The Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) is now accepting recommendations for candidates for the 2018 JpGU Fellowship Program.
Fellowship Program confer fellowship honors upon individuals who have rendered conspicuous contributions to the field of geoscience of Japan.
Please refer to regurations (only available in Japanese) to learn more

Fellowship nominees shall be put forward by a recommender. They shall then be recommended from among the nominations reviewed by the JpGU Fellowship Evaluation Committee, it acting as an advisory body to the JpGU Chairman. Successful nominees shall be those from among the recommended nominations who are then approved by the JpGU Board of Directors. There are no restrictions in place with respect to either the age of fellows or the number of fellowships granted.

1. JpGU Fellowship Nominees

2. Qualifications that should be met by JpGU Fellows

• Current JpGU Directors, Secretaries, Section Presidents
• Members of the JpGU Fellowships Evaluation Committee

3. Nomination Format

• The name and contact details of the nominee
  * Please follow the format. >> Format Download
  Their affiliated institution,
  Address,
  Telephone number
  Email address.
*Note there is no specified format that must be followed for below items.
• The nominee’s history (Their special field, Their research history, Their awards history, Their contributions with regard to universities, research institutions and learned societies, etc.)
• A list of five major original papers or patents, etc., of the nominee, along with the excerpts thereof
• A list of all of their original papers.
• A letter setting out the reasons for nomination (expressed in two A4 pages or less, in either Japanese or English)
• Major achievements (either in English (less than 800 characters) or in Japanese (less than 400 characters))
• Short citation
120 ~ 250 characters. Please use the following format; “for outstanding contributions to (special fields, areas, etc.).”
Please refer to JpGU Fellows
• Three letters of support (of one A4 page each, in either Japanese or English, the inclusion of multiple names on letters of support is acceptable, by three supporters except for nominator)
• The name and contact details of the nominator (their address, telephone number and email address, etc.)

4. Nomination

• Please put required items into a pdf file and a word file (25MByte or below.)
• Subject of e-mail should be “JpGUフェロー推薦書（候補者氏名）” or “Nomination of JpGU Fellow ( nominee’s name )” .

5. JpGU Fellowship Presentation Ceremonies

• Presentation ceremonies for JpGU Fellowships shall be held at the JpGU Union Meeting, and medals shall be conferred upon the awardees.

6. JpGU Fellowship Evaluation Committee

• Members of the JpGU Fellowship Evaluation Committee shall be appointed by the President after deliberations by the Board of Directors.
• There shall be five members of the evaluation committee, with the term of Committee for each being two years. Each year, half of their number (either two or three members) shall be subject to reappointment. That being said, however, at the outset, two committee members shall be offset by being appointed to an initial term of Committee of three years.
• Committee members shall be selected drawing on the JpGU membership while taking into consideration allocations of the different science sections.
• The committee chairman shall be appointed by the JpGU President.
• The names of committee members shall be published at such times as when a term of Committee concludes and committee member appointments occur.

7. Deadline of recommendation

8. Mailing address

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