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Biotech Scholarships by Japanese Government
Applications are invited on plain paper from Indian nationals residing in India for the award of 33 scholarships for Master’s and “Research Studies/Ph.D” offered by the Government of Japan for the year 2010. No scholarship will be offered for Post Doctoral studies (After Ph.D or at final stages of Ph.D). About two or three scholarships are reserved for Japanese Language and Japanese Studies. The subjects in which scholarships will be awarded are given below:
Research studies (Ph.D): Bio-technology
DURATION: About two years .
VALUE OF SCHOLARSHIP: Each grantee will be provided monthly with 152,000Yen (Research students Course), 154,000Yen (students enrolled in a Master’s program or a professional degree program), or 155,000Yen (students enrolled in a doctoral program) (an additional monthly stipend of 2,000 or 3,000 Yen may be provided to those undertaking study r research in specially designated regions). However, these amounts are subject to change depending on the annual budget of each year. The scholarship will not be paid to a grantee who takes a leave of absence or is long absent from his/her university.
ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS: Masters Degree in the relevant field with minimum 60% marks. Candidate having practical research/teaching/work experience after obtaining the prescribed qualification as on 30-05-2009 would be preferred.
Candidates should apply for the above scholarship on a plain paper preferably typed or neatly hand written with a recent passport size photograph, in the prescribed Performa to “The Section Officer, ES.3 Section, Department of Secondary & Higher Education, A.1/W.3 Curzon Road Barracks, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110 001” by 30th May 2009 Applications can also be submitted online at the Department’s Website www.education.nic.in by 30-05-2009. Relevant documents must be furnished by post before closing date. The hardcopy of on line application must be submitted on or before 10-06-2009. The applications received after closing date will not be considered.

