The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Scholarships

What it covers

Students from developing countries as well as other eligible countries who wish to undertake Masters or PhD programs at The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) for AY 2020-2021 may apply to 1 of several scholarships or fellowships allocated to GRIPS by various sponsoring organizations. The scholarship and fellowship programs available through direct application to GRIPS are: The Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT), Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP), Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP), Japan–WCO Human Resource Development Program Scholarship, G-cube Fellowship, GRIPS Fellowship and the ICHARM Research Assistantship. The scholarships available when applying through a sponsoring organization are: Japanese Government-YLP-MEXT Scholarship, Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia, Indonesian Government Scholarship for Linkage Master’s Program, JICA/Building Research Institute (BRI), JICA/Public Works Research Institute (PWRI) and Japan International Cooperation Agency. Over 90% of GRIPS students receive full scholarships. The scholarship covers: a monthly stipend for living expenses such as food, clothing, and other daily expenses, as well as accommodation, transportation, medical treatment, insurance and various miscellaneous expenses; application fee, admission fee, and tuition; and economy-class air tickets between home country and Japan upon enrollment and upon completion of studies. Allowances and rules differ slightly for each scholarship. See the 2020 GRIPS Scholarship Summary Page for details of scholarship benefits.