JSPS Invitation and Postdoctoral Fellowships

Posted Oct 19 2009 in Scholarship News

The joint NSERC-JSPS Postdoctoral and Invitation Fellowship Programs provide postdoctoral researchers and university professors or senior scientists with the opportunity to conduct research in the natural sciences or engineering in a university, national laboratory or institute in Japan.

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) provides opportunities in universities or other research institutions in Japan for 1) postdoctoral researchers to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups; and 2) senior scientists/university professors to participate in cooperative activities with researchers. NSERC cooperates with the JSPS by receiving and processing applications, and by nominating candidates to the JSPS.

Deadlines:
January 15, 2010 (Invitation Fellowships)
January 25, 2010 (Postdoctoral Fellowships)

Terms of award:

1. Round-trip air ticket (based on JSPS regulations)
2. Monthly maintenance allowance
3. Settling-in allowance (for Postdoctoral only)
4. Domestic research travel allowance (for Invitation only)
5. Overseas travel, accident and sickness insurance coverage.

Eligibility - At the time of application, you must:

1. Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
2. Post-doc: hold a doctoral degree when the Fellowship goes into effect, which must have been received within six years prior to April 2, 2010
3. Invitation: be a senior scientist, university professor, researcher with substantial professional experience and hold a doctoral degree for a period of more than six years from April 1, 2010.

Participants should make contact with a host researcher in advance. The results of the competition will be announced in March 2010.

For more information, contact:

JSPS Fellowships
Scholarships and Fellowships Division
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
350 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 1H5
Telephone: 613-944-5803
E-mail: Z-SCHOL@NSERC.ca
Web site: www.nserc.gc.ca

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