Honjo Scholarship Award for International Master and PhD Students, Japan

Description
Honjo scholarship is exclusively offered by honjo scholarship foundation to foreign students who will attend a graduate school at a Japanese university. The payment of the scholarship money will be issued starting from April, 2013. The scholarship winners are under no obligation to repay the amount they receive from the Foundation.

Benefit: The successful applicants of honjo scholarship award will recieve funds as follow: ¥200,000 per month for1 or 2 years , ¥180,000 per month for 3 years ,¥150,000 per month for 4 or 5 years

Eligibility
The honjo scholarship required applicants to meet the following requirement:

1. The student is registered to attend a graduate school in Japan and does not possess Japanese citizenship. His or her academic achievement as well as moral character is exemplary. He or she must be considered to be in need of financial aid due to extenuating financial circumstances.
2. The student must be registered to attend or have been accepted to attend a graduate school after April 1, 2012. He or she must be able to provide any of the following documentation: a certificate of enrollment, letter of admission or a letter attesting to the fact that the student has been accepted.
3. To be eligible, students enrolled in a PhD Program must have been born after March 31, 1976. Those enrolled in a Master’s Program must have been born after March 31, 1981.
4. The student must be able to assure the committee that he or she will be able to secure employment in his or her home country after graduating from a graduate school.
5. The student must have a deep understanding of international friendship and goodwill, and be committed to make his or her contribution.
6. The student must be able to carry an everyday conversation in Japanese. Interviews will be conducted in Japanese.

Application Procedure
Complete application instruction of honjo scholarship can be seen at honjo scholarship application

Submission Deadline
Please submit your honjo scholarship application before November 30, 2012

Website Link
Honjo scholarship Foundation