Scholarships & Fellowships
Almost daily, we receive queries about obtaining scholarship funding from The Nippon Foundation. While, we do not conduct any such programs on our own, we do fund several programs through different organizations. Some of those that we support are listed below.
If you are looking for such funding, please feel free to peruse them to see if there is a program that fits you.
Further, at the bottom of some of the descriptions is a link to a list of scholars that are receiving funding through that program. Please click these links if you are interested in seeing what kind of research projects the fellows are pursuing, or what kinds of people have studied under these programs.
API Fellowships
The API Fellowships Program
(The Nippon Foundation Fellowships
for Asian Public Intellectuals) |  |
| Year Established | 2000 |
| Coordinator | Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University |
| Length of Fellowship | 1 month to 1 year |
| Fund Size | Approx. USD 1.6 million / year |
| Purpose | The API Fellowships aim to promote mutual learning among Asian public intellectuals and contribute to the growth of the wider public spaces in which effective responses to regional needs can be generated. To this end, a maximum of 6 such people are chosen annually from each of the five nations of Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. These fellows then conduct research projects in one of the other four nations, thus contributing both to the advancement of mutual understanding, and creating networks of the regions top thinkers--the kind of networks that are necessary to guide Asia into the future. |
| Web Site | http://www.api-fellowships.org/body/ |
List of Fellows
DOALOS Fellowship and Training Program
| DOALOS Fellowship and Training Program |  |
| Year Established | 2004 |
| Coordinator | United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs |
| Length of Fellowship | 6-12 months |
| Fund Size | 635,579 USD / year |
| Purpose | This fellowship program provides government officials/researchers of ocean affairs from developing countries with the opportunity to undertake a training program composed of university training and an internship period at DOALOS or other relevant organizations, with the purpose of enhancing their countries' capacity to implement and enforce UNCLOS and related international instruments. |
| Web Site | http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm |
List of Fellows
Gallaudet University Sasakawa International Scholarship
Gallaudet University
Sasakawa International Scholarship |  |
| Year Established | 1993 |
| Coordinator | Gallaudet University |
| Length of Fellowship | 1 year |
| Fund Size | USD 2,000,000 |
| Purpose | The Sasakawa International Scholarship is a partial-tuition program that The Nippon Foundation has established at Gallaudet University. This program is for deaf exchange students from developing countries who have met the entrance requirements of Gallaudet University, but who do not possess the financial means to attend. |
| Web Site | http://www.gallaudet.edu/ |
List of Fellows
Gallaudet University World Deaf Leadership Scholarship
Gallaudet University
World Deaf Leadership Scholarship |  |
| Year Established | 1996 |
| Coordinator | Gallaudet University |
| Length of Fellowship | A maximum of 5 years |
| Fund Size | USD 3,000,000 |
| Purpose | The World Deaf Leadership Scholarship one of two scholarship programs that The Nippon Foundation has established at Gallaudet University. This program is for deaf exchange students from developing countries who have met the entrance requirements of Gallaudet University, but who do not possess the financial means to attend. It provides full tuition support. Graduates who have received this scholarship are expected to return to their home countries, to aid in the development of the deaf community there. |
| Web Site | http://www.gallaudet.edu/ |
List of Fellows
IMLI Scholarships
IMLI Scholarships
(NF-IMLI Scholarship Project) |  |
| Year Established | 2003 |
| Coordinator | IMLI (International Maritime Law Institute) |
| Length of Fellowship | 1 year |
| Fund Size | 324,000 EUR / year |
| Purpose | 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. |
| Web Site | http://www.imli.org |
List of Fellows
Japan-China Sasakawa Medical Fellowship
| Japan-China Sasakawa Medical Fellowship |  |
| Year Established | 1986 |
| Coordinator | Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation |
| Length of Fellowship | 1 year |
| Fund Size | Approx. 411 million Yen/year |
| Purpose | The Japan-China Sasakawa Medical Fellowship is the result of a tripartite agreement between the Chinese Ministry of Public Health, the Japan-China Medical Association and the Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation. In recent years, roughly 30 Chinese medical health professionals are given a chance to come to Japan each year to attend Japanese medical universities and learn the latest in medical technology. They are then required to return to their country to put their new knowledge to use, thus avoiding the "brain-drain" that so many countries have experienced as a result of similar scholarship programs.
Japan China Medical Association (Chinese)
Japan China Medical Association (Japanese) |
| Web Site | See the links above |
List of Fellows
The Nikkei Scholarship
| The Nikkei Scholarship |  |
| Year Established | 2003 |
| Coordinator | The Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad |
| Length of Fellowship | A maximum of 5 years |
| Fund Size | Approx. JPY 117,750,000/year |
| Purpose | The number of post-secondary level exchange students that came to Japan in 2005 was more than 120,000. However, most of these students came from Asia. The number from Central and South America amounted to no more than 1 percent of the total. Although scholarship programs run by the national or local governments do exist, there is some question as to whether they truly meet the needs of those who want to study in Japan. This program on the other hand, tailors specialized programs of study to fit with the future plans of the students. In addition, the program aims to create leaders for the next generation who can help in the development of their countries. Finally, we hope that this scholarship will form the basis for new bridges between Japan and Latin America. |
| Web Site | http://www.jadesas.or.jp/EN |
List of Fellows
The Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Project
| The Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Project |  |
| Year Established | 2004 |
| Coordinator | University of New Hampshire |
| Length of Fellowship | 2-3 years |
| Fund Size | 548,000 USD / year |
| Purpose | The Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Project, held at the University of New Hampshire, USA, is a program under which maritime experts from around the world are brought together to become experts in deep-ocean mapping. The program's ultimate goal is to create a cadre of such experts, working together all over the world. GEBCO is an acronym for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean, and is an organization with formal links to the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, and the International Hydrographic Organization. It is in the process of developing a world-wide chart of the ocean floor. |
| Web Site | http://www.ccom.unh.edu/ |
List of Fellows
The Nippon Foundation Ryoichi Sasakawa/Norman Borlaug Scholarship
The Nippon Foundation
Ryoichi Sasakawa/Norman Borlaug Scholarship |  |
| Year Established | 2002 |
| Coordinator | Escuela Agricola Panamericana |
| Length of Fellowship | 4 years |
| Fund Size | Approx. USD 623,000/year |
| Purpose | Zamorano University in Honduras was initially established in order to foster agricultural leaders throughout Central and South America. However, due to the difficult economic situation faced by many people in these nations, The Nippon Foundation has established a four-year scholarship program there, to enable the school's efforts to reach more deeply into the societies that it hopes to affect. |
| Web Site | http://www.zamorano.edu/Ingles/default.html |
List of Fellows
NTID Ryoichi Sasakawa Scholarship
NTID Ryoichi Sasakawa Scholarship
(National Technical Institute for the Deaf,
at Rochester Technical Institute) |  |
| Year Established | 1993 |
| Coordinator | National Technical Institute for the Deaf (Rochester Institute of Technology) |
| Length of Fellowship | 1 year |
| Fund Size | USD 2,000,000 |
| Purpose | The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), administered by Rochester Institute of Technology, was the world's first technical institute oriented toward deaf people. Today it continues to be a leader in the field. This scholarship program helps deaf people from developing countries, who can demonstrate financial need, to take part in an exchange program at NTID. Following graduation, recipients are required to return to their home countries to aid in the support of the deaf communities there. |
| Web Site | http://www.ntid.rit.edu/ |
List of Fellows
Peking University Graduate Program in International Relations
Peking University Graduate Program
in International Relations |  |
| Year Established | 1996 |
| Coordinator | School of International Studies, Peking University |
| Length of Fellowship | 3 to 4 Years |
| Fund Size | Approx. USD 600,000/year |
| Purpose | This program provides full scholarships to promising Chinese students who are specializing in the field of international relations, with a focus on Asia and Japan, at Peking University. The program supports students in PhD and MA programs. PhD students spend half of their 4 year program at Tokyo's Waseda University, while students in the 3-year MA program spend half of their time at the University of Tokyo. |
| Web Site | http://www.pku.edu.cn/ehomepage.htm |
List of Fellows
Scholarship Program for Central Asian University Students in Turkey
Scholarship Program for
Central Asian University Students in Turkey |  |
| Year Established | 2003 |
| Coordinator | Japan Turkey Central Asia Friendship Association |
| Length of Fellowship | Up to 3 years |
| Fund Size | Approx. USD 430,000 / year |
| Purpose | This program provides scholarships to students from Central Asia who are studying at universities in Istanbul and Ankara. The program curently supports over 100 of the best and brightest students who have potential to initiate positive change in their home countries after graduation. During their scholarship term, the students will also participate in cultural seminars to learn and become familiar with the Japanese culture as well as the Japanese language. |
| Web Site | http://www.jatcafa.org/scholarship.asp |
List of Fellows
Seafarers International Research Centre Nippon Foundation Scholarship
Seafarers International Research Centre
Nippon Foundation Scholarship |  |
| Year Established | 2004 |
| Coordinator | Cardiff University |
| Length of Fellowship | 2-3 years |
| Fund Size | 390,000 GBP / year |
| Purpose | SIRC, the Seafarers International Research Centre, is a constituent center at the Cardiff University School of Social Sciences. At this institution, The Nippon Foundation has established a masters program under which participants study maritime-related social science. In the course, students are given training in social science research methods, required to write a thesis of up to 60,000 words, and funded to attend an international maritime conference related to the human element. One exceptional student each year will be offered the opportunity to continue on to a PhD. The purpose of the course is to create an international network of social scientists studying the lives of seafarers. |
| Web Site | http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/Nippon%20Fellows/index.html |
List of Fellows
University for Peace Masters Program in International Peace Studies
| University for Peace Masters Program in International Peace Studies |  |
| Year Established | 2006 |
| Coordinator | The University for Peace |
| Length of Fellowship | 19 months |
| Fund Size | Approx. USD 1,200,000 / year |
| Purpose | To date, Japan and other Asian countries have been under-represented among staff at international organizations. To address this imbalance, the Nippon Foundation is funding a 19-month graduate program that allows Asian students to receive a Master of Arts in International Peace Studies from the United Nations mandated University for Peace. The program has the academic collaboration of Ateneo de Manila University, where students take an introductory English Training Module and courses related to Asian issues that are taught by Asian scholars. The foundation courses in international peace studies are received in the University for Peace main campus located in Costa Rica. The program provides 30 The Nippon Foundation scholarships per year, and will equip these students with the knowledge and language skills required to work at international organisations and NGOs in the fields of peace building and conflict resolution. |
| Web Site | http://www.upeace.org/academic/masters/SIPS.cfm |
List of Fellows
WMU Sasakawa Fellowships
| WMU Sasakawa Fellowships |  |
| Year Established | 1988 |
| Coordinator | WMU (The World Maritime University) |
| Length of Fellowship | 2 years |
| Fund Size | Chairs: USD 300,000 / year Fellowships:Approx. USD 1.3 million / year |
| Purpose | In an effort to improve the quality of maritime experts around the world, The Nippon Foundation supports two programs at the World Maritime University. First, we sponsor a scholarship program that enables people from developing countries to obtain a two-year master's degree in maritime affairs, which they can then use to improve the level of maritime expertise in their home countries. Secondly, we have created three endowed chairs, enabling the university to raise the level of its education with a PhD-level course in maritime affairs. |
| Web Site | http://www.wmu.se/ |
List of Fellows
Scholarships & Fellowships