Overview
JST and JICA are accepting FY2027 SATREPS proposals for Japanese research institutions partnering with eligible counterpart institutions on sustainable-development research.
Complete grant details
The call covers Environment and Energy, Bioresources, and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Japanese research proposals are linked to an Official Development Assistance technical-cooperation request from the partner country. The current page describes a typical 3–5 year project and displays prior-cycle indicative funding around JPY 100 million per project per year, but explicitly warns that these figures and details may change after the FY2027 budget is finalized.
Eligibility requirements
The Japanese-side call targets researchers belonging to Japanese research institutions or universities. Partner-country researchers must coordinate through their national authority responsible for ODA technical cooperation, the Japanese embassy or JICA office. The counterpart institution must ensure the official ODA request reaches Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs by 13 October 2026 Japan time; local governmental deadlines are normally earlier. Without that ODA request, the research proposal is incomplete.
Tips for this grant
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Verified on the current FY2027 SATREPS page on 2026-09-08 UTC. The Japan-side proposal deadline is 19 October 2026 at 12:00 noon JST, normalized to 03:00 UTC. The official ODA request must reach MOFA by 13 October Japan time and partner-country internal deadlines may be earlier. Funding figures shown on the page are explicitly described as last year's figures and may change; they are not presented as guaranteed FY2027 amounts.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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