Application for Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research(B)) (FY2020) has been closed. The information on this page is for reference of future applicants.

FY2020 grant application guidelines and application forms can be downloaded from this page for the following grant categories: Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))

Application Procedures for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research FY2020（Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))）

[Important Notice]The application deadline of the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research-KAKENHIFY2020- Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research(Fostering Joint International Research (B)) has been extended considering the impact of the ongoing spread of COVID-19.

Application Procedures

Supplement (Forms / Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document)

Attached Table 1    Table of Restriction on Parallel Grant Application/Receipt
Attached Table 2    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research-KAKENHI-　“Review Section Table”

Application Forms

First Step:Enter registration information in JSPS's electronic application system.

The JSPS electronic application system

The JSPS electronic application system is provided in English. Please refer to the English operational manuals for the electronic application system and Procedures for Preparing and Entering Research Proposal Document (items to be entered in the Website). Although they provide indications of the system and the instruction of operation, it may be difficult to understand how to operate the electronic application system. The grant administrators at your host institution will help you to operate it properly.

FY2020 Procedures for Preparing and Entering Application Information (to be entered in the Website) (Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research(Fostering Joint International Research(B)))

 

Second Step: Fill out the online Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded)

Download the Research Proposal Document (forms to be uploaded) by clicking on either PDF or MS-Word icon in the right-hand column. They ask you to describe your proposed research project.
When attaching the file to the electronic application system, the applicant should upload it in the column “S-63-1” in “Forms to be Uploaded and Letter of Intent by an Overseas Researcher” of “Management of Research Proposal Document” screen.

Form Number	Research categories	Procedures for Preparing and Entering a Research Proposal Document	Application forms
S-63-1	Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)

Third Step: Letter of Intent from overseas researcher

The Letter of Intent is to be collected from an overseas joint researcher in time for the application to confirm that applicant jointly conducts the research project with the overseas researcher.
Applicant should fill in the necessary information such as Outline of the Research Project, request the overseas joint researcher to confirm the contents and give a signature, and upload the file to the electronic application system. Since a signature of an overseas joint researcher is on the form, please be sure to convert the form to PDF before uploading it to the electronic application system.
If there are multiple Letters of Intent from overseas joint researchers, upload the Letter of Intent from the one principal overseas joint researcher to the electronic application system.
Note that Principal Investigator should collect the original Letter(s) of Intent.
When attaching the PDF file to the electronic application system, the applicant should upload it in the column “Letter of Intent by an Overseas Joint Researcher (S-63-2)” in “Forms to be Uploaded and Letter of Intent by an Overseas Researcher” of “Management of Research Proposal Document” screen.

* Until the both Research Proposal Document and Letter of Intent have been uploaded, applicant cannot submit (send) them to his/her research institution
Letter of Intent is attached to the end of Research Proposal Document during the review.

Letter of Intent

 

 

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