Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Outline

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) carries out bilateral cooperative programs between Japan and counterpart countries based on agreements concluded with academies, research councils and other science-promotion organizations in those countries.

The aim of these programs is to form sustained networks evolved from individual scientist exchanges including young scientists. JSPS provides financial support to Japanese scientists implementing such bilateral joint research projects and seminars between research teams from Japan and counterpart countries.

The Bilateral Joint Research Projects/Seminars are comprised of two components: (A) Bilateral Joint Research Projects/Seminars with JSPS’s Counterpart Agencies and (B) Open Partnership Joint Research Projects/Seminars. Open Partnership Joint Research Projects/Seminars provide Japanese researchers an opportunity to conduct research/seminar with researchers around the world who reside in a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan. (JSPS also treats researchers who reside in Taiwan and Palestine in this manner.)

(A) Bilateral Joint Research Projects/Seminars with JSPS's Counterpart Agencies

Counterpart Countries/Areas

Areas Counterpart Countries Counterpart Agencies
Africa Egypt Science, Technology and Innovation Funding Authority (STDF)
Africa South Africa National Research Foundation (NRF)
Asia/Middle East Bangladesh University Grants Commission of Bangladesh(UGC)
Asia/Middle East China Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Asia/Middle East India Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Asia/Middle East Indonesia Directorate General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology(DGHERT)
Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Asia/Middle East Israel Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
Asia/Middle East Korea National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
Asia/Middle East Philippines Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
Asia/Middle East Singapore National University of Singapore (NUS)
Asia/Middle East Thailand National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
Asia/Middle East Turkey The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)
Asia/Middle East Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST)
Oceania New Zealand Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ)
Europe Austria Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Europe Belgium Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique – FNRS (F.R.S.-FNRS)
Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO)
Europe Czech Republic Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Europe Finland Academy of Finland (AF)
Europe France The French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm)
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs - Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MEAE-MESR)
Europe Germany German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Europe Hungary Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
Europe Italy The National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Europe Lithuania Research Council of Lithuania (RCL)
Europe Netherland Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
Europe Poland Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)
Europe Slovenia Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation (MESI) 
Europe UK The Royal Society
*Please visit JSPS's Useful Links page for links to the URLs of the above listed counterpart agencies.
*Some agencies recruit on a biennial or other basis; therefore, please check JSPS's application guidelines for application details.

(B) Open Partnership Joint Research Projects/Seminars

Counterpart countries/regions

All countries that have diplomatic relations with Japan. (JSPS treats Taiwan and Palestine in this manner.)

Targeted Research Field

All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.
Under the scheme of (A) Program, some countries (counterpart agencies) have specified application fields. For details, please check the Application Guidelines on JSPS's website.

Expenses supported by JSPS

JSPS consigns the administration of projects to the Japanese team leader's affiliated institution. When using funds, please follow JSPS's rules. JSPS does not pay the institution a consignment fee.
JSPS covers the following expenses of researchers on the Japanese team:
International travel, Domestic travel, other expenses (Consumables, honoraria, printing, communication), <for Seminar scheme> Meeting expenses (in Japan),

NOTE:
Under the scheme of (A) Bilateral Joint Research Projects/Seminars with JSPS's Counterpart Agencies, JSPS may support the funds to cover the cost of a counterpart team's stay in Japan based on the agreement with individual counterpart agencies.
For (B) Open Partnership Joint Research Projects/Seminars, JSPS does not support the expenses for overseas counterpart team.

Duration and Funding

(A) Bilateral Joint Research Projects/Seminars with JSPS's Counterpart Agencies

Joint Research: 1-3 years, ¥1-2.5 million a year per project
Joint Seminars: within 1 week, ¥1.2–2.5 million per seminar
※Differs by countries and counterpart agencies

(B) Open Partnership Joint Research Projects/Seminars

Joint Research: 1-2 years, ¥2 million a year per project
Joint Seminars: within 1 week, ¥2 million per seminar