Graduate Student Funding

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CJS Fellowship in Japanese Studies

The application period for the 2024-2025 fellowship is now open (Deadline: April 1, 2024). 

The Center for Japanese Studies is committed to offering financial assistance to continuing UC Berkeley graduate students.

The Center makes fellowship awards directly to graduate students in Japanese Studies; provides research assistantships to students working for faculty supervisors; helps support the fellowship program of the Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies (Yokohama, Japan), of which the University of California, Berkeley is a founding member.

The Center also supports meetings of graduate students for the discussion of dissertation research, and other topics. Funds are available to students for travel to conferences, scholarly meetings, and job interviews.

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CJS - JSPS Fellowship

The application period for the 2024-2025 fellowship is now closed  (Deadline: December 31, 2023). 

The CJS-JSPS Fellowship Award provides opportunities for pre- and postdoctoral researchers from UC Berkeley to conduct cooperative research with leading research groups in Japanese universities and other research institutions under the guidance of a host researcher. The Fellowship is for a term of 1-12 months and must begin between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. It is open to all fields of the humanities, social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students who anticipate completing their doctoral degree within 2 years, as well as post-doctoral fellows who completed their doctoral degrees within 6 years of the date the fellowship goes into effect, are eligible.

Please click here to apply

CJS Graduate Student Travel Grants

Deadline: Rolling Submission

About the Grant: The Graduate Student Travel Grants are available for continuing Japanese studies students presenting papers at academic conferences. Travel grants are intended to support travel and lodging expenses, with a maximum of $1200 per grant. Up to four travel grants are awarded each semester.

Please click here to apply.