Deadlines for this scholarship
An award closing is only the first of the dates that matter. After it there is the deposit that keeps your place, the unconditional offer the funder wants to see before it pays, and a last day to arrive and register. Where the funder publishes none of these, the row says so — a blank is what the official page actually says, not something we have left out.
No closing date published. This funder sets its closing date per country, or opens the call only when the cycle begins. Send us your documents and we will apply the moment your country’s window opens.
Who can apply
Yes in principle - in-service teachers apply through the Japanese embassy/consulate-general in their country of residence; MEXT excludes no Pakistan/India/Bangladesh/Gulf nationality, but only missions that offer this category recruit for it.
What the award is
MEXT non-degree award for in-service teachers to undertake subject-specific training at a Japanese university for about 1.5 years. Applied through the Japanese embassy; the first screening is conducted between January and February. The official JASSO page describes the programme and timeline but does not publish a stipend figure, so amount_label is left blank rather than guessed. Official source: https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/smap-stopj-applications-teacher.html (checked 29 October 2026).Where these dates came from
The official JASSO page gives only months - "Recruitment ... is made between December of the previous year and the following February. The first screening is conducted between January and February" - so for the 2027 arrival year the call opens December 2026 with no published day-level deadline for Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia or Oman - https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/smap-stopj-applications-teacher.html (checked 30 October 2026); all four stage columns are blank.
Deadlines move. Always confirm on the funder's own page before you book anything — the link above is where we read it.
