Sumitomo Foundation Sponsorship Program 2017 School Year

Mr. Koichi Ishizuka, Chief Representative of Sumitomo Foundation Southeast Asia, introduced the 2017 school year sponsorship program.

Attending the meeting were Associate Professor Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan (Vice Principal of the University) and staff, lecturers and researchers of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities interested in the program.

The Sumitomo Foundation is a non-profit support organization established on September 25, 1991 by 20 companies of the Sumitomo Group to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Besshi Copper Mine in Shikoku, Japan. The Foundation's goal is to contribute to the improvement of human society by mobilizing public support. Currently, the Foundation's grants are awarded to projects that address or solve problems facing humanity such as culture and the environment, and to support basic scientific research and international exchanges.

For Vietnam, the Fund has been active and contributed to bridging the Vietnam - Japan relationship, especially in the field of human resource training and connecting scientists of the two countries. Many professors and researchers in Vietnam have received funding from the Fund to implement projects and research works. According to the Fund's statistics, from 1991 to now, 128 out of 619 applications of Vietnamese scientists have received support from the Fund.

At the meeting, Mr. Koichi Ishizuka provided details of the 2017 funding program, registration contents, and specific deadlines for submitting applications for each category for funding applications in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities (details can be found on the fund's website at:http://www.sumitomo.or.jp/e/index.htmAccordingly, research projects that can apply for funding from the fund must focus on studies related to Japan, studies comparing Vietnam with Japan...

Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong (Department of Korean Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies) asked questions about the Sumitomo Foundation's program.

At the meeting, many questions from staff and lecturers were answered and discussed directly, creating a basis for staff and lecturers of the School to register for research funding with the Sumitomo Foundation.