日本学術振興会米国・カナダ研究者同窓会

We are pleased to announce that Dr. ZhiQiang Chen, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City, has been selected as the FY 2024 Seminar Program awardee.

The seminar moderated by Dr. ZhiQiang Chen will be held soon as follows:

Convergence of Physical and Digital Civil Infrastructure: Research Progress and Challenges
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Time: September 13, 2024; 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, CTS
Venue: Toyota Room (FH 531), Flarsheim Hall, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Volker Campus, 5000 Holmes St., Kansas City, MO 64110
Workshop website: https://info.umkc.edu/jsps-umkc

The seminar is also available online – see the workshop website for more information.

Past awardees of the Seminar Program can be found at: JSPS US and Canada AA Seminar Program Awardee History

JSPS Washington office is pleased to announce JSPS US and Canada AA Seminar organized by Dr. Vimalin Rujivacharakul, Associate Professor of Architectural History & Director of Asian Studies Program, and Director of PhD Curatorial-Art History Program, University of Delaware, will be held on February 20-21. This seminar will present a public lecture, “Re-Excavating Buddhist Asia: Politics and Archaeological Missions by Japanese and International Researchers in 20th-Century Afghanistan” and JSPS Info Session. Please see details below and register with the QR code.

Date: February 20-21 (Tuesday-Wednesday) 2024
Time: 9:30AM – 5:45PM [TBD]
Venue: University of Delaware

JSPS Washington office is pleased to announce JSPS US and Canada AA Seminar organized by Dr. Toshihisa Kawai, Chair and Professor of Department of Oral Science and Translational Research, Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine, will be held on February 17. This seminar will present a public lecture, “Oral and Systemic Health Connection and Emerging Technologies” and JSPS Info Session.

Date: February 17 (Saturday) 2024
Time: 8:00AM – 7:00PM
Venue: NSU Oceanographic Center, 3F “Auditorium”
8000 N Ocean Dr, Dania Beach, FL 33004

Click here fore more details.

Chapters can be created in the US and Canada JSPS Alumni Association since January 2020. The Quebec Chapter ( Quebec, Canada ) was recently established in 2023. More information on the establishment of chapters can be found here.

JSPS Washington office is pleased to announce JSPS US and Canada AA Seminar organized by Dr. Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Associate Professor of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University (TAMU) School of Medicine, will be held on October 26-27. This seminar will present a public lecture, “Development of Disease Models using Organ on a Chip” and JSPS Info Session. Please see the program below.

If you are interested, please register from here and visit the venue in-person. Online is also available. If you participate online, please mention “online” on the bottom of the registration form.

We warmly welcome your participation.

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TAMU Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) in conjunction with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) US-Canada Alumni has planned to have a mini symposium titled, “Development of Disease Models using Organ on a Chip” on October 26th and 27th 2023.

Preliminary Program:

Location: TAMU HSC, Bryan campus, HPEB, LL11B

Thursday, October 26, 2023

[For questions, contact]

JSPS Washington Office

Email: was-seminar[at]overseas.jsps.go.jp

To see the list and for more information, please visit the JSPS US and Canada AA Seminar Program Awardee History page

The JSPS Washington Office is pleased to announce the application call for the 2023 year JSPS US and Canada Alumni Association Seminar Program. This program was established for the members* of the US and Canada JSPS Alumni Association to support academic seminars organized by Association members to promote the objectives of the Association.

We are now accepting proposals for seminars to be held between October 2023 and February 2024.

The deadline for application materials to be received by the JSPS Washington Office is July 14, 2023.

For more information, including instructions about the submission process, please visit the JSPS US and Canada AA Seminar Program Application Procedure web page.

*Regular members only (Please refer to the Bylaws of the US and Canada JSPS Alumni Association ARTICLE 4: Membership)

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JSPS Washington Office and the US and Canada JSPS Alumni Association jointly held the first in an online series of events entitled “JSPS FELLOWSHIP Stories”.

The online event took place on Wednesday evening of February 15, 2023. There were three featured alumni speakers and the session was moderated by Dr. Wade Sisk, Program Manager, US Department of Energy.

At this meeting, about 30 Alumni Association members and former fellows were in the audience. The speakers of this first-time event, were Dr. Alexander Bay, Associate Professor, Dept. of History at Chapman University; and Dr. Stephane Aris-Brosou, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology at the University of Ottawa; and Dr. Genhua Niu, Professor, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M University. Each talked about their fellowship experiences in Japan and how it benefitted their careers. Further they mentioned how meaningful it was to experience the culture of Japan and work with fellow researchers.

The Zoom audience members received the speakers enthusiastically and asked various questions. The speakers did their best to answer the questions and even other alumni members in the audience offered input. It became a fruitful event also for networking. We hope this series will become popular and other alumni chapters may want to host some talks in the future.

In April 2023, 2 International Program Associates have arrived at JSPS Washington Office. We look forward to seeing alumni members at some seminars and events.

• Ms. Miho Yasuda, in charge of The Japan-US Science Forum in Boston, AAAS, and JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, from Osaka Metropolitan University.
• Ms. Keiko Kabashima, in charge of Alumni Association, BRIDGE Fellowship, and JSPS-NIH Forum from Tokai University

JSPS Washington Office participated in the 2023 AAAS annual meeting during March 2-5 at the Washington, DC Convention Center. The JSPS Washington Office booth was set at the AAAS Expo, we explained JSPS International collaborate programs, International Fellowship programs and the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI).

This time, 3 Alumni members, Dr. Wade Sick, Dr. Samiul Alam and Dr. Stephanie Rankin-Turner, joined our booth, and they talked about their research experiences in Japan to the visitors.

Also, Dr. Peter Agre, 2003 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, Bloomberg Distinguished  Professor at Johns Hopkins University, visited our booth, and listened to our explanations, in particular, HOPE MEETINGS with Nobel Laureates and Nobel Prize Dialogue.

The next AAAS annual meeting will be held in Denver, CO, February 15-17, 2024, as the meeting theme is “Toward Science Without Walls”. We would appreciate it if alumni members near Denver could support us. If you are interested in, please contact to was-info@overseas.jsps.go.jp.