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A Doctoral Student at the Graduate School of the University of Aizu has been selected as a fellowship recipient by the Japan society for the Promotion of Science
Mr. Akira Sato, a first-year student of the Doctoral Program of the Graduate School of Computer Science and Engineering has been selected as a fellowship recipient for AY 2006 by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He is the first student at this University selected for the fellowship program.
Mr. Sato has been working on theories and computer modeling of nano devices for terahertz radiation and detection. Fellowships will be granted for two years starting from April of 2006 for further pursuit of research achievements.
Mr. Sato said, "I will continue to work harder than ever, and I would like to become a researcher contributing to the University of Aizu in the future."
(Mr. Akira Sato, who has been selected as a recipient of the fellowship, is on the right, with his fellow student Mr. Masanori Kikuchi, on the left.)
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The program for "JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists" has been carried out since 1985 for the purpose of fostering young researchers.
It is extremely important to provide young excellent scientists with opportunities to concentrate on their research early in their careers, selecting research themes on their own based on liberal and creative ideas, in order to foster researchers with creativity who will play an indispensable role in the future in scientific research fields in Japan.
For this purpose, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), an independent administrative institution, offers a special program under which fellowships are granted to individuals having aspirations for concentrating on research with excellent research abilities chosen from graduate students who are enrolled in university doctoral programs and postdoctoral researchers who conduct research activities at universities or research institutions on a non-employment basis.
In view of the need to foster and recruit young researchers with research abilities at the world's highest standards, a research grant is also provided for outstanding postdoctoral researchers (as special postdoctoral fellows) following due selection.
(This is the section quoted from the application guide for JSPS Fellowship Program for AY 2006)