Scholarship / Stipend

Field(s) / Reqs

Deadline

Canon Foundation Fellowships: Grants to highly qualified master’s students and PhD candidates, under 40 years old, for a duration of: 3-12 months of research in Japan.

All disciplines

15 September

Monbukagakusho Scholarships: Available for master’s or doctoral students, Note: Search site with Monbukagakusho or Statsstipend, Japan

All disciplines

1 June (research)

1 March (language/culture)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS): Fellowships for doctoral and post doctoral researchers for periods Duration: as short as 15 days and as long as 3 years.

All disciplines

See JSPS web site

JASSO Short-term Student Exchange Promotion Program (Inbound) Scholarship: Japanese universities are assigned a quota of scholarships and then recommend selected exchange students. Host universities notify students of JASSO’s scholarship selection results. Duration: 3 months - 1 year

All disciplines

Application deadlines for students will be set by each host university

The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation: Grants for study and research; Duration: 1 year at a time

Engineering, medicine, humanities, social sciences, art and journalism, Japanese language, field work, cooperative research, publishing

15 January

Monbukagakusho Scholarships: The Monbusho (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship is a prestigious scholarship offered by the Japanese Government.

Language/culture

Application deadlines: 1 June (research) or 1 March