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Bilateral Programs

The JSPS Bilateral Programs promote international scientific exchanges between Japan and counterpart countries through joint research projects, joint seminars, and researcher exchanges. Proposals are openly recruited and jointly selected with counterpart agencies. The FY2027 call includes new calls with CONICET (Argentina) and AID (Uzbekistan).

Deadline 2026-09-03

Official page ↗ Application form / how to apply

Data last verified 2026-08-14 · sources & verification

Eligibility

Structured dimensions read from the official page. What do these mean? ↗

Host country

Organization type

University, Research Institute

Evidence: every dimension above is read from this scheme's official page — official page ↗.

Full eligibility text

Japanese researchers affiliated with universities or research institutions in Japan can apply. The program is open to researchers in countries with diplomatic relations with Japan, plus Taiwan and Palestine, through counterpart agencies.

Deadline

2026-09-03

Application form effort

2 form file(s) downloaded; 12 explicit questions; 13 fields/sections; moderate — substantial written sections

JSPS KAKENHI Scientific Research (A) review elements (4 pages)
JSPS Early-Career Scientists review elements (5 pages)

Sample questions

Is the research proposal an important research project that should be promoted from a scientific perspective?
original and creative?
trends, and the positioning of this research within the relevant domain or field?
and technology, the society or other areas?
expenditures consistent with the research plan?
Is the state of preparation appropriate to achieve the research objective?
ability to carry out the research plan?
research facilities, equipment, and research materials?
collaboration, or to create high value as research unique to Japan)?
used effectively?
for purchasing equipment?
implementation of the research plan?

Application form preview sample questions, page & word limits from the application form Back to browse

Data sources & verification (for research-office review)

Where each item on this page was read from, so every claim can be verified against the original. Several values often come from the same official page — that page is named in the Source column. Anything we could not reach or parse is listed under Not captured / obstacles below.

Curated item	Value in this record	Source
Funding agency	JSPS	www.jsps.go.jp ↗
Country / funding source	JP · JSPS	same page as above — www.jsps.go.jp ↗
Deadline	2026-09-03 — LLM-checked against the archived official page	same page as above — www.jsps.go.jp ↗
Funding amount	Not stated on the official page	same page as above — www.jsps.go.jp ↗
Eligibility	2 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above	same page as above — www.jsps.go.jp ↗

Pages & application forms captured

Official opportunity page ↗
Application form / how to apply — https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-bilat/call.html ↗
Application form: JSPS KAKENHI Scientific Research (A) review elements — download ↗ (4 pp)
Application form: JSPS Early-Career Scientists review elements — download ↗ (5 pp)

Not captured / obstacles

Data is collected from official funder pages only. Figures are machine-curated (rule + LLM where noted) and should be re-verified on the linked source before use.