Invitation Fellowship Programs for Research in JapanJSPS
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  This program is designed to enable Japanese researchers to invite their foreign colleagues to Japan to participate in cooperative work and other academic activities. Researchers of all countries having diplomatic relations with Japan are* eligible. Applications are submitted by the inviting researchers who wish to host foreign researchers in Japan.

*From the FY2009 recruitment, JSPS treats Taiwarese and Palestinan researchers in this manner.
**Japanese fiscal year (FY) is from 1 April to 31 March of following year.
*** If a host researcher’s institution is not listed in the Table, please consult him/her. Other institutions can be eligible for the program if they take the necessary registration procedures and are regarded as eligible by JSPS.

  


JSPS Invitation Fellowship Programs for Research in Japan
JSPS conducts two programs (a short- and long-term program) under the Invitation Fellowship heading. Funded by a subsidy from the Japanese government, these fellowship programs are to promote international cooperation and mutual understanding through scientific research. The programs allow researchers employed at designated Japanese research institutions and laboratories to invite fellow researchers from other countries to Japan to participate in cooperative activities. They presuppose the existence of contacts between researchers in Japan and in other countries, a condition considered favorable to the promotion of future scientific cooperation and exchange.
 

Program Guidelines
Type Annual Number of Fellowships
(planned) 		Duration of Stay Coverage of Fellowship Application Period
Short-term 220 14 to 60
days 		Round-trip air ticket,
Per diem 18,000yen,
Domestic travel allowance
150,000 yen 		September of the
preceding fiscal year,
and May of the
designated
fiscal year
Long-term 70 2(61 days) to 10 months Round-trip air ticket,
Monthly stipend 369,000yen
Domestic travel allowance
100,000 yen,
Research expense
40,000 yen 		September of the
preceding fiscal year