JAUW International Fellowship Program for Non-Japanese Women in Japan 2020

About the Scholarship/ and University
Japanese Association of University Women (JAUW), established in 1946, is a member of Global Women I, the world’s leading organisation for Women. JAUW shares IFUW’s mission together with its 50+ member associations around the globe.

The JAUW is pleased to provide financial assistance for women around the world to conduct research in Japan as well as in empowering the position of women in the world of science, technology, and research throughout International Fellowship Program.

Requirements
To be considered for this opportunity:

• Applicants must be non-Japanese women in the age below 45
• Applicants must live outside Japan at the time of application
• Applicants must hold a Master’s Degree or above
• Applicants need to identify an institution/ university in Japan where to conduct identified institution/ university before application. JAUW will not extend any help regarding this matter
• Applicants must submit application forms according to the Instructions.

Awards/ GrantsThe objective of this program is to allow promising researchers/ graduate students in any field to spend a period of time in residence in a graduate/ research institute in Japan. So, the awards:

• The program will allow maximum of 2 recipients, each winning between 500,000 Yen and up to 1,000,000 Yen to support transportation and from Japan, and cost her stay in Japan.
• The period of stay in Japan under this award is for 4 to 6 months between October 2020 and March 2021
• The program cannot be extended in any event

Application ProcessTo apply, applicants must submit the two application forms in either pdf and word (docx) format. For details of this program, please see the instructions, which is downloadable from below.

Instructions for 2020 JAUW International Fellowship Application (PDF)

To apply, you also require designated forms with both format (PDF and Docx). Downloadable files can be accessed from here:

2020 Personal Registration Information (Electric Data Format) – (PDF) and (Word)
2020 Application Form Part 1 (Personal Data) – (PDF) and (Word)
2020 Application Form Part 2 (Proposal and Related Data) – (PDF) and (Word).
2020 Form of a Letter of Acceptance (PDF) and (Word). Be sure to ask your host professor to use this form when writing a Letter of Acceptance. Other forms shall not be accepted.
2020 Form of Certificate of Health -- (PDF)

Please kindly be notified that the program is open to applications until 03 March 2020. For further information related to the fellowship programme, it is strongly advised to visit this Scholarship Link.