Candidates must satisfy both of the following conditions as of April 1 of the fellowship's fiscal year and during the fellowship period.

(1) Be a citizen or permanent resident of an eligible country stipulated in the below (*). Also eligible are persons who have been engaged in research continuously for a period of at least three years at a university or research institution in an eligible country. Such persons must be from a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan or from Taiwan or Palestine, have conducted research continuously for three or more years before the time their application was submitted, and must possess an excellent research record.
(*) Eligible countries are the US, Canada, European Union countries, UK, Switzerland, Norway and Russia.
(2) Candidates must have obtained their doctoral degree at a university outside Japan within six years of the date the fellowship goes into effect, or must be currently enrolled in a doctoral course at a university outside Japan, and scheduled to receive a Ph.D. within two years from the time that their research starts in Japan.

Note 1: Persons who have previously been awarded and started a fellowship under the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan ([Standard (P)], [Short-term (PE)] , [Short-term (PA)] and [Pathway to University positions in Japan (PU)]) are not eligible. 
Note 2: Those who have resident cards with mailing addresses in Japan at the application deadline set by JSPS are not eligible.
Note 3: A Japanese citizen who is also a permanent resident of the country stipulated in the above (*) is not eligible.
Note 4: Researchers who have continuously carried out their research for three or more years minus time taken for maternity and/or parental leave. (Every four weeks of leave is counted as one month, with any remaining weeks also counted as one month. These months are subtracted from number of years that the researcher has continuously carried out his/her research.)
Note 5: Researchers who obtained their PhD within six years minus time taken for maternity and/or parental leave. (Every four weeks of leave is counted as one month, with any remaining weeks also counted as one month. These months are subtracted from the number of years elapsed since the researcher’s PhD was received.)
Note 6: A person who was selected as a fellow needs to submit an original copy of the doctoral degree certificate or the diploma (if the fellow has not obtained the degree, the prospect certificate for the doctoral degree is necessary) before the fellowship starting date (Not required when submitting the application).

Applicant (Host Resarcher) Eligibility

Persons are eligible to apply who satisfy the following two conditions at the time of application, at the time of  selection, and during the fellowship period.
(1) Be affiliated with a research institution specified in Article 2(*) of the Procedure for the Handling of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI),  issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (*), be eligible to apply for a KAKENHI grant, and wish to host an overseas researcher.
(2) Be a full-time researcher. However, researchers who are not employed full time may be eligible if the host institution judges them able to execute their responsibility to carrying out the program uninterruptedly throughout the fellow’s tenure including providing them a suitable research environment (e.g., laboratory, space, facilities and personnel) in the same way that a full-time researcher would be able to do.
Each applicant (host researcher) can submit up to three applications. If more than one candidate (invited overseas researcher) apply as candidates for the fellowship, priorities should be given to them.
(*) Eligible host institutions specified under the above MEXT Procedure are as follows:

1) Universities and inter-university research institutes
2) MEXT-affiliated institutions engaged in research
3) Colleges of technology
4) Institutions designated by the Minister of MEXT

Eligible Countries:

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Address: Kojimachi Business Center Building, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, JAPAN

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