National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS) (Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) invites foreign students who wish to stay at NIPS for approximately 2 weeks (internship) in 2013. The aim of the internship is to provide students who are thinking of entrance to our PhD course program with an opportunity to experience our education system and research activity. We believe this opportunity will be very helpful to students in making a decision to enter our graduate university. We will support travel and stay expenses.

To apply for the NIPS Internship 2013

1. Please register yourself.
2. IMMEDIATELY after registration, please send your [Curriculum Vitae] including [official records of your scores in schools] to “scholar@nips.ac.jp” as PDF files.
3. If you wish, you can also send PDF files of recommendation letter(s).

[Important Note] Without the submission of (2), your application is incomplete and we do NOT accept it.

Application deadline: February 8, 2013
Intern period: approximately 2 weeks between May, 2013 and January, 2014
(The title of inquiry Email should be “NIPS Internship 2013”)
Amount of support: upper limit of the support including the airfare and accommodation fee is 200,000 Japanese Yen/person.
Email address for inquiries : scholar@nips.ac.jp

For more information, please visit official website: www.nips.ac.jp.

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Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure the above information is current and correct. However, applicants should contact the appropriate administering body before making an application, as details do change frequently.