Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP)

The scholarship includes full tuition fees, a monthly living stipend, round-trip air tickets and travel allowance. Upon completion of the program, JJ/WBGSP scholars must immediately return to their home countries to apply their new skills to their countries' social and economic development.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• have accepted an unconditional offer for one of the 'Eligible Courses' at Sussex (listed below)
• be a national of one of the eligible countries as set out by the World Bank
• hold a Bachelors (or equivalent) degree earned at least 3 years prior to application deadline
• have at least 3 years of paid development-related employment since earning a Bachelors degree (or equivalent university degree) and acquired within the past 6 years from the date of the application deadline
• be employed in development-related work in a paid full-time position at the time of submitting the scholarship application

Who isn't eligible

You are not eligible for this scholarship if you:

• hold dual citizenship of a developed country
• are an Executive Director, his/her alternate, and/or staff of any type of appointment of the World Bank Group or a close relative of the aforementioned by blood or adoption with the term "close relative" defined as: Mother, Father, Sister, Half-sister, Brother, Half-brother, Son, Daughter, Aunt, Uncle, Niece, or Nephew
• have previously been offered a JJ/WBGSP scholarship but declined it, or have previously received a JJ/WBGSP scholarship but did not graduate

Eligible courses

You can only apply for nomination by the University of Sussex to the JJ/WBGSP if you have received an unconditional offer on one of the below courses:

Climate Change, Development and Policy
Environment, Development and Policy
Food and Development