SNSF Call for Applications: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024
For a number of years, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has acted as the nomination body for the Postdoctoral Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). In 2023, the SNSF can propose two researchers to the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 for research in Japan which enables researchers in Switzerland to stay in Japan for 12 to 24 months. Fellows must start their fellowship in Japan during 1 April 2024 – 30 November 2024.
Purpose:
To provide opportunities for excellent postdoctoral researchers from other countries to conduct cooperative research under the guidance of their hosts with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions. This program is intended to help advance the overseas researchers’ research activities while advancing science and promoting internationalization in Japan.
Eligibility:
- Be a citizen of a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan. (JSPS treats Taiwanese and Palestinian researchers in this manner.)
- Have obtained their doctoral degree within six years of the date the fellowship goes into effect (on or after 2 April 2018). Whether or not the candidate is employed in a full-time position is not considered.
Terms of Award:
The amounts of the Awards are as follows. They are subject to change for budgetary reasons.
- Airfare: A round-trip air ticket (based on JSPS’s regulations)
- Maintenance Allowance: ¥362,000 per month
- Miscellaneous: A settling-in allowance of ¥200,000, overseas travel insurance.
Read more here.
Application deadline February 29, 2024.
