Eligible students: Full-time undergraduate or graduate students enrolled at Kyoto University
This scholarship is intended to support students who are facing financial difficulties due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, and to ensure that they will not be forced to give up their studies due to financial difficulties.
Kyoto University Student Support Fund: Emergency Benefit-Type Scholarship is mainly for students who have not been selected as candidates for or recipients of benefit-type scholarships from local governments or private organizations, or who are not receiving financial support such as benefit-type scholarships, even while their academic expense supporters are receiving (or have applied for) public support1 after experiencing a sudden decrease in household income in 1 January 2021 or later due to Covid-19.
For eligibility and application requirements, please refer to:
Kyoto University Student Support Fund: Emergency Benefit-Type Scholarship Application Guidelines
1 Examples of the applicable support programs are listed on page 11 of the above guidelines.
1. Scholarship amount and period
- Scholarship amount: JPY150,000 per year (for both undergraduate and graduate students)
- Scholarship period: One year (through FY2021)
The scholarship will be paid in single payment to the bank account specified by the recipient.
2. Number of awards
Approximately 130
3. Eligibility
- The criteria regarding high academic performance required for eligibility for this scholarship are the same as those for scholarships provided by local governments or private organizations. The criteria regarding household income required for eligibility for this scholarship are the same as those for Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Type 1 Scholarships.
- Applicants must be enrolled at Kyoto University as full-time undergraduate or graduate students, have achieved a high academic performance, and be facing financial difficulties in continuing their studies at the University.
You are not eligible for this scholarship if:
- Your enrollment period has exceeded the regular term of study at your faculty or graduate school.
- You are receiving a scholarship from another educational program or private program. However, if the annual amount of scholarship you are receiving is less than the amount of this scholarship (JPY150,000), you are still eligible for this scholarship. In this case, if your application is successful, the amount you will be awarded will be the difference between the scholarship you are receiving and this scholarship. Please note that if the scholarship you are receiving does not allow its recipients to receive any other scholarships, then you are not eligible for this scholarship.
- You are receiving a Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1 or DC2) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), have been selected for the University Fellowship Funding Project for Innovation Creation in Science and Technology, or are receiving annual support of JPY150,000 or more
- You are an international Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarship student or foreign government-sponsored international student.
- You are taking a leave of absence (unless you are expecting to re-enroll before 1 April 2022).
- At the time of your application or during the six months prior to the beginning of the current semester, you have been, or are currently, subject to disciplinary measures in accordance with Article 32, Paragraph 1 of the Kyoto University General Regulations (including cases in which the provisions of Article 53 and Article 53–15 apply mutatis mutandis). Additionally, if you become subject to disciplinary measures after submitting your application, your eligibility will become invalid.
4. Application procedures
Japanese students
- Submit an application online through the "Application System for Private Scholarships, Etc." page, accessible from "Links" in the lower right section of the Kyoto University's Liberal Arts Syllabus Information System (KULASIS) top page.
The Application System page is scheduled to open Tuesday 10 August 2021. - Submit the required documents (including the "Application Form for Scholarships from Local Governments/Private Organizations", to be completed on the "Application System for Private Scholarships, Etc." page).
A full list of required documents is provided on page 3 of the "Kyoto University Student Support Fund: Emergency Benefit-Type Scholarship Application Guidelines" above.
Applicants are required to complete both (1) and (2) of the above. (Completing only one of the two procedures is not sufficient.)
To those who have applied for scholarships from local governments or private organizations in March 2021 but were not selected as candidates, or were selected as candidates but not as recipients:
If you wish to apply for this scholarship, you are only required to complete procedure (1), which is online application through the "Application System for Private Scholarships, Etc." page, since you have already submitted the other required documents.
International students
- Download this "Application Form for Emergency Benefit-Type Scholarship (for International Students)" (MS Excel), and complete and email it to:
kinkyu-shogakukin2021*mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace * with @) - Submit hard copies of the required documents (including the "Application Form for Emergency Benefit-Type Scholarship (for International Students)").
A full list of required documents is provided on page 3 of the "Kyoto University Student Support Fund: Emergency Benefit-Type Scholarship Application Guidelines" above.
Applicants are required to complete both (1) and (2) of the above. (Completing only one of the two procedures is not sufficient.)
5. Submission period
Tuesday 10 August – Tuesday 24 August 2021, 17:00
Please note that the office will be closed on weekends, public holidays, and 16–18 August.
Documents can be submitted by post or in person at the application counter (but not via campus mail).
Send the documents to:
Scholarship Section, Student Affairs Division
Education Promotion and Student Support Department
Address: Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
If submitting the documents by post, please be sure to send them by registered mail or other means of recorded delivery, such as Japan Post Letter Pack (Japan Post Letter Pack Light [JPY370] is the cheapest option).
Please write in red "Enclosed Application documents for the Emergency Benefit-Type Scholarship" on the front of the envelop (in the "Items" column in case of Letter Pack Light).
If bringing the documents to the application counter in person, please read the following:
Bring the documents to:
Scholarship Section, Student Affairs Division
Located on the ground floor of Research Building No 10 on the Kyoto University Main Campus
(Building 60 on the Main Campus Map)
6. Contact
Scholarship Section, Student Affairs Division, Education Promotion and Student Support Department, Kyoto University
Open: 9:00 –17:00 (closed on weekends, public holidays, and 16–18 August 2021)
Email: kinkyu-shogakukin2021*mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp (replace * with @)
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