Japan-U.S.Educational Commission

2012 Application Procedure and Competition Schedule

Applicants must submit the required documents in accordance with the schedule outlined below.

Those who pass documentary screening conducted by specialists will be invited to Tokyo for an interview in English by a panel of Japanese and American experts. Based on the recommendations made by the selections panel, the Commission selects the candidates and submits their names for final approval to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB) in the United States. Grants become effective when the candidate's affiliation at a university or institution in the U.S. has been confirmed.

February 2011	Competition begins.
April 2011	Registration begins.
May 31, 2011	Registration Deadline. After preliminary review, applicants who meet basic requirement and whose proposals are relevant to the Commission's objectives will be sent application materials.  Graduate Study and Doctoral Dissertation Research applicants whose TOEFL scores are below the required minimum will not be considered further.
July 31, 2011	Application Deadline.
September - October 2011	Documentary screening by specialists.
October - November 2011	Interviews in English at JUSEC office in Tokyo for those who are recommended by documentary screening.
December 2011	Notification of candidacy.
After July 2012	Departure for the U.S.