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Bridging Scholarships for Study Abroad in Japan

Bridging Scholarships are accepted twice a year: the next deadline, for students who will be studying in Japan beginning in Spring 2008, is October 5, 2007. Twenty scholarships will be awarded for Spring 2008.

Please visit the website for further information and for the application: www.colorado.edu/ealc/atj/Bridging/scholarships.html

Bridging Scholarships

The Association of Teachers of Japanese Bridging Project offers scholarships to American undergraduate students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan. Funding from private foundations and major U.S. corporations has made it possible for ATJ to award 100 scholarships annually to assist students with the travel and living expenses they will incur while studying abroad in Japan for a semester or an academic year. Contributors to the scholarship fund include American International Group, Citigroup, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Estee Lauder Group of Companies, FedEx, The Freeman Foundation, Goldman Sachs, Hartford Financial Services Group, JP Morgan, Lockheed Martin, McDonalds Japan, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Nishimoto Trading Co., Shinsei Bank, Temple University Japan, and Weyerhaeuser.

Undergraduate students majoring in any field of study are eligible to apply for these scholarships. Japanese language study is not a prerequisite. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must be enrolled as undergraduates in a college or university in the United States before and during the time they are studying abroad.

Bridging Scholarship recipients receive a stipend of $2,500 (for students on semester-long programs) or $4,000 (for students on academic year programs). Students studying in Japan on summer programs are not eligible to apply.

Applications for Bridging Scholarships are accepted twice a year: applications are now being accepted from students who will be studying in Japan beginning in Fall 2008, for a semester or an academic year. The deadline for receipt of applications is April 7 , 2008. Approximately fifty scholarships will be awarded for Fall 2008.

Please submit three copies of all materials except letters of recommendation and transcripts. Faxed or e-mailed applications will not be accepted. All materials must be received by the end of business on Monday, April 7. The results of the competition will be announced by the end of May. Selection will be made by a committee and will be based on academic potential and financial need.

Each scholarship recipient will be expected to send a brief report about his or her study in Japan to the ATJ office within 60 days of returning from abroad. These reports will be valuable both for students who plan to study abroad in Japan and for teachers and advisors who are helping students to select suitable programs of study.

For more info please contact:
Association of Teachers of Japanese Bridging Project, University of Colorado
303-492-5487
atj@colorado.edu

Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies

Date Posted: 3/31/2008

Deadline: 4/7/2008

This is a non-UCLA administered funding opportunity. Please refer all questions to originating funding agency.

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