JISPA Online Application Flow
AY2024-25
Thank you for your interest in the Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA).
Prior to starting the JISPA online application, please read the online application flow:
1. Confirm eligibility criteria: Please read the application guidelines in the JISPA ebrochure with great care and confirm that you meet the eligibility criteria.
2. Ask two referees to provide a reference: Please share the link of the JISPA
Reference Letter Form: https://cvent.me/w5lR89 to your two referees for them toprovide their reference for you.
i.

Please provide your referees with your primary email address that you will
use for the JISPA online application and further selection process. The
referees need to enter this email address in the JISPA Reference Letter Form
to identify you as the applicant that they are providing the reference for.

ii.

Once referees complete the JISPA Reference Form, a completion
confirmation email will be sent to both the referee and the applicant. Please
make sure that your two referees complete the JISPA Reference Letter Form
before you proceed to the JISPA online application.

3. Complete the JISPA online application system: You are requested to enter
your name as in your passport. Please download the sample application and review
it before entering the information requested online.
i.

Please prepare all the necessary information required in theapplication form, as listed in the sample application form. You arerequested to complete entering the information and upload all therequired documents in one sitting. No changes, even due to typing
mistakes, can be made after submission. If you make a mistake, you arerequested to resubmit with another email address, i.e., re-enter all theinformation together with uploading all the required documents. You are also
requested to ask your referees to provide their reference again with your newemail address. Please inform OAP at jispa@imf.org of the new reference
number, together with the corresponding primary email address, as describedin No 3.

ii.

Please follow the typing tips below as well as instructions provided in theonline application.

•Please capitalize the first letter in the field and make all the other letterslower case when typing, e.g.: Last Name: Nguyen (NG: NGUYEN, nguyen)•Please capitalize the first letter in each part of any name, if the nameconsists of more than one word, e.g.: Department: Department of2
Macroeconomic Policy (NG: DEPARTMENT OF MACTOECONOMIC POLICY,department of macroeconomic policy)•

If a field is not relevant to the applicant, please leave it BLANK (do NOT type
N/A for this field)- Please be sure to complete all required fields.

•If you have only a single name, please type this name in the field "LastName" and then input N/A in the field "First name".

•If you are from a branch office, please type the name of the branch office inthe field of "Department". Then, the department of the branch office should
be entered in the field of "Division".

•Follow instructions on data format, such as time (MMYYYY) and phone
numbers with a country code (Do not start with +), whenever stipulatedon the online application form. (NG: +123 456 789)

iii. Review your application information BEFORE SUBMISSION: Once you
have entered all the information required, please review it with greatcare. Kindly be advised that you will NOT be able to log-in to the system tochange or print out the information after submission as described in 3-i.
iv. Complete and submit the online application: To complete the online
application, please click the "Submit Registration" button. Upon submission, an
auto-completion message will be sent to your primary email address. If you do
not receive this auto message, you entered an incorrect email address, so pleaserestart the online application with the correct email address.
4. A PDF application form with your reference number is to be sent: You will
receive a PDF application form with your reference number via email during the last
week of November.
5. Your application for the JISPA will be processed only after your online application
has been submitted. There is no need to send the original documents via post at
the time of the application.
6. Please save the PDF application form with your reference number. Also, please keep
the original of the documents uploaded since they will need to be sent to the JISPA
secretariat via post if you are selected as a AY2024-25 scholar (please see[Important Notice] below for detailed information).
7. For future correspondence and inquiries, please provide your reference number.
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Only applicants who are selected for the JISPA, commencing in the spring of 2024,
will be asked to send a printed copy of the PDF application form with their reference
number, together with the originals of #1-2 and #4-7 to the address in the checklist.

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The submitted set of original documents should be identical to the ones uploaded in
the online application system.
Please do NOT include any materials in the package other than the ones which you
uploaded at the time of the online application (materials which are not uploaded in
the system will not be considered). The materials to be mailed should be identical tothe ones you uploaded through the online application. Please see the checklist in thesample application form for further details.
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Once you understand and have completed the above stage, please proceed tothe online application.