Financial Aid for Travel Expenses and Other Expenses to Take Courses
To support students who are eager to obtain a global perspective, UGAS provides financial aid for specificcourses. Financial aid available for this year is listed below.
◇Research InternshipVenue

Financial Aid

University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Travel expenses,(Institution under agreement with UGAS)

accommodation fees

NARO Tohoku Agricultural Research

Paid toParticipants

Travel expenses,

Research account of theaccommodation fees

major advisory professor

Iwate Biotechnology Research Center

Travel expenses,

Research account of the(Institution under agreement with UGAS)

accommodation fees

major advisory professor

Travel expenses,

Research account of theaccommodation fees

major advisory professor

Center (Institution under agreement withUGAS)

Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology
Research Center(Institution under agreement with UGAS)Internship at an institution other than above Travel expenses

Research account of thewithin Japan

major advisory professor(up to 100,000 yen)Internship at an institution other than above Travel expenses

Research account of theoutside Japan

major advisory professor(up to 150,000 yen)◇Communication for International Conferences
Venue

Financial Aid

Paid toConference held

Travel expenses (up toResearch account of the major

outside Japan150,000 yen)advisory professor*No financial aid is available for travel expenses to attend international conferences held within Japan.
*It is not permitted to support financial aid (travel expense) and to give the credit of this course after theapplication for the doctoral degree.
*To receive financial aid to take part in the Communication for International Conferences course, students
must be the first author of an oral presentation or poster presentation in English. Second or subsequentauthors, as well as students who are attending conferences without making presentations are not eligible forfinancial aid. The affiliation listed by the student attending the conference must be the United Graduated
School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University.
◇Dual Ph.D. ProgramVenue
One round trip to University of
Saskatchewan while registeredas a Dual Ph.D. program student

Financial Aid

Paid toParticipants

Travel(Iwate University students who leave

expenses

Japan to undertake research at Universityof Saskatchewan)Note 1 Application deadlines for financial aid for travel expenses to engage in the Research Internship course
except for University of Saskatchewan (CANADA), as well as to engage in the Communication forInternational Conferences course, are at the end of November and paid in the following January to a
research account of the major advisory professor. Travel expenses for students to participate in aninternship program or in a conference held in or after December, will be reimbursed to the majoradvisory professor’s research account in the next academic year.Travel expenses for students toparticipate in an internship program or in a conference must be paid first from a research account ofthe major advisory professor. Each University to which the major advisory professor belongs willthen make a Travel Order Confirmation and Travel Plan (Ryoko Meirei Ukagai/Ryoko Keikaku). Themajor advisory professor should submit travel expense calculation forms to the UGAS office after theResearch Internship course is completed. The reimbursement fee will be calculated as per thesubmitted documents. Any documents other than the above will not be accepted for financial aid.
The maximum amount of financial aid (100,000 yen for Research Internship in Japan and 150,000 yenfor Research Internship outside Japan and for Communication for International Conferences) can beapplied only for transportation fees. Accommodation fees and daily allowances will be subject to therules of each University.
Note 2 Each student can receive financial aid only one time during his/her enrollment at UGAS.
Note 3 No financial aid is available for dual Ph.D. program students to attend international conferences or toengage in research internships.
Note 4 Traveling fee for the use of official car and private car will not be paid at any cases.
Note 5 The document which shows the accommodation fee is needed to submit in the case students use apackage tour.