Scholarship Programs (Mie University)
*Scholarships, Fellowships and Stipends are classified into the following four categories.
Category① Application to be done before coming to Japan.
Category② -Application to be done by students enrolled in Japanese university.
Category③ -Young researchers and post-doctoral universities f ellowships.
Category④ -Cooperative joint project.
No. | Funding Institutions |
Eligibility | Appl. Time (+deadline) |
Scholarships or Stipends |
Contact Address (Home page) |
Remarks |
Category① Application to be done before coming to Japan. | ||||||
1/new | Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarships (Acceptance from Abroad) Nominated by Japanese Embassy |
For foreign undergraduate and graduate students. Japanese Embassies abroad accept applications and carry out the first stage of selection. Successful candidates are referred to the Monbukagakusho, which screens candidates through a selection committee. |
*\172,000 monthly *Tuition fee *Round-trip air ticket *Arrival allowance (\25,000) |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT) 2-5-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-5253-4111 http://www.mext.go.jp |
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2/new | Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarships (Acceptance from Abroad) Nominated by Japanese University |
For foreign graduate students, Japanese universities screen foreign graduate-level students to be admitted under inter-university exchange agreements and refer especially outstanding students who need scholarship support to Monbukagakusho. The applicant needs to contact a professor of Japanese university first and has a recommendation written by him/her directly to the Monbukagakusho. |
Around February | *\172,000 monthly *Tuition fee *One round-trip air ticket *Arrival allowance (\25,000) |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT) 2-5-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-5253-4111 http://www.mext.go.jp |
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3/new | Japan Student Services Organization(JASSO) Short-term Students Exchange Promotion Program(Inbound) |
Students enrolled in a regular course of study in an overseas university or graduate school where Mie University concluded inter-university exchange agreement |
*\80,000 per month *Travel expenses (\150,000) |
Japan Student Services Organization(JASSO) 4-5-29 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8503 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-6407-7454 http://www.jasso.go.jp/scholarship/ short_term.html |
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4/new | Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA) (Long-term Training Programme) |
Applicants from ODA recipients countries (defined by DAC) Both Master's course and Doctor's course are applicable |
Announced by Embassy of Japan and JICA Offices |
*Expenses for lodging, *Fees for coming to Japan, books, sending materials, study tour, semina r participation based on regulation can be provided in addition to monthly scholarship |
International Students Affairs Team, Training Affairs Group, Training Affairs and Citizen Participation Department, JICA HDQ Shinjyuku Maynds Tower Bldg., 7F 2- 1-1, Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8558 JAPAN http://www.jica.go.jp |
JICA offers another foreign student scholarship, which focused on Japanese descended student from South America. For further details, Contact: Tel.+81-3-5352-5318 Fax.+81-3-5352-5367 |
5/old | Panasonic Scholarship Inc. | Asian research students, Japanese language trainees and Graduate students (in Master course) |
Announced accordingly (next: in Jan. 2002) |
*\180,000 monthly *\200,000 Setting -in *\200,000×2 year Tuition |
Panasonic Scholarship Office of Japan Panasonic Scholarship Inc. Co., Ltd. 1006 Kadoma Osaka, 571-8501 JAPAN Tel: +81-6-6906-1647 Fax: +81-6-6906-1571 http://www.panasonic.co.jp/scholarship |
Applications to be submitted by e-mail only. |
Category② Application to be done by students enrolled in Japanese university. | ||||||
6/new | Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarships (Local Acceptance) Scholarship for Graduate Students |
Privately financed foreign students in the master's or doctoral program of the graduate school in Japanese university |
October | *\172,000 monthly *Tuition: waved for those in national universities, paid by Monbukagakusho for those in private universities. *Return ticket |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT) 2-5-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-5253-4111 http://www.mext.go.jp |
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7/new | Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarships (Local Acceptance) Scholarship for Undergraduate Students |
Privately financed foreign students who expect to be enrolled in the 4th year in Japanese university |
October | *\134,000 monthly *Tuition: waved for those in national universities, paid by Monbukagakusho for those in private universities. *Return ticket |
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT) 2-5-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-5253-4111 http://www.mext.go.jp |
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8/new | Japan Student Services Organization(JASSO) Scholarships (Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students) |
Privately financed foreign students in undergraduate or graduate school in Japanese university, not be receiving other scholarship assistance exceeding \70,000 per month on the graduate level or \50,000 on the undergraduate level. |
April | *Graduate level, \70,000 per month *Undergraduate level, \50,000 per month |
Japan Student Services Organization(JASSO) 4-5-29 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8503 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-6407-7454 http://www.jasso.go.jp |
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9/new | Mie International Exchange Foundation | Foreign undergraduate and graduate students studying at Japanese university in Mie prefecture |
March | *\50,000 monthly | Mie International Exchange Foundation UST TSU 3F 700 Hadokoro-cho Tsu-shi, Mie 514-0009 JAPAN Tel: +81-59-223-5006 Fax: +81-59-223-5007 |
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10/new | Sagawa Scholarship Foundation | Privately financed foreign students from Southeast Asia |
March | *\100,000 monthly | Sagawa Scholarship Foundation 678 Omandokoro-cho, Bukkoji Sagaru, Karasumadori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 600-8413 JAPAN Tel: +81-75-371-0818 Fax: +81-75-344-2818 |
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11/old | Honda Benjiro Fund for Foreign Students |
Foreign students majoring in agriculture, forestry, fishery and engineering |
March | *\1,000,000 annually, until graduation, for a 3-year period |
The Honda Benjiro Fund for Foreign Students Administration Division Mitsubishi Shintaku Bank Headquarters 1-4-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8413 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-3212-1211, ext. 4183 |
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12/new | Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation, Inc. | Foreign students (Not available for undergraduate students from China and South Korea) |
September | *Undergraduate Students: \100,000 monthly *Graduate Students: \140,000 monthly |
Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation, Inc. 8F ABC Bldg 2-6-3 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-3435-1828 Fax: +81-3-3578-8281 http://www.rotary-yoneyama.or.jp |
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13/new | The Iwatani Naoji Foundation | Privately financed foreign students from East and Southeast Asia |
November | *\150,000 monthly *Travel expenses for Conferences in Japan *Validity: 1 year |
The Iwatani Naoji Foundation DAI 3 Nagaoka Bldg. 5F 13-4, 2-chome, Hatchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0032 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-3552-9960 Fax: +81-3-3552-9961 http://www.iwatani.co.jp |
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14/new | Sato International Scholarship Foundation |
Privately financed foreign students from Southeast Asia |
February | *Undergraduate Students: \120,000 monthly *Graduate Students: \180,000 monthly |
Sato International Scholarship Foundation 5F Ebisu NR Bldg, 1-21-3 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150-0013 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-5789-2190 Fax: +81-3-5420-5682 http://www.sisf.or.jp |
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15/new | The Korean Scholarship Foundation | Students from South and North Korea |
Around April |
*Undergraduate Students: \25,000 monthly *Master Course Students: \40,000 monthly *Doctor Course Students: \50,000 monthly |
The Korean Scholarship Foundation 1-8-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-3343-5757 Fax: +81-3-3344-3947 http://www.korean-s-f.or.jp |
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16/new | CWAJ Scholarship for Non-Japanese Women | Privately financed foreign women -Master Course -Doctor Course |
June-October | *\2,000,000 per year | CWAJ Scholarship for Non-Japanese Women 2-24-13-1202 Kami-osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021 JAPAN http://www.cwaj.org |
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17/new | The Asian Foundation for International Scholarship Interchange |
Privately financed foreign students from all Asian countries |
November | *Undergraduate Students: \60,000 monthly *Master Course Students: \60,000 monthly *Doctor Course Students: \70,000 monthly *For one year period |
The Asian Foundation for International Scholarship Interchange 3F 2-21-33 Ohama-cho, Amagasaki-shi Hyogo 661-0022 JAPAN Tel: +81-6-6493-6257 |
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18/new | Heiwa Nakajima Foundation | Foreign undergraduate and graduate students studying at Japanese university |
September | *Undergraduate Students: \100,000 monthly *Graduate Students: \120,000 monthly |
Foreign Students Section, Heiwa Nakajima Foundation 33F Ark Mori Bldg, 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6033 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-5570-5261 Fax: +81-3-5570-5421 |
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19/new | Soroptimist International Scholarship | Privately financed foreign women |
November | *\80,000 monthly | c/o Yasaka Kawaramachi Bldg. 3F 384 Ichinofunairi-cho, Kawaramachi, Nijo Sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-0924 JAPAN Tel: +81-75-211-1364 Fax: +81-75-211-1304 |
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20/new | DoCoMo Foundation | Privately financed foreign students from Asian countries -Master Course(1st year) -Field: Information Technology |
April | *\120,000 monthly | Japan Educational Exchanges and Services 4-5-29 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8503 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-5454-5274 Fax: +81-3-5454-5232 |
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Category③ Young researchers and post-doctoral universities fellowship. | ||||||
21/old | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS) | Invitation, post-doctoral or young researcher (Doctor course=RONPAKU) fellowships for scientists or researchers from Europe, US and Asian countries. Applications are submitted by inviting scientist who wishes to host foreign scientists in Japan, or by foreign researchers through the nominating authority in their home country. a) Bilateral Programs with JSPS Counterpart Society Research proposal should be submitted to the counterpart institution from each side. The acceptance of the application is decided by joint staff meetings and/ or routine communications between JSPS and its counterpart society for science promotion in their country. Any contradictions in the proposal submitted from both sides are not allowed. Thus preparatory, careful discussion is required between both sides before submitting the proposals. b) Bilateral Core University Program Limited to cooperative research on sharply specified research topics that are conducted by the research groups composed of scientists from both Japan and counterpart country. Example: Osaka U. and Mahidon U. Field: Biotechnology |
September | *Invitation Fellow -\18,000 per diem or -\270,000 monthly *Post-doctoral Fellow -\376,000 monthly -\200,000 setting-in *Doctor Course -\205,000 monthly -\1,500,000/year as Grant in aid for scientific research +Round trip air ticket |
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8471 JAPAN Tel: +81-3-3263-1721 Fax: +81-3-3222-1986, +81-3-3263-9005 http://www.jsps.go.jp |
Duration of stay: -Invitation Fellow *Short-term: 14 to 60 days *Long-term: 6 to 10 months -Postdoctoral Fell.: 1 to 2 years |
Category④ Cooperative joint project. | ||||||
22/old | The Inamori Grant Program (Inamori Foundation) |
Cooperative research at either individual or group level in the fields of: -Biotechnology |
*Total amount: \1,000,000 per project per year *Term: 1 year |
The Inamori Grant Program The Inamori Foundation 88 Kankoboko-cho, Shijo-dori Muromachi Higashi-iru Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8009 JAPAN Tel: +81-75-255-2688 Fax: +81-75-255-3360 http://www.inamori-f.or.jp |
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23/old | Aeon Group Environment Foundation (Aeon Group) |
For research concerning global environment and ecosystems, and for projects to preserve nature in developing countries |
From July 1 | *Total amount: \100,000,000 per project per year *Term: 1 to 2 years |
The Aeon Group Environment Foundation The Aeon group Aeon Tower 1-5-1Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba 261-8515 JAPAN Tel: +81-43-212-6022 Fax: +81-43-212-6815 http://www.aeon.info/ef |