Hakuho Japan Scholarships For International Students for Fellowship

Eligibility Criteria

• Affiliated with higher education or research institution (including postdoctoral scholars, adjunct professors, and part-time lecturers), or have equivalent research and educational background.
• Researchers with a doctoral degree (including the degree to be granted on or before December 31, 2020) OR an equivalent level of research or educational background.
• Sufficient Japanese language proficiency to be able to conduct research in Japanese.
• Non-Japanese national residing outside of Japan or Japanese national who has resided outside Japan for 10 years or more and been active in the academic community, etc. of the country of their residence.
• Able to stay continuously in Japan for the duration of the Fellowship period and participate in research reporting sessions arranged by the Foundation.
• Applications are not sought from those whose purpose is to write a doctoral thesis.
• As research reporting and communications with the Fellowship secretariat on various procedures will be conducted in Japanese only, a suitable level of Japanese language ability is required.
• Those who have previously received support for residential research in Japan may also apply.

Offered Benefits

• Invited fellows will have their airfares, living and research expenses, housing and other expenses necessary for conducting research in Japan covered.
• Long-term (12-month) and short-term (6-month) fellowships are available.

Application Process

Receiving organizations

Invited fellows will conduct their research with the cooperation of one of the following receiving organizations:

• International Research Center for Japanese Studies
• The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute,Urawa
• Kyoto University
• National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
• Ochanomizu University
• Ritsumeikan University
• Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Waseda University