Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2026 – Window 2 – YOA

Deadline: May 29, 2026

Applications are open for the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2026. The World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) supplies scholarships to college students and younger researchers, contributing to the World Bank’s mission of forging new dynamic approaches to capability growth and information sharing within the growing world.

It is a crucial part of the World Bank’s efforts to advertise financial growth and shared prosperity by way of investing in training, capability constructing, and growing human sources within the growing world. Since 1982, the DEC’s scholarship packages have helped to type a pool of over 7,000 nicely-educated and skilled growth professionals and students, reworking their nations and positively impacting future generations.

Scholarship

The JJ/WBGSP scholarship supplies the recipient with the next advantages:

• Economy class air journey between your home nation and the host college firstly of your study program and instantly following the tip of the scholarship interval. In addition to the 2-manner air journey, students will obtain a US $600 journey allowance for every journey;
• Tuition to your graduate program and the price of fundamental medical insurance coverage obtained by way of the college.
• While on campus in the course of the scholarship interval, a month-to-month subsistence allowance to cowl all residing bills (lodging, meals, and so on., together with books). The quantity of the allowance varies relying on the host nation.

Eligibility

• Be a nationwide of a World Bank member growing nation on this list;
• Not maintain twin citizenship of any developed nation;
• Be in good well being;
• Hold a bachelor’s (or equal) diploma earned not less than 3 years previous to the Application Deadline date;
• Be employed in growth-associated work in a paid full- time place on the time of submitting the scholarship application. Have not less than 3 years of paid growth-associated employment since incomes a bachelor’s diploma (or equal college diploma) and bought inside the previous 6 years from the date of the application deadline.
• On or earlier than the scholarship application deadline date, be admitted unconditionally (apart from funding) for the upcoming educational yr to not less than one of many JJ/WBGSP collaborating grasp’s packages positioned outdoors of the applicant’s nation of citizenship and nation of residence listed on the time the decision for scholarship purposes opens. The letter of admission have to be uploaded earlier than submitting the scholarship application.
• Not be an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or workers of any kind of appointment of the World Bank Group or an in depth relative of the aforementioned by blood or adoption with the time period “close relative” outlined as: Mother, Father, Sister, Half-sister, Brother, Half-brother, Son, Daughter, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, or Nephew.
• Individuals who’ve beforehand been supplied a JJ/WBGSP scholarship however declined it, or have beforehand obtained a JJ/WBGSP scholarship however didn’t graduate, should not eligible to apply once more.

Application

The 2026 application window for Japanese nationals is open. The window will shut on April 17, 2026 at 12:00 midday EST.

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For extra data, go to Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship.