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AMERICAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE (AAC)
OVERVIEW
The AAC comprises of distinguished scholars from various cultural and educational institutions across the United States. Based on the recommendations of the AAC, the final selection of grantees is made by The Japan Foundation Tokyo, and applicants are usually notified of the results in April. The AAC screens the following four programs: Research Fellowships, Short-Term Research Fellowships, Doctoral Fellowships, and the Institutional Project Support Program (IPS).
MEMBERS
as of September 2010
Prof. E. Taylor Atkins
Northern Illinois University
Prof. Daniel Botsman
Yale University
Prof. Rebecca Copeland
Washington University in St. Louis
Prof. Sabine Fruhstuck
University of California at Santa Barbara
Prof. Wesley Jacobsen
Harvard University
Prof. Susan Long
John Carroll University
Prof. Jennifer Robertson
University of Michigan
Prof. Richard Samuels
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Leonard Schoppa
University of Virginia
Prof. Ann Sherif
Oberlin College
Prof. Mike Smitka
Washington and Lee University
Prof. Veronica Taylor
University of Washington
Prof. Gennifer Weisenfeld
Duke University
Prof. Anne Walthall
University of California, Irvine
Prof. Kikuko Yamashita
Brown University
AWARDS
Awards are made on the basis of scholarly and professional quality; a project's contribution to a better understanding of Japanese culture, arts, language, and society, and the project's potential to stimulate cultural relations between Japan and the world.
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
1998-99
1997-98
1996-97
1995-96