Instruction Sheet for Application Form

Notes on the Application Form

1. Please fill in the Application Form in black with computer or typing machine, using font size of 10-point or bigger where applicable and described as such. Handwritten application is not acceptable.
The Application Form shall not be stapled or bound.
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2. The Application must carry the applicantfs original signature.
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3. Neither supplemental/additional papers/materials to the Application Form nor any forms other than the specified Application Form are acceptable for evaluation. The application Form modified/altered in its space(s) by the applicant is not acceptable for evaluation.
4. Photo-copied Application Form may be used.
5. Please fill in the column "Residence", in page 1, with any place where the applicant stays other than home or accommodation on a business trip or other travel, which can be accessible by The Sumitomo Foundation at any time, if any.
6. Please fill in gLine Item of Applied Grant Amount (Fiscal 2011)h in page 8 clearly, referring to the back side of this instruction sheet (gCategories for Applicable Expensesh). Please specify (i) routes
for business trips or other travels as "Expenses for Transportation" and (ii) places of accommodations for business trips or other travel as "Expenses for Accommodations".
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Documents to be submitted

1. The application form prescribed by The Sumitomo Foundation, filled out and duly signed by the applicant in Japanese or English    
--------------  One original copy
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2. A letter of recommendation, free-form, in Japanese or English from a person with an academic background, regarding the proposed research, the applicant and collaborator(s)
-------------- One original copy
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Mailing Address

@ The Sumitomo Foundation
1-12-16, Shibadaimon
Minato-ku, Tokyo  Japan
105-0012

                                                                               

Categories for Applicable Expenses

Category

Explanation

Expenses for Transportation:
@ Domestic
A Overseas(*)
Expense for transportation for:
@ Domestic business trips or other travels
A Overseas business trips or other travels
(including expenses for proceedings, insurance, taxes etc.)
Expenses for Accommodation:
@ Domestic
A Overseas
Expense for accommodation for:
@ Domestic business trips or other travels
A Overseas business trips or other travels
Expenses for Communication & Transportation Communication (e.g., telephone, mail) and transportation (e.g., courier)
Remuneration for  research cooperators/ assistants Remuneration for cooperation/assistant work such as interpretation, translation, stenography, conduct of prescribed questionnaires, etc.
(Remuneration for the applicant and/or collaborator(s) is not applicable.)
Rental/Procurement of goods Rental of special purpose equipment, computer software and data, etc. and procurement of books, materials, consumables, etc.
Expenses for printing and publishing Expenses for printing (including copying services) and publishing as the publication of the research results
Expenses for meetings and others Expenses for meetings etc.
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(*) Air fare must be no more than economy-class actual fare for the shortest routes between the nearest airports.
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The following items are not applicable:
- Remuneration for services rendered by the applicant and/or his/her   collaborator(s).
- Administrative expenses of universities, research institutes, or other organizations to which the applicant and/or collaborator(s) belong.
- Expenses for procurement of any instruments, apparatuses, or equipment for general use such as facsimile machines, copying machines, and others

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