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Up to eight Daiwa Scholarships will be awarded in April 2003 by the Trustees of The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. They are tenable in Japan for twenty months, from September 2003 until April 2005.
The purpose of the Scholarships is to enable young, talented graduates and professionals from the UK to acquire a deep and lasting knowledge of Japan through intensive language study and work placements.
In providing this opportunity, it is hoped that the Daiwa Scholars will subsequently maintain their links with The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation through the Daiwa Scholars Alumni Association, and contribute to UK-Japan understanding across their various interests and fields of expertise.
Since the Daiwa Scholarships were established in 1991, eighty Daiwa Scholars from diverse backgrounds have benefited from this unique opportunity. They have added a strong Japan dimension to their lives and have gone on to successful careers in such fields as science, engineering, art, social science, architecture, theatre, journalism and music.
Scholars undertake an orientation course in the UK in early September and then move to Japan for the rest of their Scholarship.
The Foundation expects Scholars to reach Level 2 of the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). This is a challenging objective but is achievable. The first year of the Scholarship is spent in intensive study of Japanese at a language school in Tokyo and JLPT Level 2 is taken after a further term of part-time study.
The first year includes a four-week homestay with a Japanese family.
Work placements that are relevant to Scholars' chosen fields are arranged in consultation with the Foundation during the first year. Scholars initially undertake their work placements part-time while they prepare for JLPT Level 2. For the last four months, Scholars pursue their work placements full-time.
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation was set up as an independent charitable trust in 1988. Its aims are to enhance the UK's and Japan's understanding of each other's people and culture; to enable British and Japanese students and academics to further their education by travel; and to make grants available to individuals and organisations to promote links between the UK and Japan.
Candidates MUST be British citizens who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom or have been wholly or mainly educated there.
Candidates MUST be aged between 20 and 35 by 1 January 2003.
Candidates MUST have completed their first degree (or its equivalent) by summer 2003 at the latest. Applicants from any academic discipline are welcome but those who have graduated in Japanese or are about to do so and those with an equivalent proficiency in Japanese will NOT be considered. (Candidates with a background in Japanese studies may apply for a grant or bursary to undertake research/study in Japan.)
Candidates MUST be graduates with a good degree or final-year students who are expecting a good degree and/or individuals with a record of outstanding achievement in their field.
The Daiwa Scholarships 2003 application pack can be downloaded from www.dajf.org.uk. Applications (three signed copies, each with a photograph attached, and three confidential references) must reach The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Daiwa Foundation Japan House, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP by 12 DECEMBER 2002.
Incomplete applications, or applications sent by email or fax will NOT be considered.
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Cambridge University Reporter, 15 November 2002
Copyright © 2002 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars
of the University of Cambridge.