EAPSI Info Session

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EAPSI Info Session

• Hosted by Discovery Park
• Presented by Douglas Cook,
• 2005 EAPSI Fellow (China)

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Program Overview

• Duration 8 weeks during the summer
• Fully funded international collaboration
• Transportation (airfare)
• Local accommodation
• A small in-country allowance
• 5000 stipend (for the 8-week program)
• In-country cultural orientation
• Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand,
  Singapore or Taiwan

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Eligibility

• US Citizen or permanent resident
• Enrolled in a US graduate program
• In an NSF-funded research field
• CHEMISTRY
• COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
  (CISE)
• ENGINEERING
• GEOSCIENCES
• LIFE SCIENCES
• MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
• PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
• PSYCHOLOGY
• SOCIAL SCIENCES
• See NSF website for details

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Most Important Slide of the Night

• Deadline December 9th, 2008
• (48 days from now)
• The Keys to a Successful Application
• In-country contact (use Purdues contacts if
  possible)
• Letter of invitation
• Solid research plan

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Application

• Application form (online)
• Project Description (5 pages max)
• Biographical Sketch (2 pages max)
• Two letters of recommendation (uploaded by
  authors)
• Supplementary documentation (your letter(s) of
  invitation, transcripts, etc.)

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Review Process

• Standard NSF criteria
• Intellectual Merit
• Broader Impacts
• Integration of Research and Education
• Diversity
• In Addition
• Personal qualification, impact on your career
• Suitability of the host
• Mutual benefits of collaboration

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Special Issues

• Mandatory Attendance at certain events
• Dependents not allowed
• Expected to act as representatives of the US and
  of the NSF
• Must obtain passport and visa at your own cost.

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Leveraging the Purdue International Network

• Contact your Department/School/College/Discovery
  Park
• Examples
• Pankaj Sharma (sharma_at_purdue.edu), Discovery Park
• Andy Gillespie (andyg_at_purdue.edu), International
  Programs
• Don Buskirk (dbuskirk_at_purdue.edu), Technology
• Rabi Mohtar (mohtar_at_purdue.edu), Engineering
• Jean Chmielewski (chml_at_purdue.edu), Science
• James Lowenberg-deboer (lowenbej_at_purdue.edu),
  Agriculture