• Access the online application system from the JDS Ghana Official Website (https://scholarship.jds21.com/) and submit the application documents online before 0:00 am 23rd November 2023. Please refer to the Application Guidelines during completion and ensure submission of a full set of application documents.
   
• Send Prescribed Form 2 to the HR Director as a Referee. The Referee must send it directly to the JDS Office (ghana.jds@gmail.com) via email or give it to the applicant in a signed and sealed envelope with the organisational stamp. Prescribed Form 2 sent by the applicant via email will NOT be accepted.
   
• Submit hard copies of the following documents to the JDS Ghana Project Office one week after the deadline of applications. You may send them by bus transport/courier. (Kobe U, IUJ, Ritsumeikan U, ICU.)
  • Certified copy of your degree certificates (bachelor and above)
  • Original or certified copy of your transcripts (bachelor and above)

The application deadline is 22nd November (Wed), 2023.

Application documents will not be returned for any reason. Late submission and/or incomplete application documents will NOT be accepted.

B. Application Documents

1. 1Research proposal: Type in the space provided a brief proposal outlining your research plan (no more than 700 words). ● Optionally, you can upload a pdf file with no more than 700 words, 3 pages maximum.
2. Reference form from HR director
   download:Word PDF
   • To be completed by the Director, Human Resource.
   • The Referee must send it directly to the JDS Office (ghana.jds@gmail.com) via email or give it to the applicant in a signed and sealed envelope with the organisational stamp
3. The *certified copy of your “Bachelor and above /Certificate of degree”
4. Original or a *certified copy of your “Official Transcript (University-level)”
   *A certified copy which is duly certified by your university or the Commissioner of Oaths.
5. Colored photocopy of your ID: Upload a copy of valid Passport or National ID issued by the National Identification Authority for Ghanaians if you don’t have a passport.
6. Proof of your English language skill (To be completed by officials from your organization which you work for. ie.to be filled by a superior from your organization and stamped with the official seal)
   download:Word PDF
    
   or Certificate of English Proficiency from University (For Kobe U. & Ritsumeikan U.)
   ●　You do not need to submit ‘Proof of your English language skill’ if you hold a Bachelor’s degree from a university in the US, Canada, UK, or Australia; or (2) if you submit a Colour-Photocopy of your English language test score (TOEFL, TOEIC, or IELTS) undertaken within the past two years. (Kobe University and Ritsumeikan University)
7. Photocopy of Appointment letter

NB: Please access the Online application portal from the JDS Ghana Official Website.