Yes i did. I mentioned the professor's name, quoted his work and elaborated on his research in relation to my plans.
Dear all,
Another question from me...right now I'm in the middle of preparing the research proposal so I wonder should we mention about the Lab/Universities that we are planning to apply in Japan ?
As I mentioned before, fortunately I have found Professor that agree to supervised me so is it okay to put on something like below in my research proposal :
" Prospective Labs which I wish to conduct my research are as below :
1. ...
2. ... "
So do you guys put something like that in your study plan ?
hai im newbie here. im applying MEXT postgraduate - research student 2010. however, i have some question to ask...
1. do i need to submit 'recommendation letter'? if yes, where should i get this letter? is it from my graduated university?
thanks
I don't think is enough, you know regardless of every source that I ask and look up in the internet, they always said that this part is very important for the selection process. So what I wrote in here was my proposed research topic which I will conduct, background and also some outline/general description about how I will conduct my research.I am planning to apply the scholarship. Can someone guide me how to actually fill in the details below?
i) Field of study
is it just mention what is the course you have graduated would be enough?
For this part I focus on the detail of my research and study plan, I include my research methodology and my prospective lab which I would want to join to do my research, I also collaborate the Professor work with my research.ii) STUDY PROGRAM IN JAPAN in detail
this column should i mention which course i would like to enrol in or topic of research program which i am interested... ?i am graduated in mechanical, anyone can give me a guide how should i write?
they say that the recommendation should be from the principal or the advisor of the last uni you attended...but even a professor that you knows you well will work just fine
Thanks arap@Shaun
Actually if go back few page in this thread, someone had already given some answer to this kind of question but I will try to add it.
Well I'm not exactly the right person to answer this because I'm also in the middle of applying for MEXT this year but I hope it can give you some information.
I don't think is enough, you know regardless of every source that I ask and look up in the internet, they always said that this part is very important for the selection process. So what I wrote in here was my proposed research topic which I will conduct, background and also some outline/general description about how I will conduct my research.
For this part I focus on the detail of my research and study plan, I include my research methodology and my prospective lab which I would want to join to do my research, I also collaborate the Professor work with my research.
I believe you can free to write anything as long as you can describe clearly, detail, and concrete about your research plan.
Well that's what I filled in my form but then again I'm also one of the applicants so it would be great if any last year successful applicants can confirm this.
Anyway Best Luck to both of us
you are rite...thanks for your info, i will get it done frm uni. by the way, is this 'undergraduate scholarship' also need a recommendation letter? but how come there's no mention on this 'recommendation letter' in the guideline? thanks
>Shaun
For example, if you would like to major in automobile, you should fill the area of study like this (if I follow the instruction given last year)
Natural Sciences - Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Automobile
You will go through the following with the sequence
1. Primary Selection - informing you to sit for the written test
2. Written test
3. Interview
4. Getting Letter of Acceptance
5. Waiting for reply from MEXT in Tokyo
>Shaun
I will be talking based on my experience last year.
Our written test was in Mid-June. The interview was in early August to Mid-August. The letter of acceptance period was in August and September. The last stage is the longest -from then until 20 February this year.
Have you ever written a proposal for your projects? It should be some sort of things like that (according to a call to the embassy last year) If your study plan is concrete and concise, I don't see any reason they will be rejecting your application. But anyway, do look back to the posts in March 2008 to April 2009. Call the embassy if you need any help which we cannot explain. Follow their instruction will do. And the person in charge is very friendly and helpful.
>Shaun
Last year, there were about 200 of the applicants called for written test. About 70 were chosen for the interview. In the end, 33 persons were recommended.
Good luck!
Umm, a complete proposal in 1 night? I don't think that will be detailed/concise enough. And yes, 1 page might be too short. You have about 2~3weeks till the deadline, so please spend more time on it. I spent about 3~4 weeks on mine. And much like you, I wasn't sure about how to write a research proposal. So I had to take some time to learn how to write a research proposal before I actually started writing. good luck to you. I know its not easy.i will try to work out a complete proposal tonite!~
Umm, a complete proposal in 1 night? I don't think that will be detailed/concise enough. And yes, 1 page might be too short. You have about 2~3weeks till the deadline, so please spend more time on it. I spent about 3~4 weeks on mine. And much like you, I wasn't sure about how to write a research proposal. So I had to take some time to learn how to write a research proposal before I actually started writing. good luck to you. I know its not easy.
Anyways, I think the success rate is a little over 10% here too. Which is really good for a scholarship, especially one of this magnitude
35?? i am goin to faint... ha33 is a higher number compared to undergraduate applicants, which can be lower than 10. And by looking at the total applicants, the success rate is over 10%, which is much higher than JPA scholarship. Hope that'll boost up your confidence a bit.
Moreover, you can always (touchwood), keep trying until the age of 35 should you not strike this time.
I am looking up some materials now for the study program@Shaun
Well...I just want to set up some bad example
Last year I wrote my research plan in one night and as expected I didn't even pass the document selection so don't make the same mistakes as I did, spend more time on this part