Pre-registration for both Research Fellowships and Overseas Research Fellowships will open at 9 a.m., April 1, 2020 (Japan time). Once you have completed pre-registration, you will proceed to registration. The deadline for registration is 4 p.m. on May 29, 2020. Please allow sufficient time after completing pre-registration to prepare your application for registration.
2.
申請システムの変更はありますか?
Have you made any changes in the registration system?
The form cannot be saved. Bearing that in mind, please check that you have all the necessary details before filling in the pre-registration form, so that you can fill in the whole form at once.
Check that the details you have entered are correct, then click the "Send" button to submit your form.
4.
事前申請フォームを一度送信してしまうと修正できませんか?
Can I still make changes after submitting my pre-registration form?
Changes can only be made by the applicant in person except registered e-mail address. Please see Q&A 7 in the Q&A section on "Pre-registration. It is required to contact Secretariat (see No.19 of Research Fellowship Application Guideline) to change e-mail address you had registered in Pre-registration.
5.
「メールアドレス確認のお知らせ」が来ないのですが?
I haven't received an email confirming my registered email address.
An email confirming your registered email address will be sent to the email address entered on your pre-registration form. Please confirm your registered email address.
Notification of completion of pre-registration will be sent to the email address registered on your pre-registration form, the same as the email confirming your registered email address. Please confirm your registered email address.
If you are unable to confirm your email address,please contact the Secretariat by email (byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com), making sure that you include your Application Number in all correspondence. Your Application Number is included in your Applicant Page login details.
I have completed pre-registration (but have not yet proceeded to registration). Can I still make changes to pre-registered details (research theme, keywords, contact details after leaving Japan, etc.)
Click on the "Revise" button to change the contents of your pre-registration form (displayed on screen).
Change any details other than your contact email address. (*) It is not permitted to change your contact email address.
After making the necessary changes, click the "Review" button to see if changes are correctly made. When everything is fine, click "Execute" button to finalize the changes.
(*1) If you change your area of research, you will be issued with a new Application Number.
(*2) You can continue to log in to your Applicant Page using the same login ID and password after making changes.
8.
事前申請時に登録したメールアドレスを変更したいのですが?
Can I change the email address I registered during pre-registration?
Contact the Secretariat by email (byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com) and explain that you wish to change your email address, making sure that you include your Application Number in all correspondence.
The Secretariat will handle the necessary procedure and notify you by email. (*) The Secretariat will delete details entered during pre-registration.
Once you have received an email from the Secretariat, you may then carry out pre-registration again. (*) You will be given a new Application Number, ID and password.
9.
事前申請を終了しています。事前申請を取り下げたいのですが?(申請しないことにした。)
I have completed pre-registration, but would like to withdraw my application.
Contact the Secretariat by email(byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com) and explain that you wish to withdraw your application, making sure that you include your Application Number in all correspondence.
The Secretariat will handle the necessary procedure and notify you by email when your application has been withdrawn.
本申請について
Registration
1.
本申請の受付開始、受付締切はいつですか?
When does registration open? When is the deadline?
Click on "Forgotten ID or password?", under the "Login" button on the Applicant Page login screen. Enter the email address you provided during pre-registration and click the "Send" button.
You will be sent a link to confirm your applicant login details.
Click on the link to confirm your ID and password.
6.
本文フォーマットがうまくダウンロードできないのですが?
I am having difficulty downloading Main Section (PDF) of the application form.
Please wait a while and try downloading the application form again. If you continue to experience difficulties, please contact the Secretariat (byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com), making sure that you include your Application Number in all correspondence.
Your Application Number is included in your Applicant Page login details.
7.
まだ、本申請前です。事前申請の内容に修正・変更を加えたいのですが?
I haven't started registration yet. I want to make changes in the form of pre-registration form.
If you haven't started registration yet, please click on the "Revise" button to change the contents of your pre-registration form (displayed on screen) on your Applicant Page. You can then change any details other than your contact email address.
For details of how to make changes, please see Q&A 7 in the Q&A section on "Pre-registration".
Please use either Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari for internet browser to see Cover page. If you are using other browsers, the content may not be displayed properly.
If the file appears to be blank, please contact the Secretariat by email(byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com), making sure that you include your Application Number in all correspondence.
9.
本申請資料(PDF)のファイル合計が3MBを超えてしまいます。どうしたら良いですか?
My application documents (PDF) exceed 3MB in total. What should I do?
The registration system will not accept applications that are larger than 3MB in total.
Please think of a way to reduce the size of your documents so that they are no larger than 3MB in total. Options include reducing the resolution of any charts in PDF format (one sheet of A4 paper only), reducing the number of charts, simplifying charts, or reducing the number of pages or resolution of PDF documents relating to overseas study.
Please wait a while and try downloading files again.
If you continue to experience difficulties, please contact the Secretariat (byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com), making sure that you include your Application Number in all correspondence.
11.
本申請作業中にロックが掛かってしまったのですが?
I was locked out while carrying out registration.
11.
間違ったIDの入力など、間違いが3回連続して発生すると自動的にロックが掛かる仕組みになっています。
ロックが掛かると事前申請で登録頂いたEメールアドレスに「ロック通知と解除案内」が送付されます。
解除案内にしたがって、ロック解除を進めてください。
もしくは3時間経過でロックが自動的に解除されます。
If you enter your ID or other details incorrectly three times in succession, you will automatically be locked out.
If you are locked out, an email will be sent to the email address provided during pre-registration, notifying you that your application has been locked and how to unlock it.
Please unlock your application as instructed in the relevant email.
Alternatively, your application will be automatically unlocked after three hours.
I have completed registration, but I found a mistake in my application form, charts or documents from an institution where I will study overseas. Can I start the registration process again?
You can correct mistakes before the deadline 4 p.m., May 29, 2020. Contact the Secretariat by email (byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com) and explain that you wish to start registration again, making sure that you include your Application Number in all correspondence.
The Secretariat will handle the necessary procedure and notify you by email. (*) Please be aware that you will not be able to proceed with the following procedure unless you contact the Secretariat.
Once you have received an email from the Secretariat, please make any necessary changes and send all of the required documents, in PDF format, via your Applicant Page (Main Section (PDF), Charts (PDF) (if applicable), documents from institutions where you will study overseas (PDF) (if applicable)).
For details of how to change pre-registered details, please see Question 7 in the Q&A section on "Pre-registration").
You must complete your registration before the deadline 4 p.m., May 29, 2020. After the deadline, registration system will be shut down so that you can not proceed to the registration. Please keep this in your mind.
13.
本申請を終了したが、表紙内容に誤りを見つけた。修正後、再度、本申請を実施したいのですが?
I found a mistake on the content of Cover page after completing registration. Can I make changes and start the registration process again?
You can correct the mistake before the deadline 4 p.m., May 29, 2020. Contact the Secretariat by email (byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com)and explain that you wish to make changes to your content of Cover page.
The Secretariat will handle the necessary procedure and notify you by email. (*) Please be aware that you will not be able to proceed with the following procedure unless you contact the Secretariat.
Once you have received an email from the Secretariat, please follow the procedure described under Question 7 in the Q&A section on "Pre-registration" and make any necessary changes to pre-registered details.
Please send all of the required documents, in PDF format, via your Applicant Page (Main Section (PDF), Charts (PDF) (if applicable), documents from institutions where you will study overseas (PDF) (if applicable)).
You must complete your registration before the deadline 4 p.m., May 29, 2020. After the deadline, registration system will be shut down so that you can not proceed to the registration. Please keep this in your mind.
14.
「本申請受付通知」が来ないのですが?
I haven't received acknowledgement of registration.
Acknowledgement of registration will be sent to your authenticated email address, as specified in the email confirming your registered email address. If you are not receiving acknowledgement, please contact the Secretariat by email (byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com), making sure that you include your Application Number in all correspondence.
15.
本申請を終了していますが、本申請を取り下げたいのですが?(申請しないことにした。)
I have completed registration, but would like to withdraw my application.
Contact the Secretariat by email (byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com) and explain that you wish to withdraw your application, making sure that you include your Application Number in all correspondence.
The Secretariat will handle the necessary procedure and notify you by email when your application has been withdrawn.
All correspondence will be sent to the email address you entered as your "contact email address" on the pre-registration form.
It is not permitted to use a mobile phone email address.
If you are not receiving email, please check the following.
3.1. Are you using a free web-based email service?
3.1.1. Please check that emails are not going to your spam folder.
3.1.2. If they are, this is due to spam filters used by your email service provider (Yahoo!, Hotmail, Gmail, etc.). It is not something that we can help with.
3.1.3. If you are using a free web-based email service and are able to change the settings on your account to accept or reject emails, please remove the address "jp.astellas.com" from your spam settings so that you are able to receive emails. Please check with your service provider for details of how to do this.
3.2. Are you using an email address assigned to you by your institution or organization?
3.2.1. Please check that emails are not going to your spam folder. If they are, this is due to spam filters used by your institution or organization. It is not something that we can help with.
3.2.2. Please inform the system administrator at your institution or organization that you wish to receive emails from "jp.astellas.com" but that they are not getting through.
Please check that the files have been transformed into the PDF.
Please check that the PDF files do not exceed 3MB in total.
Please check with system administrator at your institute or oraganization that no software has been incorporated into your PC which blocks sending out the files.
Please use other software which is different from the one failed to upload the PDF files, if such software is available to you now.
If you continue to experience the difficulty to upload the PDF files, please inform the below to the Secretariat by e-mail (byoutai-toiawase@jp.astellas.com).
5.1 About Operation System (OS) you are using now. (example:Windows 7, etc)
5.2 About Browser you are using now. (example: Internet Explore 9, etc)
5.3 Any other information which may be helpful to resolve the ongoing problems (example: Added-on software has been incorporated into the PC, etc)