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Japan Study Grants

Applications for 2012/2013

Japan Study Grants are open to postgraduates, honours students, academic staff or independent researchers in Australia who wish to use the Japan-related collections of the National Library for their research.

The grants are offered for periods of up to four weeks and support travel to Canberra and livings costs. Grants are not available to those living in the Australian Capital Territory or Queanbeyan.

Applications for 2012/2013 will open on 1 July 2012 and close on 30 September 2012. No late applications will be considered. Application results will be notified by mid November 2012. Successful applicants can take up grants during late November 2012 to September 2013.

 

List of successful applicants for 2011/2012 

The Japan Study Grants Advisory Committee met in November 2011 and approved two grants, with the third grant approved with the condition for when extra budget is identified. The third grant was officially approved in early January.   The Japan Study Grants fund travel and living costs in Canberra for up to four weeks to use the National Library's Japanese collections. The successful applicants for 2011/2012  are:

 Dr. Chiaki Ajioka, Sydney studying ''Mingei Intercultural: cross-cultural interpretation of Mingei

Dr. Kumiko Kawashima, Sydney, studying 'Youth migration and social change: Japanese information and service workers in a Chinese economic development zone

Dr Miyume Tanji, Perth, with 'Bases, Islands and Communities: protecting the US-Japan Security Alliance in Okinawa and Guam'

 

Contact us

For further information, contact

Amelia McKenzie
Director, Asian Collections
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600

Tel: +61 2 6262 1519
Email: amckenzie@nla.gov.au