The APU Incentive Scholarship for Self-motivated Students

The APU Incentive Scholarship for Self-motivated Students is given to students actively involved in extracurricular self-motivated activities. Scholarship of 100,000 yen is awarded to student organizations and 50,000 yen is awarded to individual applicants. Application will be start around June. Further details available on the Student Services website.

The Award for Excellence in Cultural Activities, Arts, and Sports

This award recognizes groups or individuals who have made continuous efforts to achieve the high goals they have set and who have a record of excellence in one of the areas of cultural activities, the arts, or sports.
The Social Contribution Award

This award recognizes groups or individuals whose activities have greatly contributed to the APU community and solving problems confronting local communities or society as a whole either within Japan or overseas.
The Award for Outstanding Contributions to Learning

This award recognizes groups or individuals who have organized and held creative events or activities that utilize their studies at APU to share their learning with a wide range of people.
Division of Student Affairs Award

This award is given to students recommended by a faculty or staff member who have shown exceptional responsibility and leadership in their self-motivated activities.

2024 Winners

The Award for Excellence in Cultural Activities, Arts, and Sports

Seminar for Prof. HIRANO Mihar

They won the International Humanitarian Law Role Play Competition and the International Humanitarian Law Role Moot Court Competition organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in December 2023. They went on to participate in the HKRC International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition 2024 and the 44th Jean-Pictet Role Play Competition 2024 as representatives of Japan.

NGUYEN Kieu Chi

She participated in national and international case competitions and represented Japan in the HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Case Competition. She also won the Report Award at the Bloomberg ESG Challenge 2023.

The Social Contribution Award

P&F NANTAN

With the aim of revitalizing the community of Hiji, P&F NANTAN held monthly events for students from the former Minamihata Elementary and Junior High School in Hiji. By engaging with local people and organizations at these events, they built relationships with the local community and brought energy back to the depopulated Nantan area that surrounds the closed school.

Genect

Genect has carried out five visits to nursing homes, and the initiative was even covered by the Oita Godo Newspaper. In order to spread the word about their activities, their representative gave a TEDx Talk on the importance of intergenerational links.

The Award for Outstanding Contributions to Learning

RITMUNC

RITMUNC organized a hybrid International Model United Nations (MUN) Conference in March 2024 that attracted over 80 participants from Tokyo International University and Kyushu University. They received 11 awards and have plans to secure additional funding to improve the quality and international impact of the conference.

FELICIA ANGELICA HARTONO

As leader of ORCA, she organized international and national business case competitions such as High School International Online Case Competition (HIOCC) and International Online Case Competition (IOCC), which enhanced students' analytical and problem-solving skills. She also applied her research in the real world through the Corporate Collaboration Project.

Division of Student Affairs Award

REHMAN AREEBA

In June of this year, the student received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Chief of Police for protecting an elderly woman. The police chief said, “I found that Areeba-san speaks good Japanese and is a very kind person. I think it was because of who she is that Areeba-san called out to the elderly woman and saved her precious life.” The police chief praised the student's courage for bravely calling out to the elderly woman in Japanese in a foreign country. We believe that the student's initiative in protecting the elderly woman will help build a good relationship between the local community and APU, and it will also serve as an example for other students.

List of Past Awardees