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American Students

For American students, the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship covers one or two years of study in Japan with an annual $30,000 scholarship award plus $15,000 annual allowance, which will cover tuition and one-time round trip airfare from Honolulu to Japan.

This scholarship is open to American graduate students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa pursuing study in a subject area leading to better understanding between Japan and the U.S.

Do you know any prospective applicants who may be interested in applying for the 2024-2025 CPASF scholarship to study or do research in Japan? If so, please encourage them to apply and help us spread the word!

Virtual Orientation Session:
Thursday, October 5, 2023, 3:15pm-4:15pm via Zoom.
With special guest, CPASF scholar Christopher Molina
See below for recording of session.

Deadline to apply: Applications are now closed

All applicants must appear before a Screening Committee via Zoom on Friday, November 17, 2023

Finalists must appear before the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees in-person on Monday, December 11, 2023

Japanese Students

For Japanese students, the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship is awarded to a graduate student in Japan for study at the University of Hawaii at Manoa who is pursuing a subject area leading to better understanding between Japan and the United States.

The scholarship provides a full-tuition scholarship from the University of Hawaii Foundation for one or two years of study at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, $38,000 per year for living expenses, and up to $1,500 for a one-time round-trip economy class airfare from Japan to Honolulu.

HOW TO APPLY

Please contact the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation Japan Committee, which is in the Education and Sports Bureau, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), 1-3-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8188. [Website]