The Sasakawa Japanese Studies Postgraduate Studentship Programme
The Sasakawa Japanese Studies Postgraduate Studentship Programme, supports the development of Japanese Studies in the UK. Launched and administered by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and fully funded by The Nippon Foundation, the Programme provides up to 30 postgraduate studentships annually, over the academic years 2014 – 2019, each worth £10,000.
The programme builds on The Nippon Foundation funded Sasakawa Lectureship Programme that was administered by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation between 2008 and 2013 and provided for 13 full-time lectureships in Japanese studies at 12 UK universities.
The Sasakawa Japanese Studies Postgraduate Studentship Programme, our second initiative in support of Japanese studies, is making a real difference at a time when financial provision for the study of Japan is scarce. It is providing crucial encouragement and support to our brightest and most promising postgraduates – our future Japan specialists.
Grants under the programme are providing support in the form of studentships to existing and emerging departments or programmes within those UK universities and institutes of higher education that are involved in the teaching and study of Japan/Japanese. They are enabling these institutions to offer the studentships to postgraduates engaged in the study of Japan at a time when studentship provision, specifically for the study of Japan, is restricted.
Application Procedure
Individuals may not apply directly to the Foundation as the application procedure is only through nomination by institutions e.g. UK universities and institutes of higher education. Nominations for awards in the fifth year of the programme (academic year 2018-19) should be made by institutions by the end of March 2018.
Those institutions interested in applying should in the first instance contact the Foundation’s London Office for further information and to confirm their eligibility.
Studentships have been awarded to the following institutions: Birkbeck (University of London), University of Bristol, University of Cambridge, Cardiff University, University of Edinburgh, King’s College London, University of Leeds, London School of Economics, University of Manchester, Newcastle University, University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University, University of Sheffield, SOAS (University of London), University of St Andrews, University College London, University of East Anglia, University of Warwick, and University of York.
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