Center for Japanese Studies Funding

  

The Center for Japanese Studies provides conference travel funding and summer and academic year fellowships on a competitive basis to University of Michigan graduate and professional students whose studies focus on Japan. Applicants must be admitted by a UM graduate degree program to be considered for Center funding. Prospective students should submit a funding application at the same time as their admission application. Fellowship awards vary in size and range from several hundred dollars to full tuition and stipend, depending on the applicant's merit and fund availability.

In this section you will find information, including instructions on how to apply, on:

• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships in Japanese
• Center for Japanese Studies Academic Year Fellowships
• Center for Japanese Studies Summer Fellowships
• Conference Travel Support
• Ito Foundation for International Education Exchange Scholarship

How to Apply

Important Status Update: Fellowship application procedures for the Summer 2010 and Academic Year 2010-11 competitions have been revised considerably from previous years.  Please read the information on the following pages carefully.  If you have any questions, please contact the CJS Student Services Coordinator at cjsadmissions@umich.edu.

Application forms and instructions may be found by following the links below:

• Conference Travel Support Application, deadlines: October 31, January 31, and March 31.
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship in Japanese, deadline: February 1.
• Center for Japanese Studies Academic Year Fellowship Application, deadline: February 1.
• Center for Japanese Studies Summer Fellowship Application, deadline: February 1.