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The KDDI Foundation (KDDI財団) has released its scholarship application information for 2025.

<Eligibility>
Applicant must:
- be a student researching Information Technology or related areas in the fields of Law, Politics, Economics, Social Science, and Science Technology
- be a student enrolling in a Master's or Doctoral program
- be from target countries (see the application guide on page 5)
- has a "Student" status of residence
- be an age of 35 or younger as of April 1, 2025
* A graduate research student who is expected to enroll in the regular graduate program in April 2025 is NOT eligible to apply
* A master's student who is going on to the doctoral program from April 2025 can fulfill the eligibility
* Those students who are in the Doctoral program are eligible to apply only when he/she expects to obtain the doctoral degree
*Only one international student can be recommended by his/her academic advisor

<Scholarship Amount>
100,000 yen/month

<Scholarship Period>
For 6 months or 12 months from April 1, 2025

<Application Documents>
Please check the application guidelines and documents below.
2025_kddi.zip

①　Application Form 1
②　Application Form 2
③　Recommendation by the academic advisor
④　Certificate of Enrollment
⑤　Academic transcript: From the undergraduate program to the latest one
⑥　Economic Status Report as of July 1, 2024
⑦　Residence Card (both sides)
⑧　Application Checklist

<Application Deadline & Where to Submit>
July 19 (Friday), 2024
Submit the documents to the Student Support Section.
*Document① in WORD, Documents ②-⑦ in PDF

＜Inquiry & Contact＞
Student Support Section, Academic Affairs Division, School of Science
6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken 980-8578
　Tel: 022-795-6403 Fax: 022-795-6345
　E-mail: sci-sien[at]grp.tohoku.ac.jp