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Research Fellowships for Young Scientists

This scheme funds excellent young researchers in Japan, allowing them to focus on a freely chosen research topic at an independently selected research institution. It provides monthly stipends and research grants (Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows) to doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, with categories including DC, PD, RPD, and CPD fellowships. The program aims to foster and secure excellent researchers, with support for childbirth and childcare leave.

Up to ¥15,000,000 ~60 months Deadline 2026-06-03
Career stage

Student, Postdoc ↗

Applicant type

Individual ↗

Residency

JP ↗

Host country

JP ↗

Years since PhD

≤ 5 ↗

Minimum qualification

Phd ↗

Consortium

Not required ↗

Full eligibility text

Applicants must be excellent young researchers in Japan, with specific eligibility per category: DC applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral course in Japan (no nationality requirement); PD and RPD applicants must hold a doctoral degree and be within 5 years of receiving it, and be a citizen or permanent resident of Japan (RPD also requires having suspended research for childbirth/childcare); CPD applicants must be in the first year of a PD fellowship. All fields of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences are eligible.

Deadline

2026-06-03

Form workload

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

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?

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Funding agency JSPS Official page ↗
Country / funding source JP · JSPS Official page ↗
Deadline 2026-06-03 — LLM-checked against the archived official page Official page ↗
Funding amount Up to ¥15,000,000 Official page ↗
Eligibility 8 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above Official page ↗

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