Yes. Students from all fields in all Schools and departments are eligible to apply. The focus is on motivation and the spirit of taking on challenges to create this ” smart society” with originality, and applying characteristics of any fields of study without being bound by preconceived ideas.

In the 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan, a super smart society is defined as “one in which the various needs of people are met by providing necessary products and services to those who need them, when they need them, and as much as they need. It is a society in which all people can receive high-quality services and live a comfortable life, overcoming differences such as age, sex, region, or language,” and aims to solve its social issues.

Since this fellowship project is intended for so-called “new students,” you are not eligible to apply.

Although you are eligible to apply, you cannot receive this fellowship in addition to the scholarship. So if you wish to receive this fellowship, you will be required to “decline” the receipt of the Tokyo Tech Tsubame Scholarship for Doctoral Students. If that is the case, you may wait until after the selection of fellowship students to do so.

You will be required to “decline” the scholarship for the Tokyo
Tech Tsubame Scholarship for Doctoral Students.

If the private funding organization for the scholarship you are receiving
restricts you from receiving other scholarships, you are not eligible to apply
for this fellowship.
However, some funding organizations do not limit the receipt of other scholarships, but it seems that some funding organizations provide reduced scholarships. In this case, you will be eligible to apply for this fellowship.
Please check the rules of the scholarship institutions such as funding organizations carefully

If you apply for a scholarship with obtaining the endorsement of Tokyo Institute of Technology, you cannot apply for this fellowship. In other cases, you can apply for the fellowship. However, if the scholarship you are applying for restricts you from receiving other scholarships, you will need to decline one if both are accepted. Please check the rules of funding organization carefully.

Yes. You may receive this fellowship together with an honors scholarship.

If you take a leave of absence for your own convenience, you will be
disqualified. However, if it is found that it is difficult to continue research due to
unavoidable circumstances such as childbirth, childcare, injury or illness, or longterm care, the payment may be suspended during the leave of absence and resumed after returning to the Institute.
Please consult with the Office for Advanced Human Resource Development Fellowship for Doctoral Students in advance.

You are elligible to apply if you do not receive stable income such as salary or exective remuneration from their company,etc. enough to provide a living standard(annual ammount of 2.4 million yen or more)

NO. There is no an age limit for apply. However, MEXT(Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) requires us to select students appropriately in light of the purpose of this project, which aims to establish a career path for excellent doctoral human resources, including efforts to secure and connect postdoctoral positions after completion of the doctoral program.

No,you can only apply once and cannot apply again.

No, you can apply only at the time of admission to the doctral program, so even if you meet the eligibility requirements after admission, you can not apply for fellowship afterwards.

Yes.

The 21st of every month is the fixed payment date. However, if the fixed payment day falls on a holiday (Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday stipulated in the Law Concerning National Holidays (Law No. 178 of 1948)), it will be the day before the holiday.
In addition, please note that support funds for the number of months required until the review and decision of fellowship students will be paid together.

This fellowship does not prevent students working part-time jobs,
including research assistants (RA) and teaching assistants (TA), as stipulated in the Tokyo Institute of Technology Student Assistant Guidelines.
However, based on the purpose of this fellowship project, please limit the amount of time spent on part-time work so that it does not affect your research activities. ( If you have a stable income, even if it is from a part-time job,you will be disualified.)

When international students temporarily return to their home country, we will not be able to pay research dedication support funds for the month in which they are completely absent from Japan. In the example below, as for 1), you will not be paid the research dedication support fund for May because you are absent all day in May. 2) and 3) will be paid as usual.
If you are planning to return to your home country temporarily in the future, please let us know if this applies to you.

e.g.
1)Period of return home: April 15 – June 15
2)Period of return home: May 2 – June 15
3)Period of return home: May 2 – May 31

The Research Fellowship is classified as “miscellaneous income” under the tax laws of Japan. Since “miscellaneous income” cannot be processed through year-end adjustments, you are required to file your own tax return for the Fellowship.
Every year, as the tax filing period (mid-February to mid-March) approaches, we will hold a Zoom session on the tax filing procedure.

It is possible as long as the research grant system of the foundation does not prohibit you from receiving a scholarship at the same time.

We will inform the fellowship students and their academic supervisors.

If you are not chosen as a research fellow, you can continue to receive the fellowship payment as a fellowship student.
On the other hand, if you are chosen as a research fellow, you will be asked to decline the fellowship because you are not able to receive more than one government fund at the same time.

Please apply for the DC2 soon after being accepted to the fellowship.

Details will be announced after selection.

Details will be announced after selection.

At the moment, we are considering the following three contents.
・ Participate in a study group or seminar designated by your school at least once while you are a doctor.
・ Participate in an academic presentation-related educational program designated by your school at least once while you are a doctor.
・ Participate in a round-table conference with a young assistant professor of the Institute of Innovative Research Organization for Fundamental Research at least once while attending a doctoral course.（Under consideration）
Please check the academic program of each school for detail refer to the fellowship guidance you will receive at the briefing session, or consult with your academic advisor or fellowship committee members.

It is assumed that you will take the ” Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for the doctoral program “, which is scheduled to be expanded to 600 series courses, while you are a doctoral student. You can check the website for detail information of the courses. (http://www.dsai.titech.ac.jp).

It is assumed that research introductions for students with a master’s degree or lower will be conducted at study groups and seminars held in the laboratory, department, or course to which you belong at least once a year.

At the moment, we are assuming the following three contents.
・ Participate in at least one of Dr’s K-meet, and the Career Forum designated by the academy at least once while attending the doctor’s school.
・ Participate in an internship-related educational program designated by your school
・ Take one or more credits of either the 600-series career course or “Practical AI Data Science A to D” (career course).
Please check the academic program of each school for detail refer to the fellowship guidance you will receive at the briefing session, or consult with your academic advisor or fellowship committee members.

Yes, the credits you earn for doctoral-level (600-level) courses taken as part of the fellowship study program do count toward your degree completion requirements.

It is assumed that interviews with the main and deputy academic advisor faculty members about the progress of your research will be held at least twice a year.

Please refer to the “Fellowship Guide” for obligations to be achieved during the fellowship period. We may ask you to fulfill your obligations after you withdraw from the fellowship if they are considered insufficient to mee the guidelines.

We ask that you conduct these counseling sessions with both of your academic advisors present. Fellowship students must also conduct such sessions at least twice per year. Your main academic advisor will submit a report after each session. Please note that under the academic advisor system (https://www.titech.ac.jp/student/students/counseling/academic-adviser) each new fellow has already been assigned his/her main and sub-academic advisors. You can find your academic advisors via the Web System for Students and Faculty.

Instead of taking these courses, you can pursue alternative approaches designated by each school you affiliate with, such as doing an interim presentation in English. You may also want to consider taking the following Presentation and Technical writing courses in all school common:
Technical Writing (LAC.C657) Technical Discussion (LAC.C651)

Please put in acknowledgements as follows.
Example:
This work was supported by JST, the establishment of university fellowships towards the creation of science technology innovation, Grant Number JPMJFS2112.

If so, please have your academic supervisors sign the report. At that time, please give him/her a brief report on the event. The signature of the supervisors will mean that the student has reported the event.

Yes. Applications will be accepted in both Japanese and English.

We are planning a briefing session, the details of which we will inform those who have become fellowship students.

If you study abroad without taking a leave of absence, you can continue to receive fellowship. However, don’t forget to make fellowship obligations that you can do while studying abroad.

Please submit the application for tuition exemption within the application period, taking into the consideration the results of the adoption of fellowship students.
*Reference about tuition exemptions
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/student-support/students/tuition/exemptions

Tokyo Tech and fellowship students are not in an employment relationship, so if you wish to enroll in health insurance, you will need to do so on your own. You will likely need to enroll in the NHI system. Please check with your local government office.

Yes. We will send it to you after the adoption is decided.