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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 2025-2026 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:
See below for recording of 2024 session.
Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Application
The application period is now closed.
All applicants must appear before a Screening Committee via Zoom on Friday, November 15, 2024
Finalists must appear before the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees in-person on Thursday, December 5, 2024
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]