Tokyo Tech Tsubame Scholarship for Doctoral Students

Application guidelines for new applicants (2025 Spring) has been released.(April 30,2025)

Tokyo Tech, the predecessor of Science Tokyo , established the Tokyo Tech Tsubame Doctoral Student Scholarship in 2019 for doctoral students at the university.

The Tsubame Scholarship for Doctoral Students aims to reduce the financial burden on academically outstanding students so that they may concentrate on pursuing their doctoral studies. The financial assistance is intended to prevent motivated students from missing out on the opportunity to study at the Institute.

Students who enrolled in a doctoral degree program in or after April 2018 are eligible to apply.

Doctoral students are not eligible if any of the following is true:

Scholarships are provided over the standard duration of a doctoral program, which is three years.
Half of the allowance will be paid each semester.
(spring semester payment is scheduled for late August, fall semester payment is scheduled for late January)

Notes:

Read the guidelines(below) carefully, and prepare for application.

Science Tokyo Tsubame Scholarship Application Guidelines (2025 Spring).pdf

Application for this round of recruitment is open to the following groups of students.

Application is available on the Web Services for Students and Faculty (Kyomu Web system) during the following period.

[Students application period] From May 12*, 2025 to May 19,2025
*The application will be available from 9:00 am.
[Supervisor’s approval period] From May 12, 2025 to May 21,2025

● You will not be able to access the application page except during the above period.
To make sure your supervisor has enough time for approval, please check the schedule of your supervisor beforehand and inform him/her about your approval request. And also don’t forget to inform the approval deadline, May 21.
• Consult the Student Support Division in advance if you are unable to apply from the Web System for Students and Faculty during this period.

1.Research Plan (Use the prescribed format and save it as a PDF file after completion.)
* Please keep within 1 page.
Research Plan(FormT-1) .doc　　　Research Plan(FormT-1).pdf

2．Payment Information Registration Form
(applicants who have submitted the form in the past must do so again)
Payment Information Registration Form（excel)

3.Copy of your bankbook (PDF or image file. Only Japanese banks are accepted.)
Copy of the bankbook page(s) showing your account information for verification.
If you do not have a bankbook, please submit an image of your web screen showing your bank account information.(Cash cards are not acceptable)

• Submitted documents will be used solely for procedures related to this scholarship.

Scholarship recipients are required to submit a Research Achievements Report once a year.

Please report from the Web Services for Students and Faculty (Kyomu Web system).
During the submission period, "Tsubame Scholarship for Doctoral Students Research Achievements Report " will be displayed in the questionnaire menu on the Kyomu Web system.
Please submit from there. (No need to submit in paper form)
Please be sure to submit the report by referring to the “Submission period of Research Achievements Report” below.

When preparing the report, be sure to write about the achievements in research over the past year.

(i) April enrollees: Early March (Enter research achievements from April.)
(ii) September enrollees: Early September (Enter research achievements from the end of September.)

We will inform you of the report reception schedule on this page and by e-mail before the start of report reception.
Notes:
• After reporting your research achievements on the Kyomu Web system, your academic advisor has to approve the contents.
●Failure to submit a research achievements report within the specified period will result in suspension of scholarship payment for the following semester(s).
• Students who cannot hand in their report during the specified period must consult the Student Support Division in advance.
• The report will be used to select recipients of the special scholarship.
• If you decline Tsubame Scholarship in the middle of the fiscal year due to restrictions set by other scholarships, etc., and the period of receipt is less than one year, you need to prepare the achievements up to the period you decline.