Announcement for JSPS international fellowships for research in Japan (standard)

To provide opportunities for excellent postdoctoral researchers from other countries to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions. The program allows such researchers to advance their own research while contributing to the progress of research in japan and the counterpart countries.

Fields of research:

All fields of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences are included under this program.

Duration of fellowships:

12 to 24 months. This fellowship is provided in full month units.

Starting date:

Candidates must start their fellowship in Japan during the period of 1 July 2023–30 November 2023.

Application period:

October–8 January 2023.

6. HOSTRESEARCHER ELIGIBILITY:

Host researchers are required to satisfy the following two conditions at the time of application, at the time of selection, and during the fellowship period. (1) Be affiliated with a research institution specified in Article 2 of the Procedure for the Handling of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (*) and be eligible to apply for a KAKENHI grant–in-aid.

(2) Be a full-time researcher. However, researchers who are not employed full time may be eligible if the host institutions judge that they are able to execute their responsibilities for constantly carrying out the program throughout the fellowship period including the provision of a suitable research environment (e.g., laboratory, space, facilities and personnel), the same as the full time researchers are able to do.

(*)Eligible host institutions specified under the above MEXT Procedure are as follows:

1. Universities and inter-university research institutes
2. MEXT-affiliated institutions engaged in research
3. Colleges of technology
4. Institutions designated by the Minister of MEXT A fellow’s host researcher may not be changed during the fellowship tenure. Therefore, if it is known at the time of application that the host researcher will retire, due to reaching retirement age or other reason, during a candidate’s fellowship tenure, s/he should not be a host researcher.