NEF Scholarship Scheme Grant

The NEF Scholarship Scheme provides financial assistance to students from developing countries in Southeast Asia who wish to study subjects related to the natural environment. With monthly scholarships of 4,000 yen for undergraduates and 7,000 yen for postgraduates, the program has supported over 7,900 students since 1991. Scholarships are available to residents of Myanmar, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Bangladesh, enabling them to pursue their education in nature conservation and related fields.

Scholarship Programmes
University for young generations is one of the places where to acquire knowledge and experience, but its education is not available for everyone. For example, there are students who have to give up or drop out from education for economic reasons although they wish to continue their study, particularly in developing countries.
The NEF Scholarship Programmes offers financial supports to those students who are willing to study the subjects related to the natural environment but not have enough financial resources for university level studies. Through the Programmes, the NEF aims to develop human resources in developing countries of Southeast Asia who understand natural science and intend to work in the field of the nature conservation in the future. Monthly scholarship is 4,000 Japanese yen for undergraduate students and 7,000 Japanese yen for postgraduate students.
Currently, scholarships are provided for students in Myanmar, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Bangladesh with the cooperation of the NEF's local counterparts.

Eligibility

Applicants eligible for scholarship are:Lao PDRResidents of Lao PDRUniversity students, opting for an undergraduate or or master's course related to the nature conservation (biology, forestry etc.) at National University of Laos.Vietnam Residents of VietnamUniversity students, opting for a master's course related to the nature conservation (biology, forestry etc.) in Vietnam.MyanmarResidents of MyanmarUniversity students, opting for an undergraduate or a master's course related to the nature conservation (biology, forestry etc.) in Myanmar.CambodiaResidents of CambodiaUniversity students, opting for an undergraduate course related to the nature conservation (biology, forestry etc.) at the following three universities.Royal University of Agriculture, CambodiaPrek Leap National College of AgricultureChea Sim University of KamchaymearBangladeshResidents of BangladeshUniversity students, opting for an undergraduate course related to the nature conservation (biology, forestry etc.) at the following five universities.Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural Universitya Bangladesh Agricultural University University of DhakaJahangirnagar UniversitySher-e-Bangla Agricultural UniversityIn principle, Scholarship term is from the selected time period until graduation.If a doctor and the NEF’s local counterpart deems that the student is unable to attend classes due to health condition (e.g., injury, illness or hospitalization), the NEF will suspend the scholarship until the student recovers. Once he or she returns to school, the scholarship is again provided.

Ineligibility

NEF Scholarship Scheme cannot support any cost for study abroad because this is for those local students who study at university in their home country.The scholarship may be cut off if the NEF’s local counterpart deems that the student is performing unsatisfactorily in terms of academic work or behaviour as a scholarship recipient.It is also cut off when the recipient studies abroad.