Japanese Studies PhD Research Grants 2025

The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation, with funding from The Nippon Foundation, is offering PhD Research Grants in Japanese Studies for 2025, see details below.

Research grants are provided for PhD candidates enrolled at Nordic institutions/ universities in all subjects within the broad field of contemporary Japanese studies, to cover costs for conducting research activities in Japan for up to one year. Contemporary Japanese Studies are defined as fields within the humanities and the social sciences such as anthropology, art, architecture, economics, education, history, law, linguistics, literature, political science, sociology, and the interdisciplinary study and research of various aspects of Japan, its society, history, and culture, with a view to deepening and enhancing an understanding of the country. The research grant program may also accommodate exceptional cases, e.g., research activities in Japan in such areas as science, technology, health and medicine, or any other subjects outside of the humanities and the social sciences, if there are compelling reasons why the PhD candidate must go to Japan for research purposes.