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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Halperin [mailto:shalper@umd.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:23 AM
To: Administrative Council
Subject: [Fwd: RE: NSF-NSC summer institute in Taiwan program]

Please note this oportunity and bring to the attention of faculty and
graduate students.

steve

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	RE: NSF-NSC summer institute in Taiwan program
Date: 	Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:51:56 -0400
From: 	C.D. (Dan) Mote, Jr. <dmote@umd.edu>
To: 	DC(Teresa) <dc@tecrosd.org>
CC: 	Science and Tech Division <st@tecrosd.org>, Herbert RABIN
<hr1@umail.umd.edu>, Stephen HALPERIN <shalper@deans.umd.edu>
References: 	<014301c9308f$39cd9240$0d0710ac@yuanonline>



Teresa:

this is indeed a good opportunity. I have forwarded this to our
international office and to our graduate office to spread the word to
faculty and students.

thank you for keeping us informed.

--On Friday, October 17, 2008 3:33 PM -0400 "DC(Teresa)"
<dc@tecrosd.org> wrote:

>
>
> Dear President Mote:
>
>
> it was my pleasure to meet you at the reception hosted by the TECRO at

> the Twin Oaks Estate last April.
>
>
>
> The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently announced the 2009 
> East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) program and is 
> accepting applications for U.S. graduate students to do research in 
> Taiwan or Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, or Singapore 
> for 8 weeks in the summer of 2009.
>
>
>
> The Summer Institute in Taiwan (SIT) program is a joint program 
> between the NSF and the National Science Council (NSC) in Taiwan.  The

> program provides U.S. graduate students in science (including social 
> and humanity sciences) and engineering with an opportunity to go to 
> Taiwan in the summer for eight weeks to participate in research 
> projects in the areas of their studies at the participating host 
> institutions.  Since the program inaugurated in 2000, NSF and NSC have

> supported over 100 graduate students. They participated in research 
> works in Taiwan at the host institutions such as National Taiwan 
> University, National Tsing-Hua University, National Central 
> University, Academia Sinica, National Center for High Performance 
> Computing, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, 
> etc.  The experience not only has enabled the students to expand the 
> scope of their scholarly works but also has helped them establish 
> personal relationship with scientists in Taiwan, thus better prepare
them to collaborate with foreign counterparts in the future.
>
>
>
> Awardees will receive a $5,000 stipend, a round trip air ticket from 
> NSF, while the NSC in Taiwan will provide additional support to cover 
> living expenses during the period of the summer program.  I would 
> highly recommend that you encourage your graduate students to take 
> advantage of this opportunity.  I would also appreciate it if you 
> would relay this message to your colleagues and help post the news at 
> your University's website. The deadline for submitting application for
the 2009 program is December 9, 2008.
> Detail information is available at NSF's website www.nsf.gov/eapsi or 
> www.nsfsi.org.
>
>
>
> Attached please find a list of the host institutions for the previous 
> years for your reference. If you have any question regarding this 
> program, please feel free to contact my office or the EAPSI Help Desk
(eapsi@asee.org).
>
>
>
> Thank you for your help in promoting this program between US and
Taiwan.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Hsin-Hsiung Chang, Ph.D.
>
> Director
> Science and Technology Division
> Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U.S. (TECRO)
> 4201 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
> Washington, DC 20016
> Tel: 202-895-1930
> Fax: 202-895-1939






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Steve Halperin
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Maryland

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