JSPS-NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE): How to apply

Application Procedure

This program has a two-step screening process.
(1) ‘Preliminary Proposals’: Preliminary screening process is conducted only on the NSF side, so Japanese Principle Investigators (PIs) need not submit a ‘Preliminary Proposal’ to JSPS.

Japanese researchers who wish to apply for this program are to contact their counterpart US　researchers to make sure that they submit a ‘Preliminary proposals’ to NSF.

For further details, Click here (NSF)

NSF will inform the US PIs of the preliminary screening results around February 2012 . JSPS will contact only the Japanese PIs whose proposals are successful.

(2) ‘Full Proposals’: Japanese PIs whose counterpart US PIs’ preliminary proposals have been accepted by NSF should submit their full proposals to JSPS. Please follow the instruction below.

Although application forms for full proposals differ in format between NSF and JSPS, the contents of the two proposals submitted to NSF and JSPS by a research group should be the same. If the contents of the two proposals are found to be different, screening or selection of the project may be cancelled.

Schedule

19 October 2011	Closing for accepting preliminary proposals (only on NSF side)

Around February 2012	Notify preliminary screening results

10 April 2012	Start accepting full proposals

15 May 2012	Deadline for full proposals

Around August 2012	Notify screening results

In or before October 2012	Start project

*JSPS receives applications via its on-line application system. For details, please refer to the following webpage: (only in Japanese)
http://www-shinsei.jsps.go.jp/topkokusai/top_kokusai.html

Application guidelines/forms

Download

FY2012 Call for Proposals

Application form(Japanese only)

*Supplementary document:
Japanese PIs are to submit the following supplementary document to JSPS:
- A full version of the American PI's application (full proposal) to NSF

Selection Procedure

At JSPS, the screening process is conducted in two stages: A document review by referees and a panel review that decides which proposals to refer to NSF. JSPS and NSF then make the final selection jointly.