It is essential for AUN/SEED-Net students to produce high quality master's or doctoral thesis
research of international standard and to complete master's degrees within two years and doctoral degrees within three years.
AUN/SEED-Net Project thus provides thesis research assistance to AUN/SEED-Net students by Japanese Supporting Universities headed by
Field Coordinating Universities to achieve such a goal, namely joint thesis research supervision will be conducted at Host
Institution by Japanese co-advisors. To facilitate this assistance, Collaborative Research Program has been
introduced , in which each Host Institution, in consultation with Field Coordinating Universities, identifies
a few well-defined and focused Collaborative Research Themes (or research umbrellas ), each of
which is a sub-area of research defined by several key words leading to a number of interrelated and progressively conducted
possible thesis research topics. Then each research theme/topic will be carried out by AUN/SEED-Net students under joint supervision
of Host Institution and Japanese Supporting Universities.
The Japanese Professors Dispatch Program is to support trips of professors from Japanese Supporting Universities, both those who
are involved in AUN/SEED-Net Collaborative Research and/or those who have never participated in AUN/SEED-Net activities, to
participate in AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conferences / Workshops and/or to visit Host or other Member Institutions for research
collaboration which includes several types of activities, e.g. discussion on Research Plan and/or Collaborative Research, supervision
of AUN/SEED-Net students, conducting research experiments, site visits, and etc.
Objectives
1.
To carryout joint thesis research supervision
of AUN/SEED-Net students between Host Institution and Japanese
Supporting Universities under Collaborative Research Program
scheme.
2.
To ensure high quality of master’s and doctoral
theses (which would lead to reputable international refereed
journal publication) and to ensure the completion of the graduate
degree within reasonable duration (two years for master’s degree
and three years for doctoral degree).
3.
To enhance the research collaboration between
Host Institution and Japanese Supporting Universities
4.
To give special lecture(s) or seminar(s) related
to his/her recent research results to faculty members and graduate
students of the Member Institutions and beyond.
Eligible Applicants
Principal Investigators and Advisors of the Host Institution who supervise thesis research of
graduate students under the AUN/SEED-Net Project. Dispatched Japanese professors to HI are encouraged to further to MI too as one
connected trip, with the maximum of 3 countries per dispatch. However, it mainly depends on the feasibility of the Japanese
professors who are invited. The Non-Host Institution should communicate with Principal Investigators or Head of Host Program at
Host Institution for possible arrangement of his/her visit to their Institution.
Duration
The duration of a visit is normally
not more than three weeks.
Remarks
(1) It is encouraged that Host Institutions or Main Facilitating Institutions make an efficient arrangement so that Japanese
professors also continue the trip to other Member Institutions, with maximum of 3 countries per dispatch.
(2) It is encouraged to involve professors from as many Japanese Supporting Universities as possible.
(3) The dispatch of Japanese professor(s) directly and only to MI(s) will be possible only when the purpose of the trip is to
attend the Regional Conference / Workshop or to have discussion on on-going CR projects.
Requirement
The applicant must communicate with the concerned Japanese professor to identify tentative period
of dispatch. When Japanese professor visits to Host and Non-Host Institutions, he/she is encouraged to give special lecture(s)
arranged by the Institution and/or seminar(s) of his/her recent research results to faculty members and graduate students of the
Member Institutions.
Application
Head of Department of Host Institution (or Main Facilitating Institution in case of
interdisciplinary area) is required to submit the Tentative Overall Plan of Dispatches, which shows the expected number and names of
Japanese professors to be dispatched for the whole Japanese Fiscal Year. The Tentative Overall Plan
must be endorsed by Dean or Representative of Host Institution.
Individual Application Form for each dispatch must be submitted for each invitation of Japanese
professor. It must be endorsed by Head of Department of Host Institution (or Main Facilitating Institution) in consultation with
Coordinator of Japanese Field Coordinating University.
**For invitation of Japanese professors to attend AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference/Workshop, individual
application form for each dispatch is not required.
After receiving each individual proposal, the AUN/SEED-Net Project will finalize the dispatch not only to Host Institution (or Main Facilitating Institution) but also possible visit(s) to other Member Institutions in consultation with the Japanese professor and the Coordinator of Field Coordinating University
