SPS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN RESEARCHERS (GAIKOKUJIN TOKUBETSU KENKYUIN)
SPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Foreign Researchers (Gaikokujin Tokubetsu Kenkyuin)2010-2011
Scholarship Introduction:
The fellowship’s purpose is to provide opportunities for young 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. The program allows such researchers to advance their own research while contributing to the progress of research in Japan and the counterpart countries.
Eligibility for Scholarship:
1. Be a citizen of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan
(JSPS treats Taiwanese and Palestinian researchers in this manner.)
2. Hold a doctorate degree when the Fellowship goes into effect, which must have been received on or after April 2, 2004, or be scheduled to receive a doctorate degree before the Fellowship goes into effect.
3. Have arranged in advance a research plan with his/her Japanese host researcher
How to apply:
Applicants (host researchers) will be required to use JSPS’s web application system to apply for fellowships.
Applications for this program must be submitted to JSPS by a host researcher in Japan through the head of his/her university or institution. Foreign postdoctoral researchers wishing to participate in this program are advised to establish contact with a Japanese or foreign-resident researcher in their field and to ask him/her to submit an application. They should make this contact well in advance of the host institution’s application deadline indicated below.
Application process is as follows:
1. Contact made between candidate and applicant (host researcher)
2. Applicant (host researcher) submits application to institution’s head office
3. Office submits application to JSPS
Application form for Scholarship:
Note: (1) JSPS does not find or introduce host researchers. (2) JSPS does not accept applications submitted directly by foreign postdoctoral researchers or through diplomatic channels. (3) There is another application channel: JSPS also receives applications for the program through overseas nominating authorities. Regarding this procedure, please see the following JSPS website and contact the nominating authority in your country.
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/long_list.html
Important Dates:
1st Recruitment: 31 August 2009 – 4 September 2009
2nd Recruitment: 6-12 May 2010
Source:
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/appli_long_2010.html
