Established in 1992 with the support of the Shincho Foundation for the Promotion of Literature, the Shincho Graduate Fellowship is awarded each year to up to two graduate students in Japanese cultural studies at Columbia University (all affiliated Columbia University institutions) for conducting advanced graduate study or research in Japan. Fellowships are for a period of one year. Graduate students in any field of Japanese Cultural Studies at Columbia University are eligible. Graduate students engaged in doctoral dissertation research are particularly encouraged to apply.

• We now accept applications for the 2008-2009 academic year. (Deadline: February 29, 2008)
• Please read our Guidelines here.
• Download the application form for the 2008-2009 academic year here.

Previous Shincho Foundation Fellows
Academic Year	Shincho Fellow	Area of Study
2007-08	Saeko Shibayama	Japanese Literature
2006-07	Satoko Shimazaki	Japanese Literature
2005-06	Gian-Piero Persiani	Japanese Literature
2004-05	Michael Fisch	Anthropology
2003-04	Scott Lineberger	Japanese Literature
2002-03	Tomoko Sakomura	Japanese Art History
2001-02	Torquil Duthie	Japanese Literature
2000-01	Michael Scanlon	Japanese Literature
1999-00	Anne Commons	Japanese Literature
1998-99	Ken Tadashi Oshima	Architecture
1997-98	Mark Jones	Japanese History
1996-97	Indra Levy	Japanese Literature
1995-96	Cheryl Crowley	Japanese Literature
1994-95	Naomi Fukumori	Japanese Literature
1993-94	Michele Bambling	Japanese Art History
1992-93	John Carpenter	Japanese Literature and Art History

 

The Orient Corporation Graduate Fellowship

Established by the Orient Corporation, the Orient Fellowship is awarded each year by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures to one graduate student in Japanese cultural studies at Columbia.

The Itoh Foundation Fellowship

From 1999 - 2002, the Itoh Foundation, U.S.A. provided fellowship funding for Columbia University graduate students in Japanese studies.

Purpose and Mission of Itoh Foundation, USA:

The Itoh Foundation, USA seeks to contribute to the global society beyond national borders through funding forefront multidisciplinary research conducted by scholars and students, from any part of the world, belonging to either educational or research institutions, and through supporting international academic exchange among those scholars and students as well as international cultural exchange among talented young people.

Previous Itoh Foundation Fellows
Academic Year	Itoh  Fellow	Area of Study
2001-02	Jonathan Zwicker	Japanese Literature
	Takehiro Watanabe	Anthropology
2000-01	David Lurie	Japanese Literature
	Miwako Tezuka	Japanese Art History
1999-00	Andrea Arai	Anthropology