Support for young tribologists
- 1. Purpose
- Support young tribologists through financial assistance for attendance at meetings and conferences.
- 2. Eligibility and Contents of Grant
- Financial support for Conference
- 1) Eligibility of Conference
Any tribology conference shall be acceptable.
- 2) Eligibility of Applicant
Only the event organizers can apply to this support for young tribologists.
The event organaizer has to select grant receipients from the participants of the conference. (Young tribologists can not apply directly to TTRF.) - 3) Conditions of grant recipients
"Young tribologists" would be defined as 36 years old or younger at the time of the conference, but excluding young tribologists from industry or other for-profit organizations
The cost-sharing grants would be limited to $500 per grantee (total of 10 awardees each year)
Application for grants by any individual organizer, or from any specific conference, would be limited to not more than once every five years
The number of grant recipients from any one country would be limited to not more than three in any one year
Conference organizers shall be required a report of such selection to be made to TTRF after the fact
- 4) Grant amount
Max. US$5,000/year to conference organizers
- 5) Request
The event organizers or sponsors may be asked to have a luncheon or other "get together" events for all grant recipients. When TTRF representatives attend the conference, we would appreciate it if the organizers or sponsors could invite them to the event.
- Note: It is possible to apply both [Grant Description for Symposiums and Research Presentations] and [Support for young tribologists] at the same time.
- 3. Procedures
- Please click and fill out the following application form you would like to apply for.
- Application form
List of Grantees-
- 4. Selection
- Selected by our Foundation and approved at the Board of Directors Meeting every year.
- 5. Delivery of Grant
- The grants shall be sent to event organization by the bank remittance in U.S. dollars. Please let us know in advance if you would like to receive them in other way.
- 6. Mailing Address
- Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation
Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd. Hosoya Plant 2-47 Hosoya-cho, Toyota-City, Aichi-Pref. 471-8502 Japan
- 7. Contact
- Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or comments you may have regarding this application.
- E-mail: secretariat@ttrf.org
- Fax : +81-565-28-2006 (Japan Principal Office)