Money Support Table

Summary of Support Information for doctral course students *1① Niigata University② JSPS DC1Scholarship③ JSPS DC2④ JST Fellowship⑤ JST Next Generation(SPRING)
Niigata University Next-

Niigata University

Formal Name Scholarship for Graduate
School Doctoral Program *2

Organization
Yearlystipend
Researchgrant(/year)
TenureEligibility

Niigata University

Research Fellowships for

Research Fellowships for

Niigata University Fellowship

Young Scientists DC1 *3Young Scientists DC2 *3

Support Program *4

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Japan Science and Technology Agency

2.4 million JPY

1.8 million JPY

300,000 JPY

1.5 million JPY or lessOne-timeUniversityDevelopment Project for
Facilitating Future *6(One-time payment)

Enrolled in the Niigata

generation Project *5
Front Runner

200,000 JPY or less

400,000 JPY or lessmax 3 years

Medical/Dental course max 4 years

Doctroal course max 3 years

3 years

2 years

Newly selection: 1st year

Newly selection: 1st year

Enrolled in first year of

Enrolled in second year or

doctroal students

doctral students、and 1st

doctoral course

higher of doctoral courseand 2nd year Medical/Dentalyear Medical/Dental cousecouse students

students

Master's Program1. Developing Highly Skilled
Talents in Future HealthSciences

All ﬁelds

Target fields

2. Developing Innovational
Information Science/AI

All fields

Talents for Creating theFuture
1. Fellowship for Developing

Niigata Univ.
Number ofSelections/year

Highly Skilled Talents in

20 or less
（GSST students
10 (FY2022)
14 (FY2023))

Future Health Sciences 7

1 (FY2022)

1 (FY2022)(Nationwide 707)

(Nationwide 1094)

2. Fellowship for Developing
Innovational Information
Science/AI Talents for
Creating the Future 7

15（50 in allgrades）(Nationwide 2000)

14 （42 in all grades）(Nationwide 1000)

Continuity
Applicationdeadline
Category ofincome

From FY2024, MEXT is considering a new SPRING

Every year

Every year

December

June

Winter-Spring（FY2024）

Miscellaneous income

Salary income

Miscellaneous income

project that integrates both projects.

Support is not available for Support is not available for

Limitation of
secondaryincomeRemarks

Support is not available for

Support is not available for full-time or equivalent

DC1 and DC2 students

workers (approximately 80 hours per month)

Only for students from
Niigata University master's

DC1/2 and SPRING

DC1/2 and Fellowshipstudents, people withstudents, people withannual income of 2.4

annual income of 2.4

million JPY or more, andmillion JPY or more, andgovernment scholarshipgovernment scholarshipstudents. *7students. *7

Tax exemption can be applied to 30% of researchContents such as seminars for acquiring generic skills

grant.

provide by the Office of PhD Recruiting. *8course*1 Information on other scholarship programs available to Niigata University students(https://www.niigata-u.ac.jp/campus/economic/scholarship/*2 Niigata University Scholarship for Graduate School Doctoral Program（https://www.niigata-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/AY2023-NiigataUniversity-Scholarship-for-Graduate-School-Doctoral-Program-Application-Guidelines.pdf）*3 JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists（https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-pd/）*4 Application Guidelines (Fellowship Support Program)（https://www.phd.niigata-u.ac.jp/en/application-guidelines/）*5 Application Guidelines (Next-generation Project)（https://www.phd.niigata-u.ac.jp/en/application-guidelines-2/）*6 Applications must be submitted in the year before enrolling the doctral courses.
*7 Working students and international students with an annual income of 2.4 million yen or more are not eligible for support.
*8 Oﬃce of PhD Recruiting（https://www.phd.niigata-u.ac.jp/）