The EPSRC are seeking expressions of interest by Monday 14th August 2017, for participation of UK groups in the JSPS Core-to-Core Scheme in the area of advanced functional materials.
The EPSRC will contribute up to £2M for the call as matching funding to that provided by JSPS, funding approximately two collaborations depending on success in the peer review process that will be managed by JSPS. Funds should be used over a 5 year period starting from April 2018 for joint research projects, seminars and researcher exchanges with the aim to create world-class research hubs centred around the UK, Japan and at least one other country.
For more information please go to: https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/coretocorecollab2017/
There are 3 types of JSPS Invitation Fellowships for mid career to senior level researchers to do collaborative research in Japan:
Long term: for a 2 to 10 month visit
Short Term: for a 2 week to 2 month visit
Short Term (s): for a 1 week to 1 month visit
Fellowship Start Period: between 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
Application Deadline: 1 September 2017
*Please send applications to JSPS Tokyo via a host institution. Please be aware the internal deadline set by the host institution to collect applications to forward to JSPS Tokyo will be earlier.
Application Guidelines and Form
Applications to JSPS Tokyo
Duration of Project: April 2018 - March 2023 (Max. 5 years)
Application Period: Wed 6 September 2017 - Wed 4 October 2017
Application Procedure