Jul 3

JET-oriented scholarships?

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Can anyone recommend any scholarships (or organizations/institutions that are good sources of scholarships) that might appeal to JETs/JET alums in addition to the ones listed below?  If so, please post in the comments section, or feel free to e-mail directly to jetwit [at] jetwit [dot] com.  We’ll make a more complete list available after getting responses.

• Monbusho
• Monterey Institute
• McGill MBA
• JAIMS (Japan-America Institute of Management Science)
• Temple University Japan campus MBA
• JLGC summer in Japan
  

Update:

• Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships http://www.rotary.org (Thanks to Shannon Quinn, former JETAA Pacific Northwest President, former JETAA USA Country Rep and currently the ALT Advisor to MEXT in Tokyo.)

Update #2:

A few more scholarships, thanks to Kia Cheleen (CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999), Associate Director at the Donald Keene Center on Japanese Culture at Columbia University.

• Japan Foundation — grants for Ph.D. studies, short-term research, Japan-related organizations who need funding for Arts & Culture or Japanese Studies projects:
  http://www.jfny.org/grant/grant.php
• Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Translation Prize (administered through Columbia University’s Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture):
  http://www.keenecenter.org/content/view/58/76/
• Shicho Fellowship for Graduate Study in Japan (adminstered through Columbia University’s Donald Keene Center of Japanese of Japanese Culture; only open to Columbia U grad students):
  http://www.keenecenter.org/content/view/24/49/
• National Endowment for the Humanities (Fellowships: Advanced Social Science Research on Japan):
  http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships-japan.html
• Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (fellowship program, creative artists’ program, etc.):
  http://www.jusfc.gov/index.asp