{"id":1500,"date":"2012-02-01T22:10:40","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T05:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2012-02-12T22:39:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T05:39:23","slug":"2012-u21-undergraduate-research-conference-waseda-university-in-tokyo-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/blog\/2012\/02\/2012-u21-undergraduate-research-conference-waseda-university-in-tokyo-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 U21 Undergraduate Research Conference: Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 2012 Undergraduate Research conference will take the theme “Connecting to the Future” and welcomes students from all disciplines to consider how their studies relate to this topic.<\/div>\n

This year the research conference\u00a0will be hosted by Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan from Sunday 1 July to Thursday 5 July 2012. \u00a0As the URC 2012 is a student-led Conference it will be organized and operated by a Student Volunteer Group from Waseda, under the guidance of the Center for International Education and the International Office.<\/p>\n

Schedule<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday 1 July: Participants\u2019 Arrival, hotel check-in and conference registration<\/p>\n

Monday 2 July: Excursion and\u00a0Welcome Dinner<\/p>\n

Tuesday 3 July: Conference begins<\/p>\n

Thursday 5 July: Conference closes and Farewell Dinner<\/p>\n

Friday 6 July: Participants depart<\/p>\n

Accommodation<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>All student participants will have accommodation in the Sakura Hotel, located\u00a0near the 2nd largest train station in Tokyo and moderately close to Waseda University<\/p>\n

Accommodation fee: Approximately US$55-65 per person per night, including wired internet connection and breakfast.<\/p>\n

**UNSW will cover the accommodation costs for selected students. Selected students will also receive a $500 travel scholarship**<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eligibiltiy<\/span><\/p>\n

Each U21 member university can nominate up to three outstanding undergraduate students. One student is to be nominated for an oral presentation, another is to be nominated for a poster presentation, and the other may be nominated to either category.<\/p>\n

Participants should ideally be students who are in undergraduate programmes at a member university when the conference is held. However, students who graduate from universities immediately before the conference or who are in graduate programmes may be considered upon request from individual universities.<\/p>\n

How To Apply<\/span><\/div>\n
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UNSW students who wish to apply for this program must complete the\u00a0GEP_Outgoing_UNSW applicationv2<\/a>\u00a0and return to advisor4globaled@unsw.edu.au<\/a>\u00a0by March 10th 2012. Successful applications will be notified\u00a02-4 weeks after the deadline\u00a0and will be required to register for the conference by mid-May 2012.<\/div>\n
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*UNSW students participating in this program may also be covered by UNSW insurance*<\/div>\n
For information about Universitas 21 please go to: http:\/\/www.universitas21.com\/about<\/a><\/div>\n
For further information about the program please go to:<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.universitas21.com\/event\/details\/99\/undergraduate-research-conference<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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