GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP FOR JAPANESE WOMEN
TO STUDY ABROAD (SA)

Applications for 2008-2009 Academic Year Scholarships are now closed.
The posted applications are for reference only. Applications for the
2009-2010 Scholarships will be available in May, 2008.

3 Scholarships, ¥3 Million each

The SA Program supports graduate study at English-speaking universities and research institutions abroad for women who are nationals or permanent residents of Japan.

1. Applicants must be women who are nationals or permanent residents of Japan, living in Japan from the time of application until the end of March 2008. Individuals currently studying or living abroad are ineligible.
   
   All CWAJ scholarship applicants are required to be living in Japan at the time of their application. We regret, therefore, that we are unable to accept any inquiries from outside Japan.
    
2. Applicants must have graduated with a degree from a Japanese university (4 year course) by the end of March 2008.
    
3. Applicants must submit a TOEFL score of at least 570 (CBT 230, IBT 88) if applying for a graduate degree in the natural sciences, math, medicine or engineering, and 600 (CBT 250, IBT 100) if applying for a degree in any other field. The TOEFL must have been taken after March 31, 2006.  Instead of a TOEFL score, applicants may submit an IELTS score, taken after March 31, 2006, of at least 6.5 if applying for a graduate degree in the natural sciences, math, medicine or engineering, and 7.0 if applying for a degree in any other field.  
    
4. Applicants must be accepted in a graduate degree program at an accredited, English-speaking university or research institution abroad by April 10, 2008 for the 2008-2009 academic year.
    
5. Applicants who have studied abroad at the college level in an English-speaking institution for more than a total of two (2) academic years are ineligible.
    
6. Holders of scholarships greater than ¥1.0 million from any other scholarship foundation or from company scholarship programs (kigyo ryugaku) are ineligible. Financial aid and awards from the university where the applicant will study are excepted from this limitation.
    
7. Former recipients of CWAJ awards and members of CWAJ are ineligible.

Application forms are available only from the CWAJ website. The forms are in PDF format. You need Acrobat Reader 5 to read and print the downloaded forms. If you do not have the reader installed on your computer, you can download it free of charge by clicking here.

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Download the SA Scholarship Application Form

Submitting the Application

-Application submission by e-mail is NOT acceptable.

-All applications must be in writing and in English.

-Do not send by registered mail (yubin kakitome) or takkyubin.

-PERIOD OF ACCEPTANCE: Applications must be postmarked on or between  Saturday, September 1 and Friday, September 21, 2007.

-Completed applications must be mailed to the address below:

                       CWAJ SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE SA PROGRAM
                       CWAJ Center
                       2-24-13-1202 Kami-Osaki,
                       Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021

-Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. Extra documents will be disregarded.
-No documents will be returned.

Interviews of the finalists will be held in Tokyo. Candidates should plan to be available during the month when interviews are being held and will be notified at least two weeks in advance if they have been selected for an interview. The interview will be conducted in English. Applicants will be notified of the results in writing.

CWAJ reserves the right to make its own selections and does not enter into any discussion of its decisions.

For more information about the scholarship program, please send your inquiry in English or Japanese only to scholarship@cwaj.org