Established in 1987 with funding from the
Government of Japan, the Joint Japan / World Bank Graduate Scholarship
Program (JJ/WBGSP) has helped create an international community of
development professionals through the Program’s financing of graduate and
post-g raduate studies.
To date, the Program has awarded over 5000
scholarships selected from over 65,000 applicants, and disbursed over
US$200 million in funding from the Japanese government.
Unlike most other well-known scholarship
programs, the JJ/WBGSP does not focus on a specific region, group, hosting
institution or country, or field of study.
For developing country nationals, the only major restrictions are:
scholars must pursue graduate studies abroad in one of the Program’s
partner or preferred university graduate programs, and immediately upon
graduation scholars must return home to contribute to the development of
their countries. There is also a small funding window for Japanese citizens.
The World Bank administers the Scholarships
Program through the Leadership, Learning, and Innovation (LLI). Policy
guidance for the Program is provided by a Steering Committee comprised of
three Executive Directors and five managers of the Bank. A secretariat for
day-to-day administration is maintained within LLI. |