To foster highly capable researchers with wide international perspectives, this fellowship
  gives excellent young Japanese researchers an opportunity to carry out long-term research
  at an overseas university or research institution.

 

    * Under this fellowship program, fellows are not employed by the Japan Society for the
       Promotion of Science (JSPS).

 

 

 

  Target Fields

 

    All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

 

  Eligibility

 

   (1) To be eligible, a candidate must satisfy one of the following two requirements:

      Ⅰ: Postdoctoral researcher employed as full-time researcher in a Japanese university,
           research institution, or national laboratory.

 
      Ⅱ: Postdoctoral researcher who aspires to an above-listed fulltime research position.

   (2) The candidate must be under 34 years old on 1 Aril of the fiscal year that his/her
        fellowship starts.

   (3) The candidate must have received a doctoral degree by 1 Aril of the fiscal year that
        his/her fellowship starts.

   (4) The candidate must be a citizen of Japan; or if a foreign national, must have 
        permanent resident status in Japan.

   ※　Persons who have entered into an employment contract with the receiving institution
       and whose visa application is conditioned upon receiving a salary from that institution
       are not eligible to apply for this fellowship.

    http://www.jsps.go.jp/j-ab/ab_sin.html（Japanese）
    For further details, please see the application guidelines for this fellowship program.

 

  Tenure

 

    2 years

 

  Financial terms of the Fellowship

 

    ・Roundtrip international airfare

    ・Maintenance allowance

   ※The maintenance allowance may be used for research activities.

      Within the maintenance allowance no division is made between living and research costs.

   ※The amount of maintenance allowances differs by destination country.

 

Group	Country	Maintenance allowance (daily)
Group A	Qatar, Singapore, Turkey, Ireland, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Finland, France, Belgium, Portugal, United States of America, Canada, etc.	￥14,400
Group B	Korea, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, etc.	￥11,600
Group C	Taiwan, China, Mauritania, Panama, etc.	￥10,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Screening criteria

 

     - Whether through his/her overseas experience, the applicant can be expected to become
        a highly adept researcher capable of shoulder the future of scientific advances.

 

     - Whether the applicant’s research plan can (1) be expected to enhance Japan’s research
       environment and challenge new research topics as an outgrowth of his/her research
       activities at the overseas research institution, and (2) be expected to produce sufficient
       advances in the applicant’s research activities prior to his/her overseas departure. 

 

     - Whether a concrete research plan has been established and sufficient advance
       negotiation has been carried out between the applicant and his/her prospective overseas
       host research.

 

     - Adequate foreign language proficiency is desirable. (For English, either 79 points on 
       (Internet-based) TOEFL, 730 points on TOEIC, or Grade Pre-1 on EIKEN Test in 
       Practical English Proficiency.

 

 

  Screening schedule

 

       Mid-February:        Issue application call and guidelines

       Early May:             Receive applications

       Mid-August:          Disclose results of 1^st stage review (document review)

       Late September:    Screening committee conducts 2^nd stage review (interviews)

       Late October:        Disclose results of 2^nd stage review (interviews)

 

 

4.Obligations　(main items)

       - Except in cases of research suspension for maternity/infant-raising leave, fellows are 
         expected to devote themselves to their research based on the research plan contained in
         their application over the duration of their fellowship tenure.

       - Fellows must submit an interim report at the end of the first year of their tenure and a
         final report at the end of their fellowship.

       - During their tenure, fellows may not accept another fellowship.

       - Fellows may not receive a salary or wages during their tenure. (With the exception of 
         researchers working full time at a Japanese research institution.)

       - Fellows may not matriculate a university or graduate school as a student during their
         tenure. 

 

 

 

    

	Applications	Selections	Selection Ratios (%)
FY2012	888	184	20.7
FY2011	765	164	21.4
FY2010	739	138	18.7
FY2009	762	130	17.1
FY2008	801	141	17.6
FY2007	857	131	15.3

 

 

 

 

 

Destination	Slection Ratios (%)
North America	62.9
Europe	32.7
Oceania	2.7
Asia	1.1
Russia & NIS	0.3
Africa	0.3

 

 

 

       Research Fellowship Division

       Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

       5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, JAPAN

 

       Email:

       For fellows:      kaitoku@jsps.go.jp

       For applicants: kaitoku-s@jsps.go.jp