Applications are ongoing for the 2022 Japan Society for Promotion of Science Scholarship for international students.
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The Japan Society for Promotion of Science Scholarship provides tutorial and financial support of $26,504 (JPY3,600,000) for promising researchers in Asia and Africa, who wish to obtain their Ph.D. degrees from Japanese universities.
The grants cover a full range of creative and pioneering research from basic to applied fields across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
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- Host Country: Japan
- Study Abroad: Study in AsiaÂ
- Category:Â Postgraduate Scholarships | PhD ScholarshipsÂ
- Eligible Countries: Africa & Asia
- Reward: $26,504 (JPY3.6m) Grant
- Deadline: August 15, 2022
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Scholarship Details:
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) has been carrying out the RONPAKU (Dissertation PhD) Program since 1978.
The aim of JSPS RONPAKU (Dissertation PhD) Program is to provide tutorial and financial support for promising researchers in Asia and Africa or other specified countries who wish to obtain their Ph.D. degrees from Japanese universities through the submission of a dissertation without matriculating a doctoral course.
Grantees under the program (RONPAKU fellows) are required to conduct their dissertation research under the joint supervision of an advisor in Japan and an advisor in their home country, and are expected to obtain their PhD degree within a maximum period of three years.
RONPAKU fellows are required to visit a Japanese university to conduct research under the direct supervision of their advisor in Japan. The advisor may visit the RONPAKU fellow’s home university or research institution when deemed necessary to supervise the fellow’s research together with his/her home advisor.
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Scholarship Requirements:
To be considered for the JSPS Scholarship, you must:
- be a researcher who;
has not obtained a PhD degree from a university
wishes to obtain a PhD degree from a Japanese university through the submission of a dissertation
has already achieved substantial research results and is likely through dissertation research under the program to successfully obtain a PhD degree, and who is nominated by a home advisor and the president of his/her affiliated university/research institution
has nationality in an applicable country
is employed full time at a university or research institution in his/her home country or will be appointed to such a position by 1 April 2023
is 45 years of age or younger as of 1 April 2023.
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Scholarship Duration and Reward
- The Scholarship period will run for a maximum of 3 years starting from 1 April 2023.
- Total funding provided to the Japanese host university
Maximum of 3.6 million yen (Up to 1.2 million yen per fiscal year)
The following expenses can be covered by the above funding:
Travel expenses (RONPAKU fellow’s visits to Japan, advisor’s visit to fellow’s country), goods/materials, other dissertation-related expensesPayment procedure
JSPS will enter into a contract with the Japanese host institution commissioning it to carry out the RONPAKU program’s operation.This program is administered based on the annual budget, paid and executed each Japanese fiscal year (from 1 April to 31 March).
Method of Application
Applications for this program are received via JSPS’s electronic application system. Only applications submitted by the applicant’s (Japanese advisor) affiliated institution together with the required documents (listed in below) by the deadline will be accepted.
(Applications submitted individually by applicants or candidates or submitted by postal mail will not be accepted.) For details on using the system, please refer to the electronic application system guide.
Interested and qualified candidates should click on the button below to commence their application.
Deadline: August 15, 2022
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