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Cancellation open recruitments under FY2022 Summer Programme
13 October 2021
Due to the influence of the nominating authorities in the current COVID19 situation,
We regret to announce that we don’t have an open call for the 2022 summer program.
FY2022 JSPS London Call for the Short Term Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (First call for FY2022)
28 September 2021
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 May 2022 – 31st March 2023
Closing Date: Monday 29th November, 2021
Completed applications should be sent to JSPS London using the following e mail address: short-termaward@jsps.org 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:
01 General Award Information for Applicants
02 Guidelines for Completing your Application
03 Abstract
04 Subject Area Form for the Natural and Physical Sciences
05
FY2022 Call for the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme
01 September 2021
FY2022 Call for the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme
JSPS London's primary aims include publicising academic research from Japan and strengthening collaborative research linkages between the UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) and Japan. To help achieve these aims, JSPS London has created this scheme to support events organised by members of the JSPS Alumni Association of the UK and RoI or by Japanese Researchers based in the UK or RoI at institutional or departmental level. These events should aim to create high quality collaboration in cutting edge fields or showcase research in areas where Japan and the UK or RoI are world leading. This could be a symposium or smaller scale seminar. Both kinds of events can either focus on UK or RoI-Japan bilateral collaboration or be part of an international conference that aims to develop trusted multilateral partnerships with Japan and the UK and/or RoI at the centre.
Application Guidelines_for_FY2022 from here
Application Form_for_FY2022 from here
Closing date: Monday 1st November, 2021
Contact details: All completed application forms should be e mailed to JSPS London at: enquire@jsps.org
FY2022 Call for Open Research Area for the social sciences
11 August 2021
JSPS will participate in the ORA for the social sciences as an associate partner and has launched a call for FY2022 for Japanese researchers.
The Open Research Area (ORA) initiative was launched in 2010 and since then it has funded collaborative projects that bring together French, German, British and Dutch researchers from all social science disciplines with a view to building European collaborative projects in the social sciences. Namely, the French National Research Agency (ANR), the German Research Foundation (DFG), the United Kingdom’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Netherlands Scientific Research Organization (NWO) have made a framework agreement. As JSPS aims to foster a wide variety of researchers who can play an active role in the world, participation of young researchers in this programme will be welcomed.
Call for FY2022
| Number of Awards | 1-2 |
|---|---|
| Research Area | Social Sciences |
| Duration of Project |
2-3 years from the beginning of the starting date *Starting date should be between October 2023 to 1st December 2023. The exact starting date will be decided through a discussion among the research leaders from each country. |
| Application Method |
The research leader on the Japanese side and a consortium made up of research leaders from at least three countries among France, Germany, Canada and UK are to apply together (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO; Netherlands) will not be participating in this call). |
| Application Period |
Wednesday 17 November 2021 (for the Japanese side) |
| Amount of project funding from JSPS |
up to JPY10,000,000 per fiscal year |
| Link to JSPS Tokyo Website |
https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-bottom/02_f_sinsei.html(in Japanese) https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-bottom/02_d_apply.html(in English) |
| Link to ORA call |
Eligibility (Japanese Applicants)
Applicants must hold a full-time or equivalent position as a researcher at a university or research institute in Japan that is eligible to receive Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI).
Coverage of Project Funding
1) International and domestic travel expenses
2) Research materials
3) Personnel expenses
4) other
*These expenses are only to be used by the Japanese researchers in a university or research institute in Japan that is eligible to receive Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI).This includes postdoctoral researchers and MA/PhD students who are considered to have enough ability and experience to accomplish the research.
Selection Procedure
JSPS Tokyo will evaluate the research theme on the Japanese side independently from the evaluation by the European side. After the screening process takes place at JSPS Tokyo, they will discuss their results with the European side in order to make a final selection. Notification of the selection results will be sent to the head of the Japanese applicant’s institution around October 2022.
Contact
For application enquiries and submissions on the Japanese side, please contact:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 102-0083, JAPAN
Tel: +81 (0)3-3263-1724/1918
E-mail: bottom-up@jsps.go.jp
For the European side, please also refer to the ORA office (ANR) and ESRC website:
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/research-the-social-sciences-in-the-open-research-area-ora-round-7/
FY2022 Call for Core-to-Core Programme
21 July 2021
This scheme designed to create top world-class research centres that partner over the long term with other core research institutions around the world in advancing research in leading-edge fields, on issues of high international priority. As well as advancing research in these fields, the Core-to-Core Programme will also concentrate on fostering the next generations of trailblazing young researchers.
*All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are included under this programme.
| Number (world wide) |
About 9 projects |
|---|---|
| Duration of Project | From April 2022 (for maximum of 5 years) |
| Application Method |
Japanese universities/research institutions must complete both the e-application process on the JSPS website and the application form. For details, please refer to http://www-shinsei.jsps.go.jp/topkokusai/top_kokusai.html (Japanese) http://www.jsps.go.jp/j-c2c/boshuu_shinsei.html (Japanese) https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-c2c/data/Outline_of_the_Program.pdf |
| Application Period | Friday 3rd September to Friday 1st October 2021, 17:00 JST |
| Total amount of project funding |
Up to 18 million Japanese Yen per fiscal year for Japanese core institutions *Counterpart core institutions are to obtain project funding in their respective countries. |
| Coverage of Project Funding |
1) International travel expenses |
| Link to JSPS Tokyo Website |
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-c2c/index.html (English) http://www.jsps.go.jp/j-c2c/index.html (Japanese) |
Eligibility
Japanese universities and research institutions eligible to apply for this program as a core institution are those specified in Article 2 of the Procedure for the Handling of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). To qualify, an institution or department must possess sufficient research funding, equipment/facilities and human resources, and be capable of programmatically implementing the overall research project as its core institution. Institutions specified as eligible in the Procedure for the Handling of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research: 1) Universities and inter-university research institutions 2) MEXT-affiliated institutions engaged in research 3) Colleges of technology 4) Institutions designated by the Minister of MEXT Each core university, which plays a leading role in conducting research exchange in this project, must have one project coordinator. He/she must be a full-time researcher or a researcher positioned as full time at the core university. However, a researcher who is not employed full-time may qualify as a coordinator if his/her affiliated core university guarantees the implementation of the project including the provision of an appropriate research environment (e.g. laboratory, equipment, personnel). In any case, the coordinator must be eligible to receive Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi). As the coordinator plays a vital role in carrying out the project plan, care should be taken not to appoint a person to the position who might loss his/her coordinator eligibility, or otherwise be unable to perform the coordinator’s duties during the period of the project’s implementation. The Japanese core institution should collaborate with at least two or more countries that have diplomatic relations with Japan. (JSPS treats Taiwan and Palestine in this manner.)
FY2022 Call for JSPS Invitation Fellowships
07 July 2021
There are 2 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 (first of two calls for FY2022): for a 14 to 60 day visit
Fellowship Start Period: between 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023
Application Deadline: 3 September 2021
*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
FY2022 JSPS and The Royal Society Joint Call for Bilateral Research Projects
17 June 2021
Bilateral Joint Projects with JSPS’ Counterpart Funding Institution in the UK (The Royal Society)
This scheme is based on an agreement with The Royal Society. JSPS will cover the costs of the Japan team, and The Royal Society will cover the costs of the UK team.
- It is intended that JSPS and The Royal Society will fund the same joint research projects.
- The counterpart UK team leader is to submit an application to The Royal Society. Applications submitted by one side only will not be accepted. Japan and UK team leaders should therefore be sure that their counterpart submits a matching application.
*Please note under this scheme only joint research projects are supported and not Seminars.
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Cancellation recruitments under FY2021 BRIDGE Fellowship Programme
07 June 2021
Recruitments for BRIDGE visits to Japan have been cancelled for the 2021 fiscal year due to restrictions placed on entering Japan in connection with the new coronavirus pandemic.
FY2021 JSPS London Call for the Short Term Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Final call for FY2021)
28 April 2021
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 2021 – 31st March 2022
Closing Date: Monday 14th June, 2021
Completed applications should be sent to JSPS London using the following e mail address: short-termaward@jsps.org 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:
01 General Award Information for Applicants
02 Guidelines for Completing your Application
03 Abstract
04 Subject Area Form for the Natural and Physical Sciences
05
JRPs-LEAD with UKRI (JSPS - UKRI joint call)
27 April 2021
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) provide funding for high-quality collaborative research projects between UK and Japanese researchers which contribute to advancing impacts for the benefit of both countries. UKRI and JSPS are keen to support collaboration between leading researchers and teams in areas of mutual strength through sharing resources including research facilities.
Call for FY2021
| Number of projects to be selected | Up to 10 |
|---|---|
| Start Date and Duration of Project |
3 years (Starting date must be set on or before 1 December, 2021.) |
| Research fields covered |
Social sciences, Arts and Humanities This call for proposals seeks to explore the role of social science, arts and humanities research in pandemic preparedness and post-pandemic recovery, including how we can build sustainable societal systems, communities and cultures that can respond to future outbreaks. This initiative will provide funding for high-quality collaborative research projects between UK and Japanese researchers which contribute to advancing impacts for the benefit of both countries. UKRI and JSPS are keen to support collaboration between researchers and teams in areas of mutual strength and shared interest. Whilst this call is open across the entire breadth of the social sciences, arts and humanities, we are particularly interested in proposals that:
Proposals should also:
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| Application Period |
Wednesday, 5 p.m., 14 July, 2021 (JST) *Please note that the applicant’s affiliated institution may set an earlier deadline. *Under no circumstances will JSPS accept applications submitted after the deadline. *Once an application is submitted, you may not be able to revise and resubmit it. |
| Application Procedure |
The PIs on both the Japanese and UK sides must submit a single joint application to JSPS. UK applicants do not have to submit to UKRI. For details, please refer to https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-bottom/02_e_apply.html (English) |
| Total Amount of Project Funding |
Project funding by JSPS: Up to JPY 10,000,000 per fiscal year per project (Up to JPY 30,000,000 for entire project period) Project funding by UKRI: UK applicants can request between GBP 350,000 to GBP 425,000 from UKRI for the UK component of the project. UK applicants are required to provide a detailed breakdown of the UK budget in the UK costing template (which is part of the main application form). |
| Coverage of Project Funding |
Research Expenses: Cost of goods, domestic travel expenses, international travel expenses, salary, others *JSPS covers these costs for the Japanese teams. (UKRI covers the costs for the UK teams.) |
| JSPS Application Guidelines | https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-bottom/data/FY2021_JRP-LEADwithUKRI_CallForProposals_e.pdf (English) https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-bottom/data/FY2021_JRP-LEADwithUKRI_CallForProposals_j.pdf (Japanese) |
