Promoting International Research Collaboration
Promoting Projects of the East Asian Core Observatories Association (EACOA)
As one of the member institutions (listed below) forming the East Asian Core Observatories Association (EACOA) , NAOJ collaborates with the three other institutions in East Asia by participating in EACOA projects.
EACOA Member Institutions
- Japan: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
- China: National Astronomical Observatory of China (NAOC)
- Republic of Korea: Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)
- Taiwan: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA)
EACOA operates a fellowship program to support the development of early-career researchers and also regularly organizes conferences to promote research collaboration among astronomers in East Asia.
- EACOA Fellowship
- East-Asian Meeting on Astronomy (EAMA)
- East Asian Young Astronomers Meeting (EAYAM)
The OIR serves as the point of contact at NAOJ, coordinating with other member institutions to manage the administrative and managerial tasks of EACOA.
Reviewing Agreements & Memoranda for International Collaboration
The OIR is responsible for conducting preliminary reviews for legal documentation, and assists administrative coordination in the approval process for signing agreements and memoranda for international collaboration.
Specifically, upon receiving a request from a project, the OIR provides services intended to help ensure that legal documents entered on behalf of such project are properly administered. These services include reviewing draft agreements to confirm whether there are any legal issues or linguistic problems and drafting contract proposals customized to fit the needs of individual projects.
Providing Support for Organizing International Events
The OIR provides support for organizing NAOJ hosted/sponsored international conferences, meetings, workshops, or seminars held in Japan.
If you are a staff member of NAOJ and need more details on such support, click here.