Application Due Date: March 15 th 2019

Collectively arranged by the United Nations University and the Japan Society for the Promo of Science (JSPS), the JSPS– UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is created to offer appealing, extremely certified, young scientists with the chance to carry out sophisticated research study pertinent to the primary thematic focus locations of the UNU Institute for the Advanced Research Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS, Tokyo) in cooperation with host scientists at Japanese universities and research study organizations. UNU-IAS serves as the nominating authority for the JSPS– UNU Program. This fellowship is focused on prospects who have actually finished their doctorates in the previous 6 years and likewise have expert and/or research study experience. UNU-IAS will help in protecting approval from host scientists for short-listed prospects.

Fellowships are granted for a duration of 24 months. Candidates must.
hold a postgraduate degree (gotten on or after 2 April 2013) when the.
fellowship starts, or be arranged to get a postgraduate degree prior to.
the fellowship starts. Japanese nationals are not qualified, nor are.
those of double citizenship if one is Japanese. Likewise, those who have.
long-term residency in Japan are not qualified. Those who have actually been.
formerly granted a Basic or Path Fellowship under the JSPS.
Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research study in Japan plan are not qualified.

Regards To the Award

1. A round-trip air ticket (based upon JSPS guidelines)
2. A month-to-month upkeep allowance of JPY362,000
3. A settling-in allowance of JPY200,000(based upon JSPS guidelines)
4. Abroad travel, mishap, and illness insurance protection, and so on

[Note]

• The quantities of the awards showed above undergo alter by JSPS.
• In the event that a Fellow is currently living in Japan prior to.
  his/her fellowship begins or gets resident status prior to his/her.
  fellowship is designated to start, those air ticket to.
  Japan and settling-in allowance will not be offered.
• A research study grant, “Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Study”, is.
  offered to cover cooperative research-related costs. Application.
  for these grants is made by the host scientist through his/her.
  organization.

JSPS– UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2019

Research study propositions for JSPS– UNU Postdoctoral Fellowships must relate plainly to among the research study locations of UNU-IAS noted below, and likewise objective to be policy-relevant.

The following research study jobs at UNU-IAS are accepting applications for JSPS– UNU Postdoctoral Fellows:

Requirements:

Candidates need to be people of nations that have diplomatic.
relations with Japan. Japanese nationals are not qualified, nor are those.
of double citizenship if one is Japanese. Likewise, those who have long-term.
residency in Japan are not qualified. Candidates need to hold a doctorate.
gotten on or after 2 April 2013 (i.e., the degree should have been.
gotten within 6 years prior to 1 April 2019), when the fellowship.
starts or be arranged to get doctorate prior to the fellowship.
starts.

Applicants with a minimum of 10 months research study and/or expert experience are particularly motivated to use.

Those who have actually formerly been granted a Basic or Path.
Fellowship under the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Study in Japan.
plan are not qualified.

Period of the fellowship

Fellowships are granted for a duration of 24 months.

Election of prospects

UNU-IAS will serve as the nominating authority of the program; and.
applications must be sent to UNU-IAS, which will help in.
protecting approval from host scientists for short-listed prospects.
UNU-IAS chooses prospects to JSPS based upon the following requirements:

• the research study goals of the candidate and the quality of his/her research study proposition,
• the importance of the research study proposition to the continuous or prepared.
  research study activities of the candidate’s suggested Research study Program at.
  UNU-IAS, and
• the candidate’s scholastic benefit and his/her capacity for effective research study while in Japan.

UNU plans to notify effective prospects of the outcomes of the.
election in June2019 JSPS uses up to 3 months after getting the.
elections to process its award choices.

Beginning date and due date for applications

The JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Program starts on 1 September.
and the picked Fellows are needed to be in Japan by this date. The.
due date for applications for the 2019 Fellowships is 15 March 2019.

Applications

Interested and qualified prospects are welcomed to send a finished application and supporting files to fellowships@unu.edu
If a candidate does not have access to the Web, she or he should.
contact UNU-IAS. The kind and the needed files showed in the.
kind should remain in English. If supporting files are not in English,.
English translations need to be connected.

For Additional Information:

Go To the Authorities Website of the JSPS– UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2019