Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) carries out programs that provide excellent researchers from other countries an opportunity to conduct collaborative research, discussions, and opinion exchanges with researchers in Japan.
Furthermore, JSPS provides overseas researchers invited under the program with helpful information on living in Japan, opportunities to enhance interactions among researchers, and opportunities to conduct outreach activities. JSPS executes various programs to support the activities of the research community beyond their fellowship tenures.

Fellowship Categories

JSPS International Fellowships for Research in Japan

JSPS provides fellowship programs for overseas researchers who have an excellent record of research achievements to conduct collaborative research, discussions, and opinion exchanges with researchers in Japan. The programs are intended to help advance the overseas researchers' research activities while promoting science and internationalization in Japan.
The “JSPS International Fellowships for Research in Japan” consists of two programs: “Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan” for young researchers and “Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan” for mid-career and senior researchers.
Summer Program
To provide opportunities for pre- / post-doctoral researchers from the US, Canada, and Europe to receive an orientation on Japanese culture and research systems and to pursue research under the guidance of host researchers in universities and other Japanese institutions.
Strategic Program  Offering was ended
Young and excellent pre-/post-doctoral researchers with high future potential from selected countries are strategically invited to Japan for the period of two to twelve months in order to build collaborative research relationships with Japanese colleagues.
Short-term Program (PE)
To provide opportunities for pre-/post-doctoral researchers from the US, Canada and Europe to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions.
Short-term Program (PA)
To provide opportunities for pre-/post-doctoral researchers from ASEAN and Africa to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions.
Standard Program
To provide opportunities for excellent postdoctoral researchers from other countries to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions.
Long-term
To provide opportunities for overseas researchers with excellent records of research achievements to conduct collaborative research with Japanese colleagues through long-term visits.
Short-term
To provide opportunities for overseas researchers with excellent records of research achievements to visit Japan short-term for discussions, opinion exchanges, lectures, and other activities.

RONPAKU program

RONPAKU program Offering was ended
The program provides tutorial and financial support for promising researchers in Asia and Africa who wish to obtain their Ph.D. degrees from Japanese universities through the submission of a dissertation without matriculating a doctoral course.

Services for Fellow / JSPS Fellows Plaza

JSPS provides support for the Fellows, who come to Japan to attend the JSPS Fellowship Program for Research in Japan and other programs, by offering a guidebook and orientation programs.

In addition, JSPS carries out the Science Dialogue Program that provides JSPS Fellows with opportunities to give lectures in English on their research work at high schools in the vicinity of their Japanese host institutes.

JSPS also supports the Alumni Follow-up Activities to help former JSPS Fellows maintain a network between them after they had completed their Fellowship Programs. The international exchanges between Japan and other countries have been promoted by the Fellows through the activities of Alumni Association. Furthermore, it contributes to foster young overseas researchers who come to Japan with interest.