KOMAI Fellowship Program
Grant
The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation
Purpose

Komai Fellowship Program was inaugurated under the auspices of late Mr. K. Komai, former chairman of the Hitachi Scholarship Foundation, to encourage academic interactions between Southeast Asian countries and Japan in the fields of social science and cultural science. In this program, fellowships are offered to those researchers affiliated to Southeast Asian universities who have keen interest in conducting the research on Japan such as Japanese culture, Japanese eco-nomy and Japanese industry.
Eligibility
- Those staff members majoring social science and humanities at the universities in Southeast Asia who wish to conduct research or joint research on Japan with the Japanese counterpart are invited to sub-mit the required application documents.
- Research proposals must be related wholly or in substantial part to Japan. Applicants with substantial training and experience in other fields, who wish to increase their professional competence in some aspects of Japanese studies, are also eligible.
Agreement
- Applications will be examined by the Selection Committee of the Foundation on the basis of academic value and degree of perfection of the proposed research plan. After the screening, applicant will be notified of the result by the Foundation.
- Successful applicant for Komai Fellowship is requested to come to Japan before the date set by the Japanese host researcher or host university/institution.
Selection
1.The Fellowship is only tenable in Japan.
2.Fellows are expected to devote full time to conduct their proposed research during the term of the Fellowship, and so may not accept any employment in Japan with or without remmuneration.
3.Fellows may not hold another major grant concurrently with Komai Fellowship.
4.Fellows are requested to submit to the Foundation a report of the research and other activities during the term of Fellowship
Application

Selection of the Fellow is done once a year.
The qualified applicant who was recommended by the university/institution with which applicant is affiliated is requested to submit following application documents to the Foundation. All documents must be type-written in English.

1.Two copies of completed application form prescribed by the Foundation.
2.A description of proposed research plan which includes detailed information on the purpose, methodology and content of the research, and the schedule of the research. Research plan must be discussed and coordinated in detail with the host researcher of the Japanese university/institution before application.
3.Report(s) of what the applicant consider to be his/her important publication(s).
4.Letter of recommendation from the applicant\'s supervisor testifying to academic ability and achievements.
5.A letter from the host researcher and/or head of host university/institution confirming the availability of research facilities and materials.
Allowance
1. Travel expenses
Economy class round-trip air ticket to and from Tokyo and travel expense between Tokyo and the Fellow\'s research affiliation.
2. Maintenance allowance Maintenance allowance will be provided in accordance with the Fellow\'s professional career.
(A) University professor: Daily maintenance of 18,000 Yen
(B) Assistant professor: Daily maintenance of 17,000 Yen
(C) Lecturer or researcher: Daily maintenance of 16,000 Yen
3. Other allowance
Research travel allowance of 100,000 Yen will be provided. The Fellow already in Japan will receive single return ticket.
Duration
3 months.
Research Areas

Fellow is free to conduct his/her research at any university or research institution in Japan, subject to the approval of the host university/institution.
Numbers of Award

2 Fellowships per year
Deadline

End of December of each year
Contact

Secretary General
The Hitachi Scholarship Foundation
8th Floor, New Marunouchi Bidg.
5-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8220 Japan
Tel: +81-3-3215-3761
Fax: +81-3-3215-2449
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