Full scholarships, partially managed by GRIPS, are available for exceptionally qualified candidates who have been accepted for study at GRIPS. These scholarships are provided by the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho, JICA), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the World Customs Organization (WCO). Scholarships are awarded to students who enroll in October.

The amount of all scholarships, except YLP, is about 175,000 yen per month plus round-trip air tickets. Young Leaders’ Program Scholarship students will receive about 262,000 yen per month. Scholarship students are exempted from tuition and other academic related fees. The scholarships are given for one academic year and cannot be extended except in the case of sudden illness or other unforeseen circumstances that are entirely beyond the student’s control.

Available scholarships and their specific conditions is:

Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarships/Young Leaders Program (YLP)
Under 40 years of age as of October 1, 2006

The purpose of this program is to invite exceptionally promising young elite government officials or semi-governmental staff from Asian and other countries with at least several years of work experience, in order to provide them with high quality graduate education. Students of this program are selected from the following countries: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, People’s Republic of China, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam. The curriculum is tailor-made exclusively for YLP students. Professional qualifications of the candidates for this scholarship need to be considerably higher than those of the candidates for other scholarships. GRIPS does not receive application documents for YLPS directly from candidates. Application information will be announced by Embassies of Japan. The recipients of this scholarship may only enroll in the Young Leaders Program.

Application Deadline
t.b.a. by the Embassy of Japan

Reference:http://www.grips.ac.jp/applying/scholarships.html