Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Opportunities

The fellowship supports collaborative research at eligible Japanese host institutions for 1 to 12 months across humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Applications are submitted by a host researcher in Japan through the host institution. Host institutions may set internal deadlines substantially earlier than the JSPS deadline.

Candidates must satisfy the Short-Term (PE) nationality/residency or continuous-research conditions for eligible North American and European countries and have an excellent research record. They must either have a foreign doctoral degree within the program's six-year window or be enrolled in a foreign doctoral program and expect the PhD within two years of the fellowship start. Prior recipients of specified JSPS postdoctoral fellowships and people holding a Japanese resident card with a mailing address in Japan at the JSPS deadline are not eligible. A qualified Japanese host researcher and institution are required.