Beasiswa Asian Youth Fellowship (AYF) Program

Rijanta Triwahjana R. wrote:
"beasiswa dari pemerintah jepang
untuk graduate program (master dan Phd) yang diselenggarakan dalam bahasa
jepang. untuk itu penerima beasiswa akan mendapatkan kursus bahasa jepang selama
kurang lebih 6 bulan sampai satu tahun."

Sumber: http://www.asiaseed.org/ayfj/

Asian Youth Fellowship (AYF) Program aims to nurture human
networking among ASEAN countries, Bangladesh and Japan.

The AYF preparatory course before entering
JapaneseGraduateSchool as Japanese
Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship student is offered by TheJapan Foundation. AYF program is open to university
graduates in the region who wish to contribute to regional cooperation after
obtaining a Master and/or Ph. D. Degree in Japanese Graduate Schools as
follows:

1. Features of the Asian Youth Fellowship Program

AYF consists of the following component:


1. Coordination of a host professor and research plan development during the
preparatory course in Japan
2. Preparatory course (Japanese Language and other subjects/cultural
activities)
3. Follow ups after completing the preparatory course


The scholarship grantees shall receive a preparatory course in the Japanese
language and other basic subjects for approximately 7 months, at The Japan
Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai, Japan. Grantees are
provided with dormitory by the Program. Accompanying family is NOT allowed
during the preparatory course at Kansai.

*After completing the preparatory course, grantees will be proceeding to
Japanese graduate schools as Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship
students (principally Research Student) from April 2008.

2. Field of Study


1. Any of the fields in Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering and Natural
Science EXCEPT Japanese Studies or Japanese Culture Studies
2. Any field that should contribute to the region


* Technical training course is excluded.

3. Qualifications


1. Nationality: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand or Vietnam.
2. Age: under 35 years of age as of April 1, 2008 (i.e. born on or after
April 2, 1973)
3. Academic Backgrounds: university or college graduates with a bachelor’s
degree or Master’s degree
(those who will graduate from a university or
college by the Registration Day of AYF may apply, but the grants may be
CANCELLED if grantees fail to arrive in Kansai, Japan, by the Registration Day
of AYF, 2007.)
4. Other requirements:




1. Those who have learned Japanese language and already acquired Japanese
proficiency comparable to the Japanese Proficiency Test Level 3 are excluded.
2. Good proficiency in English is required.
3. Military men and military civilian employees registered on the personnel
list are excluded.
4. Applicants should be in good health.
5. The applicant whose spouse has already won a Japanese Government scholarship
will not be selected as a grantee, and likewise in the case of a couple applying
at the same time.
6. The applicant who has been awarded a Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho)
scholarship in the past will not be selected as a grantee unless he/she has had
a few years' research or teaching experience after returning to his/her country.


4. Grant Coverage during the Preparatory Course


1. Expenses necessary for participation in the official curriculum
(transportation, teaching material, etc.)
2. Meals during the program (partly in the form of cash allowances) and a set
amount of allowances to cover miscellaneous living expenses.
3. Accommodation (a single room) at the Institute
4. Overseas travel insurance for disease and injury for the duration of the
program
5. Round-trip, economy-class airline between the nearest International Airport
from your residence and Kansai International Airport (Osaka, Japan) on the most
direct and economical route.
6. Japanese visa as a trainee


*The above terms of the grant will be effective from the date of arrival in
Kansai to March 2008. After completing the AYF Program, grantees will proceed to
Japanese universities as the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship
students. Allowances, accommodations, and other status are subject to
Monbukagakusho’s regulations.

5. Selection


1. Japanese diplomatic missions concerned will, in cooperation with the foreign
governments concerned, select preliminary candidates from among applicants by
means of a review of the documents submitted.
2. Those who have been selected as the preliminary candidates will be
recommended to Asian Youth Fellowship Committee, Tokyo, Japan. The Committee
will select grantees from among the preliminary candidates by means of an
interview made in their respective countries by a mission member assigned and
dispatched by the Committee.
3. Final announcement in writing will be provided by the Embassy of Japan after
the AYF Committee. The grantees of the Japanese Government
(Monbukagakusho) scholarship for 2008 will be finally selected after the
university placement has been made, provided they have passed the final
examination of AYF.