Applications for 2017 Atsumi scholarship were received from the 1st to the 30th of September 2016. 83 applicants from 20 countries /areas and from 32 universities have applied this year. 12 scholarship recipients will be selected through a selection procedure which consists of document-based screening and two interviews. The results will be announced in early-December.
See the following charts for more details.

2016 AISF Application data (only in Nihongo)