The RIH Japan Summer Internship 2025 is a fully funded opportunity designed to support young researchers passionate about robotics. This program aims to immerse interns in cutting-edge R&D by placing them in Guardian Robot Project (GRP) research groups. Participants will engage in advanced robotics research within teams specializing in areas such as Knowledge Acquisition and Dialogue, Psychological Processes, Interactive Robotics, Multimodal Data Recognition, Human-Machine Collaboration, and Behavior Learning.
RIH Japan Summer Internship
RIKEN is working towards a future where AI, robots, and humans live and work together. The R-IH internship program for international students focuses on developing next-generation robots for real-world use by combining psychology, brain science, cognitive science, and AI research.
This research internship in Japan is open to students worldwide and has two options:
- Type A starts from July 24 to September 19, 2025
- Type B starts from August 21 to September 19, 2025
Traditional robots can only follow specific commands given by humans. However, the Guardian Robot Project (GRP) aims to create robots that understand their surroundings, recognize people, and interact in a way that supports humans while respecting their independence.
The internship research theme for undergraduate and graduate students is “A robot that expresses emotions and coexists with humans for a long time.”
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Host Country: Japan
Host Organization: RIKEN
Financial Assistance: Fully Funded
Duration: 1-2 Months in Japan
Scholarship Value/ Inclusions for RIH Japan Summer Internship
- Students can choose between the Type A and Type B internship programs.
- One round-trip airfare or bullet train fare will be covered.
- Accommodation costs of JPY 11,100 per day and a daily allowance of JPY 2,400 will be provided.
- Students will receive a total reimbursement of JPY 393,900 for the first and second months to cover daily expenses.
- Applicants from universities within 50 km of RIKEN will receive commuting expenses only.
- Students must book and pay for their accommodation and cover transportation costs between their accommodation and the RIKEN office.
- These expenses will be reimbursed later according to RIKEN’s travel policy.
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Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students.
- Students from both Japan and overseas are eligible.
- All applicants must meet the program’s requirements.
- Applicants must be enrolled in a university that can issue a formal letter of request and agreement on their behalf.
- Students must remain enrolled at their university both at the time of application and throughout the program.
- Students from universities with a collaborative research plan with GRP (Kyoto University, Doshisha University, and Nara Institute of Science and Technology) are not eligible to apply.
How to Apply?
- Applicants must submit their application documents to robotics-info@ml.riken.jp.
- The selection committee will review all applications.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an online interview.
- Final results for both Type A and Type B will be released in April 2025.
Required Documents for RIH Japan Summer Internship :
- CV
- Motivation Letter (Applicants must specify at the top: the research team they wish to join, the selected research theme, and the program type.)
- Research Achievement
- Any other relevant supporting documents
Deadline
The application deadline to apply for RIH Japan Summer Internship is 24 March 2025.
