Scholarships & Fellowships
The International Maritime Organization has laid out the fundamental framework under which the nations of the world should use our collective resource, the ocean. However, many countries are experiencing a severe shortage of brainpower in this fundamental area. The Nippon Foundation scholarship program at IMLI exists to rectify this problem, by providing the resources for 10 students per year, mostly from Asian countries, to pursue graduate-level degrees in maritime law.
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 | Takashi Arikawa |
| Country of Citizenship | Japan |
| Major Field of Study | Maritime Security |
| Occupation | 2nd Grade Navigation Officer Japan Coast Guard |
| Other | The Academic projects undertaken during his LL.M. studies at IMLI are entitled: "Draft Law for Ensuring the Security of the Ship Engaged on International Voyage and the Port Facility Serving such Ship" (Legislation drafting project) and "Extent of Maritime Police Power of the Japan Coast Guard Allowed by Chapter XI-2 of the Amended SOLAS" (Dissertation). |
 | Etueni Qiolele Caucau |
| Country of Citizenship | Fiji |
| Major Field of Study | Maritime Security |
| Occupation | Chief Staff Legal Officer Republic of Fiji Military Forces |
| Other | The Academic projects undertaken during his LL.M. studies at IMLI are entitled: "Marine Spaces (Marine Scientific Research within the Exclusive Economic Zone) Regulations" (Legislation drafting project) and "Maritime Security in an Archipelagic State: Policing Fiji’s Maritime Zone " (Dissertation). |
 | Tajudeen Yinka Giwa |
| Country of Citizenship | Nigeria |
| Major Field of Study | Carriage of Goods by Sea |
| Occupation | Principal Legal Officer Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) |
| Other | The Academic projects undertaken during his LL.M. studies at IMLI are entitled: "An Act to Provide for the Multimodal Transport of Goods" (Legislation drafting project) and "Nature and Scope of Maritime Lien in Admiralty Law" (Dissertation) |
 | Saowalak Jullamon |
| Country of Citizenship | Thailand |
| Major Field of Study | International Trade Law |
| Occupation | Judge Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court |
| Other | The Academic projects undertaken during her LL.M. studies at IMLI are entitled: "The Arrest of Ships Amendment Act B. E. 2547 (No.1) (2004)" (Legislation drafting project) and "The Law and Practice of Arrest of Ships in the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court" (Dissertation). |
 | Igor Karaman |
| Country of Citizenship | Ukraine |
| Major Field of Study | Law of the Sea |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Ph.D. Researcher of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece |
| Other | The Academic projects undertaken during his LL.M. studies at IMLI are entitled: "Law on Maritime Spaces" (Legislation drafting project) and "Prompt Release of Detained Vessels and their Crew under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" (Dissertation). |
 | Alamgir Khan |
| Country of Citizenship | Bangladesh |
| Major Field of Study | Prevention of Pollution |
| Occupation | Deputy Director Ministry of Shipping |
| Other | The Academic projects undertaken during his LL.M. studies at IMLI are entitled: "A Draft Bangladesh Marine Pollution (Prevention) Act "(Legislation drafting project) and "International Multimodal Transportation of Goods: Absence of Multimodal Transport Operator’s Regulatory Regime in Bangladesh" (Dissertation). |
 | Amos Kirios |
| Country of Citizenship | Papua new Guinea |
| Major Field of Study | Law of the Sea |
| Occupation | Barrister and Solicitor Pacific Maritime Association, Goroka |
| Other | The Academic projects undertaken during his LL.M. studies at IMLI are entitled: "Carriage of Passengers By Sea Act" (Legislation drafting project) and "The Rights and Duties of the Coastal State in the Exclusive Economic Zone" (Dissertation). |
 | Marija Posposil |
| Country of Citizenship | Croatia |
| Major Field of Study | International Maritime Labor Law, Carriage of Passengers by Sea |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Other | The Academic projects undertaken during her LL.M. studies at IMLI are entitled: "Ratification of the Protocol to the Athens Conventions Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 2002, and Amendments to the Croatian Maritime Code" (Legislation drafting project) and "Croatian Regulation on Liability for Personal Injury and Death of Seafarers: De Lege Lata and De Lege Ferenda" (Dissertation). |
 | Chola Chilungu Shapi |
| Country of Citizenship | Zambia |
| Major Field of Study | Law of the Sea |
| Occupation | Legal Officer Zambia Revenue Authority |
| Other | The Academic projects undertaken during her LL.M. studies at IMLI are entitled: "The Inland Waters Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2004" (Legislation drafting project) and "International Watercourses and Conservation: A Study of Lake Tanganyika " (Dissertation). |