Eligibility
BRIDGE Fellow Eligibility
To be eligible, a researcher must meet both of the following requirements.
(1) Be a researcher who has experienced research in Japan under a JSPS program and who is currently a regular member of an officially recognized JSPS alumni association
(2) Agreement by host researcher to all seven items of support in Form2 (Agreement by Host Researcher)
*Upon receiving a recommendation from an alumni association/JSPS office, JSPS contacts the proposed host researcher in Japan. When doing so, there have been cases when proposed hosts said that they could not provide the support stipulated in Form2 or could not host the fellow. Therefore, researchers should communicate fully with their proposed Japanese hosts before applying.
* Researchers who have already been supported under this program in either FY2009, FY2010, FY2011, or FY2012 are ineligible for this award.
Host Researcher Eligibility
Researchers who are employed full time or classified as such at one of the Japanese research institutions listed below are eligible to be a host researcher.
* Full-time employment is determined by the regulations of the host institution.
(1) Universities, inter-university research institutes, junior colleges, technical colleges
(2) National and public research laboratories
(3) Independent administrative institutions, quasi-government organizations, general incorporated associations and general incorporated foundations that carry out research activities
(4) Private research institutes
* Eligible institutions under (2)-(4) are listed at:
https://www-kokusai.jsps.go.jp/jsps1/kikanList.do
(Posted only in Japanese)
