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 (humanities and social sciences) are welcome to apply for this fellowship. The Asia-Pacific region encompases 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 academic executive director as a visiting researcher in return for this fellowship.

Current academic executive director: Yone Sugita
(http://www.sugita.org/cve.htm)

The successful candidate will give occasional lectures to undergraduates as a guest lecturer at Osaka University of Foreign Studies and might hold a few academic seminars with graduate students and scholars.

APSF will provide the successful candidate with the fellowship sufficient to cover roundtrip airfare and accommodations in a furnished condominium in Kyoto for 2-6 weeks as well as a short field trip to Tokyo and a cultural tour around Kyoto.

APSF strongly urges the successful candidate to publish a joint research paper or an edited book with the APSF academic executive director.

The successful candidate will negotiate with APSF academic executive director concerning the specific details.

APSF fellowship must be used between 1 July 2001 and 31 March 2003. 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 undergraduate lectures
3. Statement of your research project in Japan

Former Recipients:

*Fall 2000: Dr. David Palmer (American History, Labor history) Flinders University, Australia
*Spring 2001: Dr. Dana Heller (American Literature) Old Dominion University, USA

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:

Yone Sugita,
APSF academic executive director
Osaka U. of Foreign Studies Minoh-city,
Osaka Japan 562-8558
phone/fax: 81-727-30-5416
(domestic: 0727-30-5416)
fax: (509) 756-7793 (in the United States)
madison@uwalumni.com
sugita@post01.osaka-gaidai.ac.jp
http://www.sugita.org