Nippon Science Fund (NSF)
By jp 02 Feb 2002
so… it seems the NSF has somehow signed on to send yours truly to japan for 8 weeks this summer. room, board, airfare, and stipend. the program basically lands me in a japanese research lab for the duration of my stay, more or less hanging out and doing science, giant robot-style. I’ll hopefully be working in the Kanaya lab, which does extremophilic bacterial bioengineering. neat.
<p>so, I should be at Osaka University, which I’m kinda psyched about (cause I’ve spend enough time around Tokyo). things I’m not psyched about include the heat, and the fact that I’ve gotta publish a paper or so and write/defend my masters before I leave. </p>
<p>it’s not 110% final – they need to nail down all the logistics with Osaka U. but, I’ve been accepted on this side of the pacific, and they’ve got a bunch of dollars lined up to spend on me. </p>
<p>so keep payin’ those taxes – that’s my mochi fund!</p>