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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>If any PhD students are interested in spending 8-10 weeks next summer in East Asia/Pacific, see the info below about the NSF EAPSI program. For example, if someone wanted to work with Mark Billinghurst in Australia, or with one of our colleagues in Japan or Korea.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'> Matthew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OISE East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes [mailto:eapsi@nsf.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> OISE East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes<br><b>Subject:</b> NSF EAPSI Program for U.S. Graduate Students in Science and Engineering: *November 12, 2015* proposal submission deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Colleagues: </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><div><div><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please feel free to share this resource for U.S. graduate students. We look forward to receiving proposals from your graduate students. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Fellowship Program provides U.S. graduate students in science and engineering with an opportunity to spend 8 weeks (10 weeks for Japan) during the summer conducting research at one of the seven host locations in East Asia and Pacific: Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan. The program is a collaboration between NSF and counterpart agencies in each host location. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>EAPSI is open to graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and are enrolled in a research-oriented Masters or Ph.D. program in science or engineering. Applicants must propose a research project in a field of science, engineering or STEM education supported by NSF, including Engineering; Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Materials Science); Biological Sciences; Geosciences; Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences; Education (STEM); and Multidisciplinary Research in these fields. Applicants identify and contact host researchers on their own, prior to submitting their EAPSI proposal; lists of prospective host institutions are available at the end of each Handbook. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>NSF provides EAPSI Fellows with a $5,000 stipend and roundtrip airplane ticket to the host location. Our foreign counterparts provide in-country living expenses and accommodations (arrangements vary by host location). Please see </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/eapsi" id=LPlnk475433>www.nsf.gov/eapsi</a><span style='color:black'> for additional information for the Program Solicitation (NSF 13-593); host location-specific Handbooks; How to Apply Guide; and Helpful Tips for Applicants.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>In 2016, approximately 211 EAPSI Fellows travel to seven locations in the East Asia and Pacific: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Australia – 26</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>China – 40</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Japan – 65</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Korea – 25</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>New Zealand – 15</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Singapore – 15</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Taiwan - 25</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>The application submission deadline for the Summer 2016 is <b>November 12, 2015</b>. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>EAPSI Informational </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Webinar for applicants will be conducted <span style='color:black'>on Fri, Oct. 23 at 2:00 pm ET</span></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>. Log-in instructions are available at </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/eapsi">www.nsf.gov/eapsi</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span 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