Entrance Requirements List for Academic Year 2022 FLOuRISH JIRITSU (Self-Reliance)Fellowship
Program (vacancies)
1. Outline of the Program(1)

Institute for Fostering Leadership to create future value through Outstanding Research,Innovation and Sustainable Higher education (FLOuRISH) JIRITSU (Self-Reliance) Fellowship Program(hereinafter referred to as "FL-JIRITSU") is a fellowship program that provides students enrolled in thedoctoral course at the Graduate School of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology with thenecessary funds to allow them to work independently on research projects with free ideas in a certain lengthof time. It is aimed at supporting the promotion of self-reliance of young human resources who cancontribute to society by acquiring advanced research capabilities and gaining experience in businessdevelopment and social implementation, etc. This Fellowship Program is implemented in accordance with“the JIRITSU Fellowship Program Implementation Guidelines.” Students eligible for the FL-JIRITSU arerequired to clarify their research mission in a joint research or such and pursue their research.

In addition,

since an environment for intensive research will be provided, the students will be required to work on theirresearch projects more independently and promote their independence as world-class young researchers.
(2) Fellowship
For the FL-JIRITSU, each student will receive an annual stipend of 2.5 million yen x 2 years (inprinciple) = 5 million yen.
【Breakdown of the annual 2.5 million yen】
・Dedicated research support expenses: 2.4 million yen
・Research expenses...100,000 yen※ The dedicated research support expenses and research encouragement expenses (equivalent to living
expenses) are treated as miscellaneous income and are subject to income tax and resident tax (youneed to file your own tax return). As a general rule, they will be paid in installments every two months.
3. Applicant Qualifications
Applicants must have excellent research ability, be willing to devote themselves to research, berecommended by the supervisor (see 4.), and meet the following requirements.
・Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate course at TUAT (Tokyo University of Agriculture andTechnology) as of April 1, 2022, and meet one of the following requirements.
(1) Those who are enrolled in a doctoral course (the last half term) or a doctoral course of only later threeyears, and who are second-year students admitted on April 1, 2021.
(2) Third-year students enrolled in a four-year doctoral course who were admitted on April 1, 2020.
(3) Fourth-year students enrolled in an integrated doctoral course who were admitted on April 1, 2019.

・Notwithstanding the above, those who fall under any of the following categories are not eligible to apply.
----- Conditions that do not meet application eligibility (If any of the conditions apply, you cannot apply.)----------(1) Government-sponsored international students(2) Students dispatched by foreign governments(3) Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(4) Fellowship recipients of the FLOuRISH Fellowship for Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by theNext Generation (FL-Next Generation)(5) A person who is recognized as having a stable income from a university, company, etc., such as a salaryor executive remuneration, at a level*1 sufficient to cover living expenses.
(5) Students who are recognized as having stable income such as salary or executive remuneration at alevel*1 sufficient to cover living expenses from a university or company.
(6) Students who are receiving other scholarships*2 that cannot be received in duplicate.
(7) Those who are on leave of absence from school*1: Based on an annual amount equivalent to 2.4 million yen.
*2: You cannot apply if you are receiving a scholarship from the Japan Student Services Organization(JASSO) that cannot be received in combination with other scholarships. Note: Those who have alreadyreceived or are currently applying for the research encouragement expenses in the JIRITSU Scholarship
scheme can apply for this Program.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------４． Contributions from Supervisors
Supervisors are required to pay 800,000 yen per person per year for 2 years = 1.6 million yen out of thededicated research support expenses and research expenses (2.5 million yen per year per person for 2 years= 5 million yen) from one of the following funds.
However, since FLOuRISH is expected to provide 200,000 yen as supplementary per year, the total amountto be paid is expected to be 1,200,000 yen (600,000 yen for AY2022 and 600,000 yen for AY2023).
However, the amount for payment from supervisors in AY2023 and beyond may vary slightly, depending on
the budget situation of the FLOuRISH.
(1) University operating expenses(2) Donations (unrestricted)(3) Joint research expenses (limited to those that the joint institution allows to be spent as fellowship)(4) Other funds that the allocating institution allows to be spent as fellowship.
※For students at Ibaraki University or Utsunomiya University in the United Graduate School ofAgricultural Sciences, fellowship is limited to (1) University operating expenses and (2) Donations(unrestricted) of supervisors at Ibaraki University and Utsunomiya University.
※In the case that the contribution is for (3) joint research expenses or (4) Other funds that the allocating
institution allows to be spent as fellowship, the dedicated research support expenses and the amountequivalent to 10% of the consumption tax will be deducted.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Number of students to be eligible for the fellowships
2 students
6. Application schedule
Application period: From March 24 (Thursday) to April 8 (Friday)
7. Selection schedule
April 19 (Tuesday): A set of application documents (Form 2 to Form 3 in PDF format) collected by eachdepartment or graduate school.
The list of scoring results (in Excel format) will be submitted to the Educational Support Office
By April 27 (Wednesday): Selection by FLOuRISH Selection Committee, students to be selected
8. Selection criteria-----Selection criteria -----------------------------------------------------------------------Selection will be based on the following four criteria: (1) Prospects for acquiring advanced researchcapabilities, (2) Prospects for contributing to society from a broad perspective, including businessdevelopment and social implementation using advanced research capabilities, (3) Academic and researchachievements, and (4) Own objectives and plans in joint research.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------９. Application Procedure (Application deadline: 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 8)【Documents to be submitted】
Please submit Form 2 (prepared by supervisors) and Form 3 (prepared by students) by e-mail to theaddress provided by each department.
【Submit to】Please submit the forms as an e-mail attachment from your supervisor to the department or
graduate school to which you belong below.
〇Graduate School of Agriculture
Student Support Office, Fuchu District OfficeTEL：042-367-5579 Mail：a-gkall@cc.tuat.ac.jp〇United Graduate School of Agricultural Science
United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences Student Section

TEL：042-367-5670 Mail：rennougk@cc.tuat.ac.jp〇Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of BASE Studies
Admissions Section, Student Support Office, Koganei District Office

TEL：042-388-7014

Mail：tnyushi@cc.tuat.ac.jp【Application documents, etc.】The application documents can be downloaded from the following URL
or QR code.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aH6KvswkHtc5YQu99jYc-31DupRLBqC9・Application Guidelines for FL-JIRITSU
・Form 2 "FL-JIRITSU Observation Document”
・Form 3 "FL-JIRITSU Research Plan"

・Implementation Guidelines for the TUAT FLOuRISH JIRITSU Fellowship Program

10. Others
・If a student who has been selected for the FL-JIRITSU remains in school beyond the standard period ofstudy due to retention, etc., no further payments will be made.
・Please refer to the “Implementation Guidelines for the TUAT FLOuRISH JIRITSU Fellowship
Program” when applying.
・After becoming an eligible student for the FL-JIRITSU, students are not precluded from applying for(3) “Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science” and (6) “Students who arereceiving other scholarships that cannot be received in duplicate” in 3. Applicant Qualifications.
However, FL-JIRITSU cannot be received in duplicate with (3) and (6). Please contact us as soon as
possible after the decision of the adoption of (3) and (6). One month before the start of the payment
from (3) and (6) will be the last month to receive the payment from JIRITSU (Dedicated researchsupport grant).
・International students who have not yet arrived in Japan or have temporarily returned to their homecountry are also eligible to apply. However, the dedicated research support expenses and researchexpenses will be granted only after the student has arrived in Japan or come back to Japan from theirhome country. The dedicated research support expenses and research expenses for the month before
the student arrives in Japan or returns to their home country temporarily will not be paid retroactively.

《Inquiry》
TUAT Educational Support Office, Academic Affairs Division
TEL：042-367-5943
Mail：jiritsu-fl@m2.tuat.ac.jp