BA/JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Overseas Researchers 2021

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Overseas Researchers is for early career researchers who wish to conduct research in Japan.

The scheme provides funding for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct cooperative research with leading research groups in Japanese universities and other institutions, under the guidance of a host. The aim of the programme is to help researchers advance their own research while contributing to the progress of research in Japan.

The British Academy is an overseas nominating authority for this scheme, which is funded entirely by the JSPS. The British Academy nominates a designated number of candidates each year. Researchers in all fields of the humanities and social sciences are eligible to apply.

Each candidate for the Fellowship must:

• Be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
• Hold a doctorate degree when the Fellowship goes into effect, which must have been received within six years prior to the award, or be scheduled to receive a doctorate degree before the Fellowship goes into effect.
• Have arranged in advance a research plan with his/her host researcher in Japan.

Host researchers in Japan must be employed full-time or classified as being employed full-time (excluding Jokyo assistant professors and Joshu research assistants) at a university or research institution, eligible to apply for funding from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Program (Kakenhi) and approved by JSPS as an appropriate institution for hosting young overseas researchers.

Awards are for a period of between 12 months minimum to 24 months maximum. The JSPS provides the following support:

• A round-trip air ticket for the Fellow
• A monthly maintenance stipend of ¥362,000
• A settling-in allowance of ¥200,000
• A research Grant (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research) for cooperative research-related expenses, applied for by the Japanese Host Researcher through his/her Host Institution.

Applications must be be submitted online by the deadline of 8 December 2021.