Applicants Wanted for the 25th Presidential Awards for Extracurricular Activities

The Presidential Awards for Extracurricular Activities, a project by Osaka University Foundation for the Future, were established for the purpose of recognizing outstanding extracurricular activities and to reinvigorate and improve student activities. This year marks the 25th installment of these awards.

Applications for the 25th Presidential Awards for Extracurricular Activities are now being accepted.

Applicants must submit the necessary documents by the deadline noted below.

1. Purpose

To enhance and further intensify extracurricular activities of Osaka University students

2. Commendations

Commendations will be for outstanding achievement as well as special recognition. (Grand prize is awarded to particularly outstanding groups.)
Achievements will be recognized by a certificate of merit as well as an extra prize.

2023 Award Ceremony

3. Selection criteria

To be eligible for a prize, an activity in the period from April 2023 through March 2024 must meet one of the following criteria:

An outstanding performance, such as a championship victory in a competition outside the university.
An outstanding performance, such as a championship victory in a competition involving multiple universities.
An outstanding contribution recognized by society that brings honor to the university.
A significant contribution to volunteer activities.
Recognition for having done something equivalent to or exceeding criteria (1) ~ (4) noted above.

4. Eligibility

Groups and individuals belonging to Osaka University and OU alumni who graduated during the 2023-24 academic year

5. Application procedure

Please submit an Extracurricular Activities Report Form as well as documents which objectively verify the achievements written on the form to a Student Center (Suita, Toyonaka, or Minoh).

	REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION	SUBMIT TO
Extracurricular Activities Report Form	Submit an Extracurricular Activities Report Form detailing the activity and its performance/achievement for the period from April 2023 through March 2024 (submissions must be made via hard copy (A4-size) and digitally (Excel file).) The Extracurricular Activities Report Form can be downloaded on the KOAN bulletin board or via the link below. *Any hard copies submitted will be used for the purposes of this screening. • Extracurricular Activities Report Form	• Hard copy Any Student Center (Suita, Toyonaka, or Minoh)1 • Digital submission (Excel)* Send the form to the email address listed below
Documents which objectively verify achievements	Please submit any pamphlets, booklets, and media coverage such as newspaper articles. (Copies (A4-size) will also be accepted.) Please number each document and highlight each relevant section of submitted media coverage in red. Website URLs do not constitute documents that verify achievements. Please submit a hard copy of the webpage itself. For any tournament listed without a relevant descriptor (world tournament, national tournament, etc.), please provide an explanation in the notes section on your list. Any hard copies submitted will be used for the purposes of this screening. List of documents verifying achievements	• Hard copy Any student center (Suita, Toyonaka, or Minoh)1 Please submit a reference file verifying achievements. Include the list of references in the first page of the file and arrange the references in order they are listed on the first page.*

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION

SUBMIT TO

Extracurricular Activities Report Form

Submit an Extracurricular Activities Report Form detailing the activity and its performance/achievement for the period from April 2023 through March 2024 (submissions must be made via hard copy (A4-size) and digitally (Excel file).)

The Extracurricular Activities Report Form can be downloaded on the KOAN bulletin board or via the link below.

*Any hard copies submitted will be used for the purposes of this screening.

• Extracurricular Activities Report Form

• Hard copy
Any Student Center (Suita, Toyonaka, or Minoh)*1
• Digital submission (Excel)
Send the form to the email address listed below

Documents which objectively verify achievements

Please submit any pamphlets, booklets, and media coverage such as newspaper articles. (Copies (A4-size) will also be accepted.)

*Please number each document and highlight each relevant section of submitted media coverage in red.
*Website URLs do not constitute documents that verify achievements. Please submit a hard copy of the webpage itself.
*For any tournament listed without a relevant descriptor (world tournament, national tournament, etc.), please provide an explanation in the notes section on your list.
*Any hard copies submitted will be used for the purposes of this screening.

List of documents verifying achievements

• Hard copy

Any student center (Suita, Toyonaka, or Minoh)*1

Please submit a reference file verifying achievements. Include the list of references in the first page of the file and arrange the references in order they are listed on the first page.

• Email address for applications: gakusei-sien-sa1[at]office.osaka-u.ac.jp
Replace [at] with @ when contacting this address.
Please title the email "Application for Presidential Awards for Extracurricular Activities."

*1 Submission of hard copies

Current students and alumni who graduated during the 2023-24 academic year may submit any hard copies by postal mail to the address listed in 9. Contact below.

6. Application deadline

Monday, May 13, 2024 - 5:00 PM

(Any submissions received after this deadline will not be accepted.)

Note: The university will recognize any hard copies postmarked by Monday, May 13, 2024 at 5:00 PM. However, any hard copies that arrive at a Student Center by postal mail after 5:00 PM on Friday, May 17, 2024 will not be accepted.

7. Screening

The Student Life Committee will deliberate in determining the winners of the awards.
Applicants will be informed in mid July.
Please keep in mind that winners must attend an award ceremony scheduled for late July or August.

8. Additional information

This award is supported by Osaka University Foundation for the Future.
Please note that recipients of this award may be asked for activity reports and photos for various university publications.

9. Contact

Suita Student Center, Campus Life and Career Support Division, Department of Education and Student Affairs, Osaka University

1-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871
TEL: 06-6879-7120
Email: gakusei-sien-sa1@office.osaka-u.ac.jp
Replace [at] with @ when contacting this address

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