Program Description:	The Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) provides support for Master's degree study in ADB-JSP approved fields of study at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (UHM), and for participation in the educational, residential, and leadership development programs at the East-West Center (EWC).
Website:	www.eastwestcenter.org/adb
Host Institution Name:	East-West Center,East-West Center,East-West Center,East-West Center
Host City:	Honolulu
Host State:	Hawaii
Areas of Study:	Agriculture and Related Sciences Business and Management Economics Geography Natural Resources and Conservation Ocean and Resource Management Pacific Islands Studies Public Administration Sociology Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences Urban Planning
Open to Students from:	South/Central Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia Cook Islands Fed. States of Micronesia Fiji India Indonesia Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Laos Malaysia Marshall Islands Mongolia Myanmar Nauru Nepal Niue Pakistan Palau Papua New Guinea Philippines Republic of Maldives Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Tonga Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam

Award Types:	Scholarship
Avg. Award Amount:	Varies
Number of Awards:	Varies
Award Coverage:	Tuition and fees at the University of Hawaii, round trip airfare, university residence hall room costs, monthly stipend for meals and incidental expenses, health insurance, J-1 Visa sponsorship
Award Duration:	maximum 2 years
Award Deadline:	December
Award Notification Month:	May

Requirements 1:	Be a citizen and current resident of a developing member country of the Asian Development Bank and not more than 35 years old at the time of application.
Requirements 2:	Have a 4-year bachelor's degree or the equivalent of a 4-year Bachelor's degree, at the time of application. (An equivalent could be a 3-year Bachelor's degree plus a 1-year Master's degree, or a 2-year bachelor's degree plus a 2-year Master's degree. This is subject to review.)
Requirements 3:	Have at least 2 years of full-time professional work experience after a university degree at the time of application.
Requirements 4:	Take one of the English proficiency tests; the minimum acceptable scores are 550 for the paper-based TOEFL; 213 for the computer-based TOEFL; and 79-80 for the internet-based TOEFL iBT; 95 for the DUOLINGO; or 6.5 for the IELTS. Results must be taken from a test within the past two years.
Requirements 5:	Must be able to meet the requirements of the Exchange Visitor J-1 visa program.

Contact:	East-West Center ADB-JSP Scholarship Coordinator EWC Registrar's Office 1601 East West Rd ,, , HI 96848
Phone #:	1 808 944-7738
Fax #:	1 808 944-7730
E-Mail:
Instructions:	Apply between August and January at www.eastwestcenter.org/adb