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OUTLINE OF THE FOURTH O-CHA PIONEER ACADEMIC RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM

The World Green Tea Association wait for the applicants for the O-CHA Pioneer Academic Research Grant Program which we founded to contribute to the further development and promotion of the industrial and culture on tea. The program gives the financial support partially to the expenses the research by the young researcher or engineer.

1 Organizing Body

The World Green Tea Association Chairperson : Shosaburo Kimura

2 Field of the Research

The subjest of the research is all fields on tea.

3 Elligibility Requirement

Applicants must practice the research which is expected to add the new discovery to the research on tea and whose result leads to the promotion of the culture, science and industry on tea. Applicants also must fulfill all requirements as follows.

  • Applicants must have the excellent research achievement in the field of tea.
  • Applicants must be under 40 years old as of April,1,2003 .
  • Applicants must be recommended by the expert such as the chief of the research institute or university professor.

4 Period of the research

The period of the research is within one year.

5 The Number of the Grant

The number of the research to which the grant is awarded is within 4.

6 The Amount of the Grant

The amount of the grant is within 1,000,000 yen per a research.

  • The payment of the grant to the grantees on abroad is done by the US dollar in principle. The exchange rate is based on when we remit the grant.

7 The Period of the Application

July 15, 2003 to Sep 30, 2003

8 The Duration of the grantees

The grantees must present the result of the research in "2004 International Conference on O-CHA(tea) Culture and Science on "World O-CHA(tea) Festival 2004"( Nov 2,2004 to Nov 7,2004 ).

9 Secretariat

Adress : The World Green Tea Association
O-CHA(tea)Promotion Office, Shizuoka Prefectural Promotion
9-6 Otemachi Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka 420-8601 Japan
Fax : +81-54-221-2299
E-mail : ryokucha@pref.shizuoka.lg.jp

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