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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
Official page ↗ How to apply (agency hub) · hub

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

Eligibility

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

Career stage

Student, Postdoc

Applicant type

Individual

Residency

JP

Host country

JP

Organization type

University, Research Institute

Years since PhD

≤ 5

Minimum qualification

Phd

Consortium

Not required

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

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

Application form effort

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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Data sources & verification (for research-office review)

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Curated itemValue in this recordSource
Funding agency JSPS www.jsps.go.jp ↗
Country / funding source JP · JSPS same page as above — www.jsps.go.jp ↗
Deadline 2026-06-03 — LLM-checked against the archived official page same page as above — www.jsps.go.jp ↗
Funding amount Up to ¥15,000,000 same page as above — www.jsps.go.jp ↗
Eligibility 8 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above same page as above — www.jsps.go.jp ↗

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