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Saturday, December 5, 2009

USA: Reischauer Institute Summer Research Grants for Doctoral Students, Harvard University

Overview

The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies will offer a limited number of summer grants to Harvard doctoral candidates in the humanities or social sciences for language study, directly related to a Ph.D. dissertation in Japanese studies, which cannot be conveniently pursued during the academic year. Grants up to $5,000. Application deadline: must be received by FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Application Information

The Reischauer Institute (RI), participating research centers, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) use a standard application form for the summer graduate fellowships. Applicants for this grant should use the form called the "Graduate Student Summer Fellowships, Standard Application" and refer to the cover sheet designated for the RI Summer Language Study Grants for Doctoral Students. For application form and instructions, click here or refer to the GSAS website.

Instructions

(1) Obtain application form. Carefully peruse the form in its entirety, then follow" Instructions to Applicant" with attention to the "Checklist" which outlines the required documents to attach to your application.


In addition, instructions specific to the Reischauer Institute application:

(2) Applicants should submit one original and four copies of a complete application.

(3) Statement of Purpose should describe the summer language program to be attended, schedule, and its relevance to your overall plan of study. Also indicate why summer study is preferable to academic year. Proposal should be brief (1 page).

(4) Official Harvard Transcript of Grades. Only 1 original necessary; other 4 copies may be duplicates.)

(5) Two letters of recommendation (signed and sealed). These must be submitted with application unless an exception is granted (in which case recommendations being sent separately must reach the Institute by the application deadline). One letter should be from current faculty advisor, the other from current language instructor (if applicable). (Only one original of each recommendation needed; the Reischauer Institute itself will duplicate these.)

(6) Itemized Budget. In addition to expenses related to your summer language study, indicate other sources of support including other summer grants for which you have applied and amount. Will you be receiving a summer stipend from your department or GSAS? (If yes, please state amount.) Specify amount requested from the Reischauer Institute. NOTE: You must inform the Institute if you receive any other award for this proposal after you submit this application. (7) If you have received previous funding from the Reischauer Institute, state grant, year, amount.

Mail Completed Application to: Graduate Summer Language Grants Reischauer Institute Harvard Universit, y1730 Cambridge St., Room S234, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

For further information: contact the Reischauer Institute, (617) 495-9206, Attn. Dr. Theodore Gilman


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