Latest Calls
07 November 2017
Fellowships
JSPS Summer Programme 2018
Application Deadline: Monday 15th January 2018
Fellowship to take place during fixed period: 12 June to 22 August 2018
Applications should be sent to the British Council Tokyo. Application guidelines and form are available on their website here:
https://www.britishcouncil.jp/en/programmes/higher-education/support-researchers
For any Enquiries please e-mail: science@britishcouncil.or.jp
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13 October 2017
Fellowships
Applications to JSPS London
Fellowship Start Period: 1st May 2018 to 31st March 2019
Closing Date: Friday 1st December, 2017
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06 September 2017
For Alumni / JBUK
Symposium Scheme
Closing date: Wednesday 8th November, 2017
Time frame for holding events: between June 2018 to the end of February 2019
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23 August 2017
Others
The following open postions for faculty members at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University.
Chemistry: All areas of chemistry, including chemical biology,
synthetic organic/inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, and materials chemistry.
Computer Science: All areas of computer science, including machine learning,
AI, robotics, algorithms, theory, software engineering, graphics, and visualization.
Cell Biology: All areas of cell biology, including cellular signaling, structural biology,
stem cell biology, developmental biology, immunology, neurobiology,
and the biology of cancer and other disease states at the cellular and molecular levels.
For more information, please visit the university's website:
https://groups.oist.jp/facultypositions
20 July 2017
Multilateral
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/
19 July 2017
Fellowships
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
10 July 2017
Multilateral
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
29 June 2017
Bilateral
Type A: Bilateral Joint Projects with JSPS’ Counterpart Institutions
This scheme is based on an agreement with the Royal Society.
Duration of Project: 2 years
*Starting date: 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 for the Japanese side and from 31 March 2018 to 2019 for the UK side.
Application Period:
JSPS: Wednesday 23rd August to Wednesday 6th September, 2017. Applications should be sent centrally by the institution in Japan to JSPS Tokyo. JSPS Tokyo does not accept applications from individual researchers and please note that the applicant's affiliated institution may set an earlier, internal deadline to collect and check the format of these applications before forwarding to JSPS Tokyo. Under no circumstances will JSPS Tokyo accept a late application.
Royal Society: 10th October 2017, 15:00 UK time.
Type B: Open Partnership Joint Projects/Seminars
Duration of Project:
Joint Projects – up to 2 years
*Start date must be during the period of 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
Joint Seminars – up to 1 week
* Seminars must be held during the period of 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
For more detailed information
15 June 2017
Multilateral
Applications to JSPS Tokyo
Duration of Project: Starting date is expected between October 2018 to March 2019. *The exact starting date will be decided through a discussion among the research leaders from each country.
Application Period: 4 December 2017 - 31 January 2018 (for the Japanese side)
Application Procedure
30 March 2017
Fellowships
Applications to JSPS London
Fellowship Start Period: 1st November 2017 to 31st March 2018
Closing Date: Thursday 1st June 2017
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