{"id":3714,"date":"2017-02-28T20:28:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T11:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s-castle.com\/?p=3714"},"modified":"2019-04-20T12:56:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T03:56:18","slug":"mc2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castle.lne.st\/en\/news\/3714\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nippon Foundation Marine Challenge Program] Seeking junior high and high school students who want to challenge marine-related research!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fisheries artificial intelligence engineers, undersea drone pilots, marine drug discovery researchers... By the time you become adults, you may be an ocean expert whose name does not exist yet. The Nippon Foundation and RIVANES are looking for colleagues to help us identify challenges in the marine field and create a new future of living with the ocean! \nThis time, we will start providing research support to junior and senior high school students for all kinds of research themes related to the ocean, such as manufacturing of ships, offshore wind power plants, and other marine and underwater-related products, research on the ecology and utilization of marine organisms and marine products, and research to understand and protect the marine environment. We welcome all junior and senior high school students, both those who are already conducting research and those who are just starting their research.<\/p>\n
Grant details<\/h4>\n
50,000 yen for research expenses *Additional grant of 50,000 yen for the second selected team \nCoaching by staff with research experience is available<\/p>\n
Application Guidelines<\/h4>\n
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Application Theme<\/td>\n
Marine-related (any field, etc.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Subject of application<\/td>\n
Teams of two or more junior high school students, high school students, and technical college students (3rd year or younger) \n*Compositions by different schools and grades are acceptable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Number of adoptions<\/td>\n
(1) Hokkaido\/Tohoku, (2) Kanto, (3) Kansai, (4) Chugoku\/Shikoku, (5) Kyushu\/Okinawa: 12 teams in each of the five blocks (60 teams in total) \n3 teams from each of the first round teams from 5 blocks (15 teams in total)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Application period<\/td>\n
Wednesday, March 1 - Friday, April 14, 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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examination<\/td>\n
First round of adoption: Application document screening, online interviews \/ Monday, April 17, 2017 - Friday, May 19, 2017 \nSecondary Adoption: Review at the results presentation (oral presentation) held in each block \/ August 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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