Application form InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship ...

Please answer the following questions (g) – (k) with regard to your proposed project:(g) How does this project differ from, or enhance your current thesis (graduate student) orpostdoctoral research? Please note: The project can be either an addition to current work(by collection of new samples, additional methodology, etc.) or a separate project, but mustnot be an already funded part of the thesis or postdoctoral research. We expect many ofthe proposed projects to be a small part of a larger collaborative effort.This project will provide me the experimental techniques well established in WHOI, which I hasbeen never experienced.(h) Which InterRidge Working Group(s) is this research project most closely associatedwith? Our current Working Groups are listed at: http://www.interridge.org/WGlist.“Hydrothermal Energy and Ocean Carbon Cycles” is most closely associated with this project.(i) How does your proposed research further the mission of InterRidge to promoteinternational, collaborative, and interdisciplinary studies of oceanic spreading centers?The international sharing of domestic experimental techniques and observation datasets isessential for the proposed project. It will also promote future internationally collaborativeinterpretations on worlds’ sediment-covered hydrothermal sites.(j) How would this fellowship provide an opportunity that you are not likely to experienceotherwise?This fellowship provides substantial financial assistance as well as unique opportunities tocollaborate with WHOI to carry out a series of the hydrothermal experiments that will take atleast three weeks, while other grants usually provide only small funds to cover only a part offlight costs between Japan and US.(k) Describe how you expect this fellowship will have an impact on your career path.This fellowship will remove my barrier for English world, which is very important for my futurescientific career. Moreover, this fellowship will provide opportunities not only to learntechniques on hydrothermal experiments, but also to evolve myself as an excellentinterdisciplinary scientist.Suggested reviewers (2) for the proposal (may not be advisors or mentors of the applicant):Drs. Marvin Lilley (UW) and Jun-ichiro Ishibashi (Kyushu Univ.).