If you are interested in joining my group, please read the following and contact me by email.
1. Graduate Students
There is a regular Japanese Government Scholarship for foreign graduate students in a Japanese university.
- Master's program: the scholarship is for 2 years, and currently offers144,000JPY per month.
- Doctor's program: the scholarship is for 3 years, and currently offers 145,000JPY per month.
- Additional benefits: tuitions throughout the program are waived, return air tickets supplied.
- The application deadline each year is Feb. 12.
2. Postdoctoral Fellows
There is a regular Japanese government program "JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers" that provides funding up to 2 years for doing postdoctoral research in a Japanese university.
- The fellowship is up to 2 years.
- Currently it offers 362,000JPY per month, plus an initial reallocation of 200,000JPY and return air tickets.
- There are two applications each year: (1) deadline May 8, for starting Sep 1 ~ Nov 30 in the same year, (2) deadline Sep 5, for starting Apr 1 ~ Aug 31 the next year.
To apply for the fellowship, you need a host (in this case, me). Read more information at the JSPS webpage here.
3. Visiting Scholars
Japanese government JSPS has two programs, short-term or long-term.
2.1. Short-term: 14-60 days
- Currently it offers 18,000JPY per day, plus return air tickets.
- There are two applications each year: (1) deadline May 8, for starting Oct 1 in the same year ~ Mar 31 the next year, (2) deadline Sep 5, for starting Apr 1 the next year ~ Mar 31 two years later.
2.2. Long-term: 2-10 months
- Currently it offers 369,000JPY per month, plus return air tickets.
- There is only one application each year: deadline Sep 5, for starting Apr 1 the next year ~ Mar 31 two years later.