Funding Opportunities
Latest Calls
2017 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Standard)
18 January 2017
2017 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Standard)
For a 12 to 24 month research visit to Japan.
Eligibilty is limited to the natural sciences and UK and EU citizens.
Fellowships should start between 1 September to 30 November 2017.
Applications should be sent to the Royal Society
Deadline: Tuesday 7th March 2017
Application Guidelines for the JSPS London JBUK Japan Award 2017
05 January 2017
Closing date: Monday 20th March 2017
Visit Period: Between June 2017 to the end of February 2018
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FY2017 JSPS London BRIDGE Fellowship Call for Applications
Closing date: Monday 13th February 2017
Visit start period: Between July 2017 to the end of March 2018
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JSPS SUMMER PROGRAMME 2017 FOR MPhil OR PhD STUDENTS
01 November 2016
JSPS Summer Programme 2017
Application Deadline: Sunday 15th January 2017
Fellowship to take place during fixed period: 13 June to 23 August 2017
Applications should be sent to the British Council Tokyo. Application guidelines and form are available on their website here:
www.britishcouncil.jp/en/programmes/higher-education/support-researchers
For any Enquiries please e-mail: science@britishcouncil.or.jp
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JSPS London Call for the Short Term Pre/Post-doctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (first of two calls in FY2017)
04 October 2016
Applications to JSPS London
Fellowship Start Period: 1st May 2017 to 31st March 2018
Closing Date: Thursday 1st December 2016
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FY2017 Call for the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme
02 September 2016
Closing date: Monday 7th November, 2016
Time frame for holding events: between June 2017 to the end of February 2018
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EPSRC UK-Japan Call in Coordination with the JSPS Core to Core Programme
02 August 2016
The EPSRC are seeking expressions of interest by 23 August 2016, for participation in the JSPS Core-to-Core Scheme in the areas of advanced materials.
Matching funds worth up to 18 million Japanese Yen (approx. £130,000) per year are available from the EPSRC for up to 5 years starting from April 2017 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/coretocorecollab/
FY2017 Call for JSPS Core-to-Core Projects
08 July 2016
Applications to JSPS Tokyo
Duration of Project: April 2017 - March 2022 (Max. 5 years)
Application Period: 8 September 2016 - 6 October 2016
Application Procedure
FY2017 for JSPS Open Partnership Joint Projects / Seminars
Applications to JSPS Tokyo
Duration of Project:
Joint Projects - up to 2 years
*Start date must be during the period of 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018
Joint Seminars – up to 1 week
*Seminars must be held during the period of 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018
Application Period: 25 August 2016 through 8 September 2016
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FY2017 Call: JSPS Pathway to University Positions in Japan Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
01 July 2016
Application Deadline: Friday 2 September 2016
Fellowships must start between 1 April to 30 November 2017
Pathway to University Positions in Japan Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers provides the opportunity for researchers based outside of Japan to conduct collaborative research activities with leading research groups at Japanese Universities and research institutions. JSPS will fund the initial 12 to 24 months of the visit and the fellowship thereafter is designed to lead to full-time employment at the host institution. Eligible applicants must to be within 10 years of finishing their PhD. Eligible research fields are not limited.
*Please send applications to JSPS Tokyo via a host institution. Please note the deadline for host institutions to submit these applications to JSPS Tokyo is Friday 2 September 2016. However, host institutions will set an earlier deadline in order to collect these applications from individual host researchers.*
Application Guidelines and Form
