ICU Professor Toshiaki Sasao received a grant from JICUF to host “The 1st Global Community Psychology Seminar in Asia” at ICU in July. We interviewed him about community psychology and the significance of this conference.
Runa Oshiro, who graduated from the ICU Graduate School this month, received a JICUF grant to conduct field research for her master’s thesis on how Okinawan identity is expressed through local beer. We interviewed her about her research project.
In late fall, the JICUF Grants Committee reviewed 22 proposals and approved 15 of them (9 from faculty, 6 from ICU students) awarding a total of ¥10,341,123 in funding. Congratulations to the awardees!
JICUF relaunched the grants program this fall, and awarded grants to 11 projects (three faculty, four students, four alumni). Here is the list of awardees.
JICUF Executive Director Paul Hastings and Program Manager Fernando Rojas visited ICU in the first week of February. Here is a report from Paul Hastings.
