The Wellspring

Applications are now open for the 34th JAL Scholarship Program. This year’s theme is ‘Challenges for the Future’.

The 2007 JAL Scholarship Program aims to foster globally-minded citizens, focusing on promoting mutual understanding within the Asia-Oceania region. The scholarship includes a 22-day stay in Japan (4th - 25th July, 2007), where scholars will participate in seminars by distinguished speakers, pioneers in various fields, discussion sessions, field trips in Tokyo and rural Japan, home stays, and also the prestigious Asia Forum in Ishikawa.

Japan Airlines will provide a return economy class ticket to Tokyo, accommodation, insurance against sickness, injury and theft (excluding cash, cheques) for the duration of the official program in Japan.

Applicants must be an undergraduate or graduate student currently studying at university, be an Australian resident of at least eight years, and have not lived in Japan for more than six months.

All interested students meeting the above criteria are invited to submit an application in the form of an essay in English, of 800 words or less, on an issue that engages them and which has implications for the future for either their locality or the global community.

For further information and to download a scholarship brochure and submit an appliation, see http://www.au.jal.com/en/others/scholarship07/.

Applications close 5 April, 2007.