Nomination Information
＜Travel Expense Grant Program for International Conferences＞
The Travel Expense Grant Program for International Conferences is granted to young researchers who are engaged in research and development of electron microscopes and related instruments or research using these instruments (medical science, biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, and others).
1. Regulations of Application
| Application qualifications | 1) The applicants must be Japanese citizen researchers, or researchers of foreign nationality residing in Japan and conducting research at Japanese research institutions, up to age 40(as of the application deadline). 2) The applicant is limited to the traveller from Japan who would make a presentation on his/her research at the relevant international conference. 3) The applicants should preferably be members of members of the Japanese Society of Microscopy. |
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| Amount of grants | As a general rule, it is a total of 2,000,000 yen. Estimated actual travel expenses for a conference are supported with the upper limit of 300,000 yen for Asian region and of 500,000 yen for other regions. |
| Target international conferences | Microscopy & Microanalysis European Microscopy Congress International EELS-Workshop International Microscopy Congress Asia-Pacific Microscopy Conference Other international conferences are also taken into consideration, at which applicants provide presentations that actively contribute to developmentin the fields ofelectron microscopes and related instruments. |
| Application deadline | Must arrive by the date 3 months before the opening date of the relevant target conference. |
| Selection results | Scheduled to notify applicants 1 month after the application deadline. |
2. Required Documents
Applicants are requested to send the following materials by registered mail.(Application materials will not be returned.)
- Travel Expense Grant Program for International Conferences application form
- 1 copy of the planned manuscript of the papers to be presented at the relevant target conference.
- Material describing the outline of the relevant international conference (stating the opening date, venue, etc.)
3. Recipients of this grant are asked to provide accounting reports (travel fees, accommodation fees, registration fee, etc.) within one month from the date of return from the relevant international conference.
4. When you send application documents by mail, we would like you to contact the secretariat (kazato@jeol.co.jp) by E-mail as well.
Last Update: April 1, 2025
