The fellowship’s purpose is to provide opportunities for young 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.
Applications for this program are submitted by a host researcher in Japan who wishes to host a foreign postdoctoral fellow.
FIELDS OF RESEARCH:
All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are included under this program.
APPLICANT (HOST RESEARCHER) ELIGIBILITY:
he applicant (host researcher) must be a researcher who is employed full-time or classified as being employed full-time (excluding Jokyo, assistant professors, and Joshu, research assistants) at a university or research institution that is eligible to apply to MEXT for funding under the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific-Research Program (Kakenhi) and approved by JSPS as an appropriate institution for hosting young foreign researchers.
Note: Full-time employment classification is determined by the regulations of the host institution.
CANDIDATE (FELLOW) ELIGIBILITY:
Each candidate (fellow) for the Fellowship must:
- Be a citizen of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan
- (JSPS treats Taiwanese and Palestinian researchers in this manner.)
- Hold a doctorate degree when the Fellowship goes into effect, which must have been received on or after April 2, 2004, or be scheduled to receive a doctorate degree before the Fellowship goes into effect.
- Have arranged in advance a research plan with his/her Japanese host researcher
Note: Those who have previously been awarded a fellowship under the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Foreign Researchers are not eligible.
NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED:
- For the 1st Recruitment (September 2009): approximately 200 Fellowships will be granted.
- For the 2nd Recruitment (May 2010): approximately 200 Fellowships will be granted.
DURATION AND COMMENCEMENT OF FELLOWSHIPS:
Fellowships are awarded for a period of 12 to 24 months.
Successful candidates must start the Fellowship in Japan during the following periods:
- For the 1st April 1, 2010 – September 30, 2010
- For the 2nd Recruitment: September 1, September 1, 2010 – November 30, 2010
TERMS OF AWARD (FELLOWS ONLY):
- A round-trip air ticket (based on JSPS regulations)
- A monthly maintenance allowance of ¥364,000
- A settling-in allowance of ¥200,000, Overseas travel accident and sickness insurance coverage, etc.
Note 1: The terms of the Awards indicated above are subject to change.
Note 2: If the Fellow resides in Japan on the date his/her award letter is issued, the above-mentioned air ticket to Japan and settling-in allowance will not be provided.
A "Grant-In-Aid for Scientific Research" (Tokubetsu Kenkyuin Shorei-hi) oof up to ¥1,500,000 per year (total of ¥3,000,000 for two years) is available to cover cooperative research-related expenses.
Application for these grants is made by the host researcher through his/her institution.