application form, visit http://www.international.gc.ca/studies-etudes/mobility-mobilite.aspx?lan...

The Asian Division Friends Society announces the Florence Tan Moeson Research Fellowship for 2009. This fellowship is made possible by a generous donation of Florence Tan Moeson, for 43 years a Chinese Team cataloger in the Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division before she retired in 2001.

The purpose of the fellowship is to give individuals the opportunity to use the Asian collections in the Library of Congress, which are among the most significant outside of Asia and consist of nearly 2.8 million books, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts and microforms in the languages of East, South and Southeast Asia.

Researchers wishing to submit applications should go to this Web site: www.lcasianfriends.org/fellowship.

BDK Canada Graduate Scholarship for a year of Buddhist Studies at a Japanese University

This scholarship will enable advanced graduate students in Buddhist Studies who are Canadian Citizens or studying in a Canadian University to spend one year in a Japanese University, studying and/or carrying out doctoral research.

Value: $40,000 (Canadian)

Eligibility and Terms

The applicant must be a registered full-time graduate student in a Canadian university or a Canadian citizen studying as a full-time graduate student in a university outside of Canada. Visa students in degree programmes in Canadian universities may apply.

TRAVEL GRANT PROGRAM
HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY
HARVARD UNIVERSITY

The Harvard-Yenching Library’s Travel Grant Program is designed to assist scholars from outside the metropolitan Boston area in their use of Harvard-Yenching's collections for research. Priority consideration is given to those at institutions where there are no or few library resources in the East Asian languages, and no major East Asian library collections are available nearby.

The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to invite you to submit nominations to the 2010 Killam Prizes.

The five Killam Prizes are worth $100,000 each. Annually, one prize is awarded in each field: Social Sciences; Humanities; Natural Sciences; Health Sciences; and, Engineering.

The updated information sheet and nomination form for the Killam Prizes are available on the Council’s website at: http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/killam/nf127281699611562500.htm

Nominations and all related documentation must be submitted directly to the Canada Council for the Arts by the deadline of June 15, 2009.

We solicit your collaboration in publicizing the call for nominations throughout your institution and look forward to receiving your nominations to this year’s competition.

July 2009

The Asian Division Friends Society announces the Florence Tan Moeson Research Fellowship Program for 2010. This Fellowship Program is made possible by a generous donation of Florence Tan Moeson, for 43 years a Chinese Team cataloger in the Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division at the Library of Congress before she retired in 2001. Mrs. Moeson passed away on November 15, 2008.

SGS Research Travel Grant 2009-2010

SGS is pleased to announce the SGS Research Travel Grant for 2009-2010. The SGS Travel Grant is available to a limited number of PhD students in the Humanities or Social Science for research in or outside Canada. Please note that not all projects can be funded, nor is the funding sufficient to cover all the expenses of the successful applicants. Last year, of the 156 applications SGS received, 129 were funded. We anticipate funding a similar number of projects this year. Preference will be given to those who are applying for the first time. Travels to conferences or courses/seminars are not covered under this program.