OPEN SOON: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Research Internship, Japan 2021

Application period open: September 15, 2020

Application Deadline: October 15, 2020 for Starting date April-September 2021

Research Intern places are awarded twice a year on a competitive basis. Selection is highly competitive, and depends on suitability of the intended research, academic background, available funding and space. Not all available positions will necessarily be filled.

Benefits:

• Living Allowance of 2,400 JPY per day (weekends excluded) while at OIST.  
• One direct roundtrip travel for Research Interns between the home university or institution and the research unit or other facility where the internship will take place (primarily in Okinawa). The travel dates must be as close as possible to the term of the placement. Travel for successful applicants is arranged by the OIST Graduate School. 
• The Student Support Section of the Graduate School will provide support for Research Interns at OIST with matters such as housing, visa acquisition, insurance procedures, and local registration.

NOTE: Support for dependents, family members, and persons other than the student is not available. 

Eligibility

Those eligible to apply for the OIST Research Internship Program include excellent students enrolled in undergraduate or Masters programs in universities, colleges, junior colleges, and vocational schools in Japan or overseas, or recent graduates of such institutions. Currently enrolled students must have approval from their home institution. Academic background of applicants should be appropriate to their desired host unit(s) at OIST.

Graduate School funded internships are highly competitive and are only awarded to outstanding applicants who are in the final 2 years of their academic program, or are recent graduates within the past year before the application deadline. In some cases, additional internship positions may be offered directly by OIST faculty to other outstanding applicants, particularly for those with highly-developed skills relevant to the group’s research.

Application process:

1. Applications to the program must be made through the online form, available here.
2. You will receive an auto-notification that your application has been received. (Please check your settings to ensure you can receive emails from addresses ~@oist.jp).
3. Following the application period, applications will be screened and selection will be completed.
4. Notification will be sent to successful applicants by 3 months after the submission deadline, at the latest. (In some cases applicants’ email services/ settings prevent receipt of our notifications. Please confirm that your inbox is able to receive emails from ~@oist.jp email addresses. We will not repeatedly send notifications. If you are not able to find a notification by the approximate notification date below, you can assume that you will not receive an offer for the current round.)
5. Following final confirmation of internship offers, all necessary arrangements will be made, in cooperation with the interns. Your cooperation is required for timely completion of logistics to begin the internship, including possible visa preparations and other necessary Japanese government documentation.

All application documents, including the letter of recommendation, must be sent by the deadline listed below for your intake dates. Application periods correspond to time ranges in which your internship starts.

The deadline for your application depends on the day you plan to start your internship. For example, if you plan to start May 1st, your “Desired Starting Date” is in the range of April 1st – September 30th, so the deadline is October 15th.

Actual internship periods may include parts of two or more separate intake periods (for example, you could request an internship that lasts from January 10th – May 10th).

More information on Official Website. How to Apply HERE.