3. IDB Scholarship

This scholarship program is established with funds provided by the Japanese Government to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to offer opportunities to individuals from the Bank’s borrowing member countries to pursue graduate studies at selected institutions.

The selected scholar must agree to return to his/her country for at least two years upon completion of his/her studies at IUJ in order to apply his/her enhanced knowledge and skills toward helping accelerate the economic and social development of his/her country.

IDB considers only candidates who are officially recommended through IUJ by the designated deadline in late February. Therefore, all who are eligible for the IDB Scholarship are requested to submit a complete application to the graduate school of their choice (GSIR or GSIM), by mid-February to meet the recommendation deadline. (For GSIM, only applicants for the first intake can meet the application deadline for the IDB Scholarship, while GSIR applicants must make sure that they complete the necessary application process one or two weeks earlier than the announced application deadline.) Only if and when applicants who have passed the preliminary screening by the respective graduate schools will be recommended to IDB for consideration. IDB will contact each candidate directly regarding the subsequent screening process.

Eligibility	1. The candidate is expected to have work experience in a public agency or in an organization devoted to research or teaching. The candidate must be under the age of 40 as of April 1, 2010. 2. Candidates should be citizens of IDB developing member countries listed below:
		Argentina	Bahamas		Barbados		Belize	Bolivia
		Brazil	Chile		Colombia		Costa Rica	Dominican Republic
		Ecuador	El Salvador		Guatemala		Guyana	Haiti
		Honduras	Jamaica		Mexico		Nicaragua	Panama
		Paraguay	Peru		Suriname		Trinidad & Tobago	Uruguay
		Venezuela
Conditions	・Full Admission Fee:			300,000 yen
	・Full Tuition:			1,900,000 yen		for 2-year program
				2,200,000 yen		for 1-year E-biz program
	・Monthly stipend:			150,000 yen
	・Installation fee:			130,000 yen		(once)
	・Book fee:			60,000 yen		per year
	・ Cost of health insurance provided through IUJ ・ Round trip travel cost (economy class airfare) between the scholar’s home country and Japan (once) ・ The scholarship is awarded for one year, but may be extended. The extension of the scholarship for the second year of study will be conditional on whether the scholar has maintained a high standard of performance as determined by IUJ, and requires the submission of a renewal application. Note: Successful applicants are responsible for paying 50,000 yen as part of the admission fee by the designated deadline according to the guidelines for successful applicants, but may ask for a 50,000 yen reimbursement after enrollment.