Upcoming
FY2026 Call for JSPS Invitational Fellowships
There are two types of Invitational Fellowships:
Short term for stays of 14 to 60 days and long term for stays of 2 to 10 months.
Application Deadline: 29th August 2025 to JSPS Tokyo via a host institution in Japan.
These fellowships must be started between 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027.
Our Invitational Fellowships provide the opportunity for researchers based outside of Japan to conduct collaborative research activities with leading research groups at Japanese universities and research institutions for single visits of between 14 days to 10 months. Eligible applicants need to be established researchers with an excellent record of research achievements. Eligible research fields are not limited. A JSPS Invitational fellowship can be awarded to the same researcher multiple times.
*Japanese nationals who have lived outside of Japan for at least 10 years and have been actively engaged in research throughout this period are also eligible to apply.*
**Please send applications to the JSPS Tokyo electronic application system via a host institution in Japan by 29th August 2025. Please be aware the internal deadline set by the host institution to collect an application and forward this to JSPS Tokyo will be earlier. The JSPS Tokyo electronic application system will accept applications from July 2025.**
Please visit this webpage for further information:
https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-inv/application/guideline.html
FY2025 JSPS London Call for the Short Term Pre/postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan (Final Call for FY2025)
This programme provides the opportunity for short-term visits for pre- and post-doctoral UK researchers and European, North American and Canadian researchers based in the UK and Ireland, for cooperative research with leading research groups at Japanese Universities and Institutions. The programme is designed to provide researchers with first-hand experience of the research and living environment in Japan, whilst expanding academic exchange between Japan and the UK or Ireland. Researchers from any fields; Computer, Engineering, Health, Biological, Life, Natural and Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Humanities and Social Sciences etc. are eligible to apply. Awards will cover visits of 1 to 12 months.
Fellowship Start Period: 1st November 2025 to 31st March 2026
Closing Date: Monday 26th May, 2025 at 09:00
Completed applications should be sent to JSPS London using the following e mail address:
lon-short-termfellowship@overseas.jsps.go.jp
Any applications received by post or after the closing date will not be accepted.
Please download and carefully read the following 9 documents before starting your application and please also find a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) at the bottom of this list to help with completing your application:
01 General Award Information for Applicants
02 Guidelines for Completing your Application
03 Abstract
04 Subject Area Form for the Natural and Physical Sciences
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Recent Activity: JSPS London Pre Departure Seminar and Evening Reception
12:30-19:00, Wednesday 23rd April 2025, JSPS London (by invitation only).
Presentations from this event:
A History of the JSPS Alumni Association for the UK and Republic of Ireland
Professor Naoto Kobayashi, Director, JSPS London
Preparing for your Research Trip
Dr Yumiko Myoken, Deputy Director, JSPS London
JSPS Programmes and After your Fellowship
Mr Yusuke Nishida, International Programme Associate, JSPS London
Experiences as a JSPS Summer Research Fellow
Ms Narin Aker (University College London)
Research Environment in Japanese Institutions
Dr Stephen Lyth (University of Strathclyde)
Latest Activities of the UK and Ireland JSPS Alumni Association
Professor Alessandra Devoto (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Funding opportunities from other Japanese organisations:
The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation's Funding Programmes for Research in Japan
Ms Susan Meehan, Scholarship and Grants Officer
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation's Funding Programmes for Research in Japan
Ms Miwako Hayashi Bitmead, Programmes Executive
Recent Activity: JSPS- Academy of Medical Sciences Joint Workshop
JSPS London co-organised the workshop with the UK Academy of Medical Sciences on 16-17 October 2024, focusing on how to improve the resilience of health and public health systems in light of climate and environmental change. The workshop was attended by more than 40 researchers based in UK and Japan as well as related policy-makers.
The aims of the workshop were to:
・Bring together multisectoral expertise across the fields of climate and health, public health systems resilience, health inequalities, and planetary health
・Comprehensively identify and share country-specific initiative successes and challenges, knowledge, and expertise relating to this to learn from these and how they can be applied in Japan and the UK
・Understand where knowledge and research gaps lie and identify opportunities to address these in both countries
・Provide an opportunity for networking and a platform to share experiences between experts from Japan, the UK and internationally, and to identify the added benefit of international collaboration for this topic
