[Japan] Asian Youth Fellowship

Deadline: Oct 30, 2005

The Japan Foundation offers scholarship to study the Japanese language for Asian students, who wish to study at graduate schools in Japan and have a strong wish to contribute to regional cooperation after obtaining a Master or Ph. D Degree.

1. Features of the Asian Youth Fellowship Program

The scholarship grantees shall take a preparatory course in the Japanese language and other subjects for approximately 7 months at the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai , situated in Osaka, Japan. Grantees shall live in the provided dormitory through the Program.

Grantees will thereafter be matriculated into Japanese universities as Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship students (Research Student or regular course students) from April 2007.

2. Field of Study

We welcome students wishing to studying in the fields of: Humanities and Social Sciences in principle, such as History, Archaeology, Law, Politics, Economics, Commerce, Education, Sociology, etc. Students majoring in study fields of Engineering and Natural Sciences are also encouraged to apply.

* Fields of study must be one of those available at Japanese universities. Practical training given by factories or companies is excluded.

* Japanese Studies or Japanese Culture Studies are not fit for the purpose of this Program.

3. Qualifications

(1) Nationality:
Applicants must be nationals of one of the following countries; Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand or Vietnam.

(2) Age:
Applicants must be under 35 years of age as of April 1, 2007 (i.e. born on or after April 2, 1972)

(3) Academic Backgrounds:
Applicants must be university or college graduates, who have completed the fundamental education of their countries, basically of 16 years (those who will graduate from a university or college by the Registration Day of AYF may apply).

(4) Study Area:
The study area must be in the same field as the applicant has studied (or is now studying) or a related one.

(5) Others:
a. Applicants should not have Japanese language proficiency. Those who have learned Japanese language and already acquired Japanese proficiency comparable to the Japanese Proficiency Test Level 3 are excluded.

b. Good proficiency in English is required.

c. Military men and military civilian employees registered on the personnel list are excluded.

d. Applicants should be in good health.

e. The grants may be canceled if grantees fail to arrive in Osaka, Japan, by the Registration Day of AYF, 2006.

f. The applicant whose spouse has already won a Japanese Government scholarship will not be selected as a grantee, and likewise in the case of a couple applying at the same time.

g. The applicant who has been awarded a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship in the past will not be selected as a grantee unless he/she has had a few years' research or teaching experience after returning to his/her country.

h. It is not recommended for his/her family to accompany the applicant to Japan during the AYF program.

4. Terms of Scholarship

The scholarship will be granted for a period of about 7 months, in principle, from the date of arrival in Osaka to March 2007. After completing the AYF Program, the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship will be granted according to its own regulation.

5. Scholarship Benefits during Preparatory Course

(1) Allowance:
1000 yen per day will be given to each grantee, in addition to the supply of accommodations during the preparatory course in Osaka, Japan. All meals will be provided by AYF.
　
(2) Transportation:
a. Transportation to Osaka
The grantee will be supplied with a economy class air ticket from the international airport nearest to his/her home address to Osaka.

b. Completion of the AYF preparatory course and coming to Japan
The grantee will first return to his/her home country after the completion of the 7 months preparatory course in Osaka, Japan. An economy class air ticket for this trip will be supplied by AYF. For a trip from his/her home country to Japan, the transportation will be arranged by the Embassy of Japan in his/her country, according to the itinerary of the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship. Transportation..

(3) School Fees:
Fees for the preliminary training in Osaka and the entrance examination of Japanese universities will be exempted.
　
(4) Accommodations:
Each grantee will be allocated a room in the dormitory arranged for the grantees near the Preparatory Course Center in Osaka Accommodations

(5) Medical fee:
The grantees will be covered by insurance for accidents, illness and injuries by AYF during their stay in Osaka, Japan (from the date of arrival through March 2007).

* After completing the AYF Program, grantees will proceed to Japanese universities as Monbukagakusho Scholarship students. Allowances, accommodations, and other status are subject to Monbukagakusho’s regulations.

6. Selection

(1) Japanese diplomatic missions concerned will select preliminary candidates from among applicants by means of a review of the documents submitted, in cooperation with the foreign governments concerned.

(2) Those who have been selected as the preliminary candidates will be recommended to Asian Youth Fellowship Screening Committee, Tokyo, Japan. The Committee will select grantees from among the preliminary candidates by means of an interview made in their respective countries by a mission member assigned and dispatched by the Committee.

(3) Final announcement will be provided by the Embassy of Japan in writing after Monbukagakusho’s approval to the decision by the AYF Screening Committee. The grantees of the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship for 2007 will be finally selected after the university placement has been made, provided they have passed the final examination of AYF.

AYF will provide the students with information on Japanese universities through the Program.

7. Application Procedure

Applicants must submit the following documents according to the instruction given by the Embassy of Japan in their own country by the date appointed. The documents submitted will not be returned.

8. Notes

(1) Information on this scholarship program is available at the Embassy of Japan

(2) A grantee will be deprived of his/her scholarship in any of the following cases;

a. A false statement has been made on his/her application dossier.
b. He/she violates any article of his/her pledge.
c. He/she has been subject to disciplinary action by the Asian Youth Fellowship or has no prospect for academic achievement (e.g. failure to achieve a satisfactory level in the Japanese language).

(3) After finishing the preparatory course in Osaka, the grantee will be studying in Japan as a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship grantee. It is therefore recommended that the applicant should read the guideline to the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship.

9. Enquiry

JIF(Jakarta Representative Office) (Asia SEED JKT)
BPPT Building II 16th Fl., Jl. M. H. Thamrin No. 8,
Jakarta 10340,
Indonesia
Tel: +62-21-392-6608
Fax: +62-21-390-8415
Mr. Y. Kitamura

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10. Important Links:

Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute, Kansai

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Japanese Embassy

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