2011 hashi.org American Scholarships are HERE

07/01/11-  Each year, hashi.org awards three $1000 scholarships - one to a Japanese, one to a Korean, and one to an American. The application period for Americans starts today - 07/01/11! The schedule is as follows:

July 1st - August 15th - Application period for American scholarship.

September 1st - American scholarship winner announced.

Travel scholarships are offered on a competitive basis. They are awarded on the basis of need and overall intent for usage as expressed in the application essay. The scholarships could be used for a variety of overseas programs, including but not limited to: home stays, student exchange, volunteering, work, etc. This year, in addition to the above criteria, special consideration will be given to applicants with an interest in helping with the tsunami/earthquake relief efforts.

To be eligible to apply, applicants must:

*Be 16 years of age or older.

*Be interested in participating in the type of international programs that hashi.org promotes between South Korea, Japan, and America.

*Be able to cope with the challenges of adjusting to different cultures.

*Be able to fund the remainder of travel costs not covered by thescholarship.

*Complete the application form.

*Be able to use the scholarship within one year of receiving it.

*Agree to allow hashi.org to use your photograph and selected portions of your bio to encourage others to participate in our scholarship program.

For information and application: http://www.hashi.org/scholarshiphp.html

hashi.orgの旅行奨学金実施のお知らせ!

Hashi.orgは、第5回奨学金、日本人市民の部の受賞者を、厳正な審査の結果決定いたしました。今回も多くの方から応募をいただき、様々な方から素晴らしい小論文を受けとりました。

[私はNASAエームズリサーチセンターにて特別研究員として研究を行っています。日本では、横浜国立大学の博士課程に在籍をしており、こちらの研究室では、日本の研究室との共同研究という形で派遣されております。研究のテーマは『タイタンにおける有機物の生成とタイタン湖における有機物の化学進化』について研究をしております。
また、週に数回ほど日本語を教えるボランティアを行っています。そのボランティアクラブは韓国、台湾、インド、アメリカ、イスラエルなどいろんな国の出身者から成り立っており、通常の日常会話を通して日本の文化や習慣について教えています。]

非常に多くの素晴らしい候補者から、類まれな実績と抱負が言及された小論文が寄せられました。その中からお一人の方を選考することは非常に困難な作業でしたが、選考された方の小論文は、hashi.orgの趣旨と目標に沿っていることが顕著でした。河合純さん1000ドルのHashi.奨学金受賞、おめでとうございます。我々はあなたにこの奨学金を御贈りすることを光栄に思います。

Hashi.org is proud to announce the winner of the 5th annual Travel Scholarship to a Japanese citizen! We received many, fine applications, with essays describing a variety of backgrounds. Semi-finalists included a political science major, et al.

But our winner is coming to research as a Fellow at the NASA Ames Research Center in California. Although he is a PhD student of Yokohama National University in Japan, his study is a joint research NASA and Japan.
He'll be volunteering a few times a week to teach Japanese. That Volunteer Club is having people from many countries, such as South Korea, Taiwan, India, USA, and Israel. He'll be teaching about Japanese culture and customs by talking normal everyday life.

With so many worthy applicants, with admirable accomplishments and aspirations, it was extremely difficult to choose just one. But the winner’s application proved to be the finest example of the ideals and goals of hashi.org. While there were many worthy submissions, Hashi.org is proud to award a $1,000 travel scholarship to Jun Kawai! Congratulations!