Nomination for Two Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions in Japan

Only approved Norwegian research organisations can apply. See the list of approved research organisations.

The Norwegian research organisation applies on behalf of the nominee/candidate. The organisations's project administrator is the primary contact person for the Research Council.

You may apply for fellowships for Norwegian researchers who are qualified for postdoctoral positions. In addition, applicants

• must be affiliated with a Norwegian research organisation;
• must have established contact and agreed on a research plan with researchers in Japan prior to submitting a grant application;
• must have completed their doctorate within the past six years;
• must conduct research within the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences or technology.

Previous recipients of a JSPS postdoctoral fellowship are not eligible to apply for a fellowship again.

Funding will be awarded to cover the following:

• a round trip air ticket (based on JSPS regulations)
• a monthly maintenance allowance of JPY 362 000
• a settling-in allowance of JPY 200 000
• overseas travel, accident and sickness insurance coverage

Fellowships may have a duration of 12–24 months (standard fellowship). The postdoctoral research stay must begin in the period from 1 April 2023 to 30 November 2023.

The FY2023 Application Form for JSPS International Fellowships for Research in Japan, Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan (Standard), is to be filled in, attached and submitted with the electronic grant application to the Research Council of Norway. 

Please read all the information from JSPS carefully to ensure that you satisfy the formal requirements and have included all mandatory attachments.

General requirements:

• The Project Owner and Project Manager must be within the categories set out in this call.
• The grant application must lie within the scope of this call.
• The amount sought and any own financing must be in accordance with the requirements set out in this call.
• The budget must be filled in correctly so that it is clear what the amount sought will cover.
• The grant application must be completed in full.
• All attachments must be submitted, using the correct templates.
• The project description must respond to the call.
• All attachments must be uploaded in PDF format.
• The grant application, including all attachments, must be submitted in English.

Mandatory attachments

• The JSPS application form (maximum 10 pages), to be uploaded under "Project description". The template "FY2023 Application Form (Standard)" can be found below.
• Other mandatory attachments as specified by JSPS, to be uploaded under "Other items" (no maximum number of pages, but attachments may not exceed 40 Mb)

All attachments must be submitted together with the grant application. We will not accept attachments submitted after the deadline for applications unless we have requested further information.

Attachments other than the mandatory and optional attachments specified above, as well as any links to websites in the grant application, will not be included in the application review process.

We assess applications in light of the objectives of the call for proposals and on the basis of the following criteria:

The Research Council will conduct a preliminary application review and nominate fellowship candidates. JSPS is responsible for taking the final decision on grant allocations. Grant applications that do not satisfy the formal requirements stipulated in the information from JSPS or this call for proposals will be rejected.

If an applicant is nominated by the Research Council of Norway for the JSPS post-doctoral fellowship, his or her application and mandatory attachments will be forwarded to JSPS for further processing.

Application processing time is normally three months.