About Us
JSPS is Japan's sole independent funding agency with a mission to advance science. JSPS carries out a variety of programs in ways that proactively provide stable and sustained support for researchers' activities. As JSPS continues to support the advancement of scientific research, it will promote cooperation among universities and research institutions in and outside Japan and collaboration with science-promotion organizations around the world.

Founded in 1932 with an imperial endowment, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science is Japan’s sole independent research funding agency. It provides stable and steady support for the activities of researchers in every field.
JSPS is dedicated to the advancement of science across a wide and diverse spectrum of program initiatives. They include the funding of scientific research, promoting international scientific exchange, and reforming and internationalizing Japanese universities.
The world’s most...
JSPS is dedicated to the advancement of science across a wide and diverse spectrum of program initiatives. They include the funding of scientific research, promoting international scientific exchange, and reforming and internationalizing Japanese universities.
The world’s most...