Academics
Financial Support for Students in the Doctoral Program
Financial Support for Students in the Doctoral Program
The University of Tsukuba provides financial support (living & research allowance) to our promising doctoral students in the form of grants.
As one of the universities that leads promising students, the University of Tsukuba has awarded below three doctoral student support projects from JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency).
- Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING)（2021-）
- University Fellowship Establishment Program for Science and Technology Innovation Creation (Fellowship)（2021-2023）
- Next-Generation AI Human Resource Development Program
"Broadening Opportunities for Outstanding young researchers and doctoral students in STrategic areas (BOOST)"
The university is fostering doctoral students who will create new value and contribute to solving global issues by connecting with diverse human resources beyond the borders of conventional academic disciplines and national borders.
■ Call for New SPRING Research Fellowship Students for AY2025 Autumn
The University of Tsukuba begins to call for doctoral student who are eligible for research incentive funds of the 2025 SPRING Research fellowship.
This time, the application will only be accepted from students enrolling in autumn 2025 (including students advancing or transferring to the third year of the five-year doctoral program). additionally, there is no BOOST recruitment.
Doctoral students who wish to apply should check the application guidelines below, and submit the application through u-Rad , management system for internal grants of the University of Tsukuba.
Please note that after AY2025, no new applications will be accepted based on the fields of the University Fellowship Establishment Program.
□APPLICATION GUIDLINES
□Research Plan Format
□HOW TO SUBMIT
Please access u-Rad from the URL below and submit your application.
URL: https://u-rad.sec.tsukuba.ac.jp/login/index.php?support_id=4EwLTHH5xIb5OjdchpkraA%3D%3D
□Submission Period
October 2 (Thu.), 2025 - October 8 (Wed.), 2025 (Strict observance)
* About u-Rad , management system for internal grants of the University of Tsukuba, click here.
Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING)
■The University's Commitment to the Project "SPRING"
- The Project Run by the University of Tsukuba;
＜Project Title＞
「学問分野の壁を超えて多様な人材と共創できるトランスボーダー型価値創造人材育成プロジェクト」
～予測不能な社会変容にも対応して世界を変える力を備えた、多様なキャリアパスで活躍できる博士人材育成～
Transborder Human Capital Development Project: Fostering Agile Doctoral Students in a VUCA World
＜Project Officer＞
KATO Mitsuyasu - Vice President and Executive Director for Education
○Reference:
List of SPRING Supported Students for AY2025 (JP)
Broadening Opportunities for Outstanding young researchers and doctoral students in STrategic areas (BOOST)
■The University's Commitment to the Project "BOOST"
- The Project Run by the University of Tsukuba;
＜Project Title＞
「学際的次世代AIイノベーション人材育成プロジェクト」
Project for Interdisciplinary Next-Generation AI Innovative Human Resource Development
＜Project Officer＞
SUZUKI Kenji - Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering
○Reference:
List of BOOST Supported Students for AY2025 (JP)