Daiwa Scholars 2020, 2021 and 2022 at EJEF, Lane End during their intensive and residential language summer (August 2022) course

Application procedure

The deadline for Daiwa Scholarships 2024 was 7 December 2023.

The deadline for Daiwa Scholarships 2025 will be 5 December 2024.

 

Daiwa Scholarships 2024 will begin in late July/August 2024 and will finish on 31 March 2026.

  • The first-round interviews are scheduled to take place in the week of 19 February 2024.
  • The second stage is scheduled for 29 February 2024.
  • The final interviews, conducted by a panel made up of our trustees , will take place on Friday, 15 March 2024.

Up to eight Scholars will be selected in 2024.

The selected Daiwa Scholars will undertake a one-month intensive, residential Japanese language course in the UK from late July/early August 2024 and will move to Japan for the rest of the Scholarship in early to mid September. There is also a short orientation on arrival in Tokyo.

Here you can view a Duty of Care document relating to the Daiwa Scholarships.

Applying

The application form for Daiwa Scholarships 2025 will be uploaded in summer 2024.

Important

The application form cannot handle special characters/symbols. If you are having problems with the application, it may be due to extraneous symbols. Sometimes characters can be hidden (when copying and pasting into the application form). In this case, please copy the text into “notepad”, clean any strange encoding and copy back from notepad into the application text box.

The application form cannot handle Japanese characters, macrons and symbols such as  ~ .
Hyphens and questions marks are fine, but try and avoid bullet points. Please feel free to indicate new paragraphs using //. “Completed” (submitted)   applications are imported into our system as word documents and reformatted in-house so please do not worry unduly about the appearance of the text you are importing. 

Applicants are also requested to arrange for three confidential references to reach us by the application deadline. The Foundation cannot obtain references on applicants’ behalf. They are an essential part of the application process.

If you are a student or a recent graduate,  then your references should come from your academic tutors. If you graduated some years ago or have relevant professional experience, then it is advisable to obtain a reference from your supervisor or line manager in addition to two academic reference. Your referees should not include relatives or purely personal friends. The references are a vital part of the application and should come from people who know you and your work in an official capacity.

Reference letters can be emailed to Scholarships@dajf.org.uk

Ideally the references should be typed on letterheaded paper – where possible – and emailed as PDF attachments. The applicant should not be copied in.

Deadline

The deadline for applications and submission of three reference letters for the 2024 programme was Thursday 7 December 2023. If candidates’ circumstances change (for instance, change address) after submitting an application, they must inform the Foundation in writing. Candidates shortlisted for the first-round interviews will be contacted from mid-January 2022 onwards.

The preliminary screening of application forms will take place during January 2024. Candidates will be notified (towards the end of January 2024) whether or not they are invited to a Stage 1 interview (held in February 2024).

Stage 2

Candidates who successfully pass Stage 1 will be invited to sit a language aptitude test and attend a lunch at Daiwa Foundation Japan House in mid to late February 2024. Candidates will be notified whether they are invited to Stage 3 interview shortly afterwards.

Stage 3

The final shortlist of candidates will be interviewed by the Trustees  in March 2024. Candidates will be notified of the final outcome soon afterwards.

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