Applications are now open for the 2025 JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme. UNU offers Postdoctoral Fellowships to provide young scholars and policymakers, especially from the developing world, with a multidisciplinary context within which to pursue advanced research and training that are of professional interest to the successful applicant and of direct relevance to the research agenda of their selected thematic programme. 

This fellowship is aimed at candidates who have completed their doctorates in the past six years (with the period of maternity/paternity leave subtracted) and have professional and/or research experience. UNU-IAS Tokyo acts as the nominating authority for the JSPS–UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme.

Eligibility

• Applicants must hold a doctoral degree at the time of application (received on or after 2 April 2019 with the period of maternity/paternity leave subtracted, counting 4 weeks as a month) or be scheduled to receive a doctoral diploma by the end of July 2025 after passing the dissertation defense.
• Applicants must be citizens of countries that have diplomatic relations with Japan. 

Benefits

• Airfare: a round-trip air ticket (based on JSPS regulations)
• Maintenance allowance: JPY 362,000 per month
• Miscellaneous: a settling-in allowance of JPY 200,000 and overseas travel insurance

The award amounts are subject to change by JSPS.

Note: If a fellow is already living in Japan or obtains resident status before the fellowship is scheduled to begin, the air ticket to Japan and settling-in allowance will not be provided.

Application Procedure:

• Interested and eligible candidates are invited to fill out the application form by 31 January 2025 (23:59 JST). The form must be filled out in English.
• Please note that the host researcher must be confirmed before applying for the fellowship. Applicants are responsible for finding and negotiating an agreement with a host researcher at a Japanese institution as the UNU-IAS Fellowship Committee cannot support the process. Furthermore, UNU-IAS researchers are not eligible to become host researchers.

Application Deadline: 31 January 2025 (23:59 JST).

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

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