Application Guidelines
Application Guidelines for Richard M. Fulrath Award
1. Richard M. Fulrath Award Overview
The Fulrath Award was established in 1978 to commemorate the late Professor Fulrath from the University of California, Berkeley, who made significant contributions to the exchange of ceramic science and engineering technology between the United States and Japan. In recent years, the Northern California Section of the American Ceramic Society has taken the lead in collaboration with the Fulrath Memorial Association in Japan, handling candidate selection and symposium organization. However, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary, the American Ceramic Society, the Japan Ceramic Society, and the Fulrath-Okazaki Memorial Association have joined forces to select candidates and conduct the award ceremony and symposium at the annual meeting of the American Ceramic Society. The award is presented to a total of five individuals, with two recipients from the United States and three from Japan. From the U.S., one recipient is selected from the academic sector, and one from the industrial sector. From Japan, one recipient is selected from the academic sector, and two from the industrial sector. Recipients in the academic field are also awarded a supplementary prize of $2,000 for travel expenses.
To nominate candidates from Japan, the following procedure is followed: candidates are publicly solicited, and applicants are required to submit recommendation letters to the Fulrath-Okazaki Memorial Association. After the content is verified, the Association compiles and sends the recommendations to the selection committee in the United States. Recommendation letters are valid for five years if the candidate is under the age of 45.
The general schedule from application to awarding is as follows, but please follow the guidance for details each time.
- Call for applications： July 1st - November 30th of each year
- Awardees decided： Around May of the following year
- Award Ceremony：Banquet venue for the American Ceramic Society’s annual meeting around October of the following year
- Commemorative lecture：Richard M. Fulrath Award Session at MS&T (the annual meeting of the above society)
2. Eligibility
「Academic sector」
- Young researchers and engineers aged 45 or under (until the day before the award date in the United States) belonging to universities and public research institutes who have conducted outstanding research in the science and engineering of ceramics and have made significant contributions to academic progress and industrial development.
- The applicant is not asked whether the candidate has received any awards in the past.
「Industrial sector」
- Young researchers and engineers aged 45 or under (until the day before the award date in the United States) belonging to companies who have conducted outstanding research in the science and engineering of ceramics and have made significant contributions to academic progress and industrial development.
- The applicant is not asked whether the candidate has received any awards in the past.
3. Nominators
- Member of the Fulrath Okazaki Memorial Association
- Branch chairpersons, section chairpersons, and directors of the Ceramics Society of Japan
4. Application form（Recommendation letters）
Please prepare both Japanese and English recommendation letters. Please download the application form from below.
Recommendation letters are valid for five years if the candidate is under the age of 45. During this time, changes to the content can be made.
5. Period for accepting nominations
July 1st - November 30th of each year
6. Address and contact information for applications
Fulrath Okazaki Memorial Association Secretariat
2-11-16, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656
Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo
Fulrath Okazaki Memorial Association Secretariat
in the Crystal Interface Laboratory, Institute of Engineering Innovation
E-mail： office(at)fomemorial.com / fulrath(at)sigma.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
(Please make sure to send email to both places. ※Replace (at) with @）
TEL. 03-5841-7688 / FAX. 03-5841-7694