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Application of Suuri Fellowships for FY2023 (February 28, 2023)

Applications for FY2023 are now open.

 

Regarding the Implementation of the Special tuition exemption for FY2023 (February 28, 2023)

A special tuition exemption will be offered for FY2023 University Fellowship. Details will be announced in April.

For students (including master’s students) who received the special tuition exemption for FY 2022 University Fellowship, details on applying for the special tuition exemption for FY2023 or applying for normal tuition exemption at the same time, will be announced in April.

Of the students (doctoral) who were granted for FY2022 Suuri Fellowship, those who have declined FY2023 Suuri Fellowship and wish to apply for normal tuition exemption, the application procedure will also be notified in April.

 

[For FY2023 New Application (New D１)]

2023Guidelines (February 28, 2023)

Student Research Fellowship Support Plan (February 28, 2023)

【Project】

Suuri Fellowship Project
All Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences have been selected for the ” University Fellowship Project aiming at creating technological innovations in the quantum field”.
https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/ education/featured-programs/univ-fellowship.html

Purpose：

This fellowship project is to provide financial support̶dedicated research support expenses (equivalent to living expenses) and research support expenses̶for prospective doctoral students enrolled in the educational courses set forth below in the fields which have been selected as University Fellowship Project targets so that they can actively dedicate themselves for their creative research and to help them in their career development.

Eligibility：

Those who will enroll in a doctoral course in Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences in the fiscal year (including those who will enroll in October) as of April 1, 2023 are eligible for this fellowship project. Because the project aims at cultivating human resources who can collaborate across every academic discipline, applicants must be eager to study from a cross-disciplinary perspective—across   Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Material Science, New Material Developments, and Life and Environmental Materials Engineering.

The MEXT’s ” University Fellowship Project aiming at creating technological innovations ” has been selected for the field of “Quantum Science” as the Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences Research Group, so all Degree Program and subprograms are eligible to apply if you are a doctoral student in the Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences.

(For more information, contact: suuri-f-qa#@#un.tsukuba.ac.jp)

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Number to be accepted：

17

Amounts of fellowship：

2,300,000 JPY per student (annual)

Breakdown: dedicated research support expenses of 2,040,000 JPY (170,000 JPY per month: miscellaneous expense) and research support expenses of 260,000 JPY

The fellowship period is a maximum of 3 years with an annual review for continuation.

Tuition fees exemption ：

Students selected for the 2023 Suuri Fellowship will be exempted from all tuition fees for their 2023 fellowship period.

List of Grantees ：

List of 2022Grantees