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The East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) fellowship-style grant opportunity that supports U.S. graduate students in science and engineering who want to spend a summer conducting research in the East Asia and Pacific region. The program is designed to place students directly into an overseas research setting while also giving them structured exposure to how science is organized and supported in the host location, including its science policy environment and research infrastructure. Alongside the research component, EAPSI includes an orientation to the local society, culture, and language, so participants come away with more than just lab experience; they gain practical context for working and collaborating internationally.

A central aim of EAPSI is to help early-career researchers build lasting international connections. By working with host researchers abroad, students are expected to initiate professional relationships that can lead to future collaborations with counterparts in the host economy. The emphasis is on hands-on, first-hand engagement with the host research community rather than classroom-based study, and the experience is framed as an introduction to the broader scientific ecosystem of the host location.

Research placements are available in Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan. Most country institutes run for about eight weeks during the June to August period, while the Japan institute is typically longer at about ten weeks over the same summer window. Specific dates are maintained and updated on the program website referenced in the announcement (www.nsfsi.org), which is where applicants are directed for the most current schedule details.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, this is an NSF discretionary grant program within the broad category of science and technology and other research and development. The opportunity lists an estimated total funding level of about $2,000,000 and anticipates around 200 awards. Individual award amounts have an indicated floor of $5,000, and the solicitation states there is no cost sharing or matching requirement, meaning applicants are not expected to provide institutional or personal matching funds as a condition of receiving support.

Eligibility is centered on the individual graduate student, and applications are submitted directly by the student rather than through a university submitting on the student’s behalf. In the EAPSI FastLane application process, the applicant serves as their own Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR), which is an unusual feature compared to many NSF opportunities that require institutional submission. To be eligible by the application deadline, applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, be enrolled in a research-oriented master’s or Ph.D. program (including joint degree programs), be enrolled at a U.S. institution located in the United States, and be pursuing studies in fields supported by NSF. For students in joint bachelor/master programs, the undergraduate degree must already be completed. The announcement is explicit that applications from individuals who do not meet all criteria will be returned without review, so the eligibility checklist is a hard gate rather than a preference.

The program allows previous EAPSI awardees to apply again, but only if they propose a different host location than the one previously funded. At the same time, the solicitation notes that priority is given to first-time applicants, reinforcing EAPSI’s role as an entry point into international research collaboration for graduate students. It also clarifies that students selected while still matriculated remain eligible to participate even if they graduate after applying, as long as they were enrolled at the time of application and are otherwise compliant with the program’s rules.

The opportunity has been run on a recurring annual deadline cycle, with the full proposal deadline set for the second Wednesday in November each year. The source data includes earlier deadlines from 2010 and 2011 as examples of this schedule pattern. The program is associated with multiple NSF CFDA numbers spanning major NSF directorates and offices, reflecting that it is open to a wide range of science and engineering disciplines supported by NSF, including engineering, mathematical and physical sciences, geosciences, computer and information science and engineering, biological sciences, social, behavioral and economic sciences, education and human resources, polar programs, international science and engineering, cyberinfrastructure, and EPSCoR.

For official reference materials, the announcement points to NSF Publication 10-591 as the core solicitation documentation. For access or technical issues related to the full announcement through Grants.gov, the listed support contact is grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov.

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