15 Japanese Research Fellowships for International Applicants

Applications
now being accepted for the 12th Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship

For
details, please see the Application Guide

What is the Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research
Fellowship?

With
the goals of further strengthening the f

undamentals of international research
into Japan and deepening understanding of Japan, the Hakuho Foundation Japanese
Research Fellowship invites leading international researchers of the Japanese
language, Japanese language education, Japanese literature and Japanese culture
to Japan to conduct residential research.

Eligible
research

Japanese
language
Japanese
language education
Japanese
literature
Japanese
culture

Eligible
researchers

International
researchers working in the fields of Japanese language, Japanese language
education, Japanese literature or Japanese culture.
University professors, associate professors and assistant professors who have
outstanding research results that have future potential, and other persons with
equivalent research backgrounds, are eligible to apply.

Applicants:

Researchers working
in the fields of Japanese language,Japanese language education, Japanese
literature or Japanese culture who reside outside Japan and meet all of the
criteria below.

Affiliated
with a higher education or research institution (including
postdoctoral scolars’ adjunct in Japanese and part-time lecturers)
Scholar
or researcher with (or soon to be granted) a doctoral degree and an
extensive research or ducation background
Sufficient
Japanese language proficiency to be able to conduct research in Japanese
Non-Japanese
national residing outside of Japan or Japanese national who has resided
outside of Japan for 10 years or more and been active in the academic
community of the country of their residence
Able to
stay continuously in Japan for the duration of the Fellowship period

Applications
are not sought from those whose purpose is to write a doctoral thesis.
Applicants who will soon receive their doctoral degree must receive it by no
later than March 31, 2017.
As research reporting and communications with the Fellowship secretariat on
various procedures will be conducted in Japanese only, a suitable level of
Japanese language ability is required.
Those who have previously received support for residential research in Japan
may also apply.

Fellowship
content

Invited
fellows will have their airfares, living and research expenses, housing
and other expenses necessary for conducting research in Japan covered.
Long-term
(12-month) and short-term (6-month) fellowships are available.
Around
15 fellows will be invited each year.

Receiving
organizations

Invited
fellows will conduct their research with the cooperation of one of the
following receiving organizations:

International
Research Center for Japanese Studies
The
Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute,Urawa
Kyoto
University
National
Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
Ochanomizu
University
Ritsumeikan
University
Tokyo
University of Foreign Studies
Waseda
University

Judging
panel

Masahiro Ijima	Professor, The University of Tokyo
Masaru Inoue (Chair)	Professor, Reitaku University
Kaoru Koyanagi	Professor, Sophia University
Yukari Tanaka	Professor, Nihon University
Reiko Yamanaka	Director, Professor, Noh Theatre Research Institute, Hosei University

For
applicants

Application
procedure

Obtain
Application Guide, Application Form and Letter of Recommendation.
(Downloadable below)
Fill in
the Application Form
Have
the person recommending you for the Fellowship fill in the Letter of
Recommendation
Prepare
Japanese translation of the Letter of Recommendation (if written in a
language other than Japanese)
Send
the above documents to the designated address by mail

*
Refer to the Application Guide for full details

Download
forms

*
Documents for the 12th Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship (2017)
* Registration deadline: Must arrive by Oct 31, 2016 (Only mailed applications
will be considered)