KOKUNAI Research Grant(Domestic Research Grant)
【Important Notice】
This system will be expired at the end of March, 2023.
The new system, Research Grant for Doctoral Students will be established. All activities supported under the current system will be subject to the new system.
An outline of the new system will be announced in late February 2023. For details, please check here.
Aim and Qualification
This research grant is designed to accelerate and support the domestic research activities of Doctoral students
Qualification
Must be an officially enrolled
graduate student in either a Doctoral Program, Year 3 or above of an Integrated
Doctoral Program, or 4-Year Doctoral Program. In addition, applicants must undertake
research for consecutive 5 days(*1)
or more (excluding the days you spent for traveling
and holidays) during the eligibility period of travel
below (refer to Clause 3.) at universities (other than Ritsumeikan University)
or research institutions.(Applicants must be "enrolled" or "studying abroad")
*1 Days to be excluded:
- Days for self-development such as language acquisition, paid research activities (e.g.) paid
internships, part-time jobs etc..)
- Days you did not actually conduct any research
activities such as the days you spent for
traveling from one place to the next
destination and holidays, cannot be included in the
“more than 5 consecutive
days” of your research activities.
Can be selected
as recipients of this grant three times or more while being enrolled
(four
times or more for students enrolled in the Graduate School of Pharmacy.)
*Please be sure to check the Application Guidelines for details.
Application Procedures
Application will be accepted by the submission of designated application form and required documents together within the application period.
*Please read the Application Guidelines carefully when preparing Application Form.
Application Period:
・Spring Semester: Monday, May 16, 2022 to Friday, May 20, 2022 (by 17:00 *JST)
・Fall Semester: Monday, October 24, 2022 to Friday, October 28, 2022 (by 17:00 *JST)
How to submit:
Prepare all the “Submission Documents” as PDF data. Then log in manaba+R and submit the PDF data of submission documents from “Graduate Student Career Path Support Center(大学院キャリアパス推進室)” .
[How to submit Application Documents/Documents necessary for procedures(PDF)]
※ If you wish to send the documents by post due to unavoidable reasons, please contact the Office of Graduate Studies
(KIC) by e-mail in advance. Please make sure that the documents do not lack any information or signature, and send
them by simplified registered mail. The documents must arrive by the deadline. Please send the document by post to
the address below (by using a registered mail to keep the record of delivery).
To apply for this scholarship, registration on Ri-SEARCH is necessary.
Applicants must make the application form Ri-SEARCH External Link.
You can check the way to make the forms through the below manuals.
Ri-SEARCH manual (to create an application from for scholarship/grant programs)
Ri-SEARCH manual (to make a Research Achievement Report)
Example of forms created in Ri-SEARCH
Procedures for the Recipients
- Important points and briefing as a video will be distributed for the recipients.
All recipients must check this video site.Research Report
The recipients of this fund should report their research result. Please submit the Research Report (form 4) and Poster by data and original documents by March 17,2023. We will also have the oral or poster presentation session for the research achievement. We ask all recipients to participate in this poster session actively.
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There was no application.Download Forms
2022 Application Guideline(2022.4.5up)2022 Application Documents Check List(2022.4.5up)
2022 Application Form(form 1)(2022.4.5up)
2022 Budget Execution Plan(form 2)(2022.4.5up)
Check Sheet for "Ethical Review of Research Involving Human Subjects at Ritsumeikan University" (Revised in April, 2019)2022 Guidelines for the KOKUNAI Research Grant(Will be updated later)2022 Expenditure Implementation Report(form 3)(Will be updated later)2022 Research Report(form 4)(Will be updated later)
Inquiry Office
Office of Graduate Studies:
Kinugasa Campus Shitoku-kan 4F 075-465-8195