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TABLE OF CONTENTS
This document introduces a non-exhaustive inventory of funding options available for developing
France-Japan Science & Technology collaborations. It lists a variety of programmes supporting
science and technology-related projects, mobility or study. Certain programmes may have slightly
changed, yet this document is regularly updated and uploaded on this page.
YOU ARE A STUDENT IN JAPAN (Bachelor, Master, PhD) ......................................................................3
Study grants ..........................................................................................................................................3
Academic-Industrial grants...................................................................................................................4
Research fellowships ............................................................................................................................4
Summer programmes ...........................................................................................................................5
YOU ARE A STUDENT IN FRANCE (Bachelor, Master, PhD) ....................................................................6
Study grants ..........................................................................................................................................6
Research fellowships ............................................................................................................................7
Summer programmes ...........................................................................................................................8
Networks ..............................................................................................................................................9
YOU ARE A RESEARCHER IN JAPAN (from postdocs to senior researchers) ....................................... 10
Research grants ................................................................................................................................. 10
Mobility programmes ........................................................................................................................ 12
Seminar programmes ........................................................................................................................ 13
Research fellowships ............................................................................................................................. 14
YOU ARE A RESEARCHER IN FRANCE (from postdocs to senior researchers) ..................................... 16
Research grants ................................................................................................................................. 16
Mobility programmes ........................................................................................................................ 17
Seminar programmes ........................................................................................................................ 19
Research fellowships ......................................................................................................................... 20
Job Platform ...................................................................................................................................... 21
YOU ARE AN R&D COMPANY ............................................................................................................... 23
YOU ARE A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION .................................................................................... 24

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YOU ARE A STUDENT IN JAPAN(Bachelor, Master, PhD)STUDY GRANTSFRENCH GOVERNMENT GRANT
ALL FIELDS OF SCIENCEThe French government grants’ programme aims to fund Japanese students in scientific fields tocomplete either a part of their studies in France or a research internship in a French research
institution. The language of application can be French or English. The allowances and benefits vary
according to the students’ level of study.
 For Bachelor’s (French-Japanese double degree only)/Master’s (all) students:
 Scholarships: from 1 up to 10 months from September 1st
 For PhD students:
 Single fellowships: one stay from 3 to 18 months
 Alternating fellowships: one 1-6 month stay per year, up to 3 years (recommended forcollaborative co-mentored theses)
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FRENCH GOVERNMENT EIFFEL SCHOLARSHIPSENGINEERING SCIENCES FOR MASTER

ALL SCIENCES FOR PHD

The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Programme was established by the French Ministry of Europe andForeign Affairs to enable French higher education establishments to enroll foreign students in theirmaster’s and PhD courses. Students have to choose a French institution according to their project ofstudy, and then the French institution can apply with the students to the Eiffel scholarships.
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EUROPEAN UNION - MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONSALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) provide grants for all stages of researchers' careers - bethey doctoral candidates or highly experienced researchers - and encourage transnational,
intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. The MSCA enable research-focused organisations

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(universities, research centres, and companies) to host talented foreign researchers and to create
strategic partnerships with leading institutions worldwide.
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N+I NETWORK - FIER DOC PROGRAMMEALL FIELDS OF SCIENCEThe FIER-DOC (French Innovative Experience in Research) programme is dedicated to candidates whoare completing a Master (or who have already got one) and who want to acquire knowledge andexperience in the management of "research projects" and eventually to pursue on a doctoral thesis.
It aims to acquire the necessary skills to manage research projects (patents, intellectual property,
ethics, contract drafting, project management, communication, etc.) useful to any future manager ofapplied research programmes and to participate in a genuine research experience in France.
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ACADEMIC-INDUSTRIAL GRANTS
ANRT - CIFRE GRANTS FOR PHD STUDENTS
ALL FIELDS OF SCIENCECIFRE stands for Industrial Agreement of Training through research. It is open to master degree
graduated students who wish to become full-time PhD students. The PhD students should beenrolled in a doctoral course in a French laboratory and hired by a French company. With the CIFRE
grant, the student will be able to fully work on his research project by dividing his time in thecompany and the academic laboratory. The grant programme CIFRE contributes to the funding of
PhD students in enterprises up to 14 000€/year for 3 years. The company can also benefit from the“Credit impôt-recherche”. All nationalities are eligible.
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RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSEUROPEAN UNION - VULCANUS IN EUROPE PROGRAMMEENGINEERING SCIENCESAPPLIED SCIENCES

The programme consists of industrial placements for Japanese students within the European Union.
It starts in April and ends in March of the following year in order to accommodate the academic year
in Japan. The students follow:
 a seminar in Brussels on European culture, industry and the EU,
 a four-month intensive language course (of the country she/he will choose), and an eight-month traineeship in a European company.
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CANON FOUNDATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

Annually, the Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Fellowships to highly qualified European
and Japanese researchers. European fellows are expected to pursue a period of research in Japan
whereas Japanese fellows are expected to run their research in Europe. Canon Foundation
Fellowships works for a minimum period of three months up to one year.
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SUMMER PROGRAMMESEPF – ESTP SUMMER PROGRAMMESMART CITIESENGINEERING FOR SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

EPF-ESTP Summer Programme on Smart Cities & Engineering for Sustainable Architecture offers an
in-depth study on topics such as engineering for eco-cities and smart cities, environmental issues,city planning and architecture for the future. Mainly designed for Undergraduate and Master’s
students with a major in Engineering, Architecture, Urban planning/design, Sociology or Computer
Sciences.
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YOU ARE A STUDENT IN
FRANCE (Bachelor, Master, PhD)STUDY GRANTSMEXT - MONBUKAGAKUSHO PROGRAMMEALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

ART

This programme is open to French master’s and PhD students. It offers a grant to become a“research-students” (auditeur libre) or a “regular student” in a Japanese university. Master’s
students’ mobility will last 2 years while PhD students’ mobility will last 3 years. The monthly grant isabout 144.000 yen for master’s students and about 145,000 yen for PhD students.
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The MEXT also coordinates priority international programmes for PhD & master’s students, on
identified topics in several Japanese universities.
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EUROPEAN UNION - MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONSALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) provide grants for all stages of researchers' careers - bethey doctoral candidates or highly experienced researchers - and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. The MSCA enable research-focused organisations(universities, research centres, and companies) to host talented foreign researchers and to create
strategic partnerships with leading institutions worldwide.
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SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTED BY LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND INTERNATIONALASSOCIATIONSALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

More than 30 cities or prefectures or private foundations offer one-year scholarships forinternational foreign students and PhD students.
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RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSJSPS PRE-POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME FOR FOREIGNRESEARCHERS
HUMANITIESSOCIAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES

Standard programme: This programme funds 12 to 24 months stays in Japan for young postdoctoral
researchers (up to 6 years after the thesis completion).
Short-term programme: This programme funds 1 to 12 months stays in Japan for pre and postdoctoral researchers from the Europe Union countries, the US and Canada.
Applications from researchers employed in a French institution must be submitted to the CNRS and
the JSPS.
More information on CNRS website
More information on JSPS website

EUROPEAN UNION - VULCANUS IN JAPAN PROGRAMMEENGINEERING SCIENCESAPPLIED SCIENCES

The programme consists of industrial placements for EU / COSME* students in Japan. It starts in
September and ends in August of the following year in order to accommodate the academic year in
EU Member States. The students follow:
 a one-week seminar on Japan,
 a four-month intensive Japanese language course, and an eight-month traineeship in a Japanese company.
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CANON FOUNDATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

Annually, the Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Fellowships to highly qualified European
and Japanese researchers. European Fellows are expected to pursue a period of research in Japan
whereas Japanese Fellows are expected to do their research in Europe. Canon Foundation
Fellowships are for a minimum period of three months up to maximum of one year.
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HOSEI INTERNATIONAL FUND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMMEHUMANITIESSOCIAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES

ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Invitations are extended to young scholars from abroad who are, at the least, enrolled in a doctoral
degree programme in order to apply to the Hosei International Fund Fellowship Programme to carryout non-degree research programmes at Hosei University under the direction of, and/or, incooperation with Hosei faculty and researchers.
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“ASSOCIATION OF FRENCH-SPEAKING FORMER JSPS FELLOWS” TAKENOKO GRANTS
ALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

The “Association of French-speaking former JSPS fellows” supports the mobility of French students
from Bachelor (3rd year) to Master (1st or 2nd year) who wish to complete their training by integrating
a laboratory or a research team in Japan. The support is of 800€.
More information“ASSOCIATION OF FRENCH-SPEAKING FORMER JSPS FELLOWS” - BRIDGEGRANTSALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

The BRIDGE grants support former JSPS fellows. It aims at reinforcing their collaboration withJapanese laboratories where they used to work and initiating new cooperation. The mobility in Japanis up to one month. Only active members of the “Association of French-speaking former JSPS fellows”
are eligible.
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RIKEN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ASSOCIATE
NATURAL SCIENCES

NEUROSCIENCESQUANTUM PHYSICSCOMPUTER SCIENCES

International programme Associate is a non-Japanese doctoral candidate attending a Japanese oroverseas graduate school participating in RIKEN’s joint graduate school programme. IPAs conduct
research at RIKEN under the supervision of RIKEN scientists as part of work toward obtaining a PhD.
RIKEN’s joint graduate school programme is based on agreements with a number of Japanese andoverseas universities and aims to identify and foster talented young scientists capable of contributing
to the advancement of science for the global community. French partner universities are : Universitéde Caen Basse Normandie ; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) ; Université de Strasbourg ;Université Paris-Sud.
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SUMMER PROGRAMMESCNRS - JSPS SUMMER PROGRAMMEHUMANITIESSOCIAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES

This programme offers to master’s, PhD students and postdocs from France to pursue researchunder the guidance of host researchers at a Japanese university or a research institute over a periodof two months during the summer (June – August).
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RIKEN CENTER FOR BRAIN SCIENCE SUMMER PROGRAMMEBRAIN SCIENCESThe Summer Programme is designed to encourage and further the education of young
neuroscientists and emerging researchers as they enter the international neuroscience community.
Applicants may choose either a two-month laboratory internship (Plan A) within a RIKEN CBS
laboratory, or an intensive 5-day lecture course (Plan B) featuring a distinguished international
faculty. Those participating in the internship may also enroll in the lecture course.
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ELYT SCHOOLENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND ENGINEERING

Created to promote exchanges between student-engineers and students in French and Japanese
masters, ELyT School Summer School is organized each year alternately between Lyon and Sendai,and relies on strong links woven between the CNRS, the University of Lyon and Tohoku University inJapan.
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NETWORKS
N+I NETWORKENGINEERING SCIENCES

This network gathers several French Engineering schools and allows their French students to look forfor an engineering curriculum abroad in a partner university. The “n+i” network is an intermediary
between the students and the partner universities/companies abroad.
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YOU ARE A RESEARCHER IN
JAPAN (FROM POSTDOCS TO SENIOR RESEARCHERS)RESEARCH GRANTS
ANR – JST - CREST PROGRAMMESYMBIOTIC INTERACTIONCOMPUTATIONAL FOUNDATIONThe ANR and JST research agencies signed a new collaboration agreement in scientific research that
resulted in the CREST programme. It was concretized in 2018 by the launch of a joint call with twopriority areas:
 computational foundation : Technology for Computing Revolution for Society 5.0
 symbiotic interaction : Creation and development of core technologies interfacing humanand information environments
The 2019 joint call was pre-announced in January 2019.
More information on ANR website
More information on JST website

INRIA-JSPS - AYAME PROGRAMMECOMPUTER SCIENCES

MATHEMATICSThis programme aims to reinforce the collaborations between the projects’ teams from INRIA andhigh level research teams from all around the world. The Japanese teams will receive support fromthe JSPS. The grant provided to the French team will be about 10 000€/year for 3 years. The Japanese
team will receive the same amount from the JSPS.
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CNRS MOMENTUM
13 ELIGIBLE THEMATICSCNRS launches a call for proposals that aims at enabling independent and talented young scientists
to create and lead an original project within a CNRS affiliated laboratory. The CNRS-Momentum
funding is allocated for a period of 3 years and has identified 13 different eligible thematic for thiscall.
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CNRS – INSERM ATIP AVENIR
LIFE & HEALTH SCIENCES

The CNRS and INSERM jointly coordinate the call ATIP Avenir, open to young researchers from allnationalities, allowing them to conduct a research project in France in the fields of life science andhealth for 3 years.
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EU HORIZON 2020 - COLLABORATIVE PROJECTSADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

5G AND BEYOND

Eligible European countries may apply to a collaborative project with Japanese teams who canparticipate as long as they secure their financial budget with their own national agencies.
Two calls for projects opened with Japan on the following research areas: Advanced technologies (Security/Cloud/IoT/BigData) for a hyper connected society in thecontext of smart city
 5G and Beyond
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EIG CONCERT-JAPANPRIORITY TOPICS

The European Interest Group CONCERT-Japan launches annual call on various priority fields between
Europe and Japan. All researchers from the following participating funding agencies are eligible
among: JST (Japan), CNRS (France), BMBF (Germany), MINECO (Spain), RCN (Norway), MITA
(Lithuania), SAS (Slovakia), CAS (Czech Republic), MEYS (Czech Republic), BNSF (Bulgaria), NCBR
(Poland). Last call for projects concerned Functional Porous Materials.
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JSPS CORE-TO-CORE PROGRAMME: ADVANCED RESEARCH NETWORKS
LEADING EDGE-FIELDSThis programme is designed to create world-class research centers that partner up over the longterm with other core research institutions around the world to advance research in leading-edge
fields, on issues of high international priority, and areas that contribute to the solution of prevailingproblems in the Asia-African regions.
Programme components:
A – Advanced Research Networks
B – Asia-Africa Science Platforms
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HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAMME
LIFE SCIENCES

This international programme funds research projects and mobility for postdoctoral or experienced
researchers in the field of Life Sciences. France and Japan are both members of the HFSP.
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MOBILITY PROGRAMMESFRENCH GOVERNMENT - HUBERT CURIEN PARTNERSHIP (PHC) SAKURAALL FIELDS OF SCIENCEThis programme aims to facilitate exchanges between French and Japanese partners working on a
joint project. The programme funds 12 projects per year, for duration of 2 years.
The Japanese scientific partner should be under 46 y.o and the overall projects should involve active
young researchers at a PhD or post-doc level.
The annual call for projects covers all fields of research, including humanities and social sciences.
Please note that the French team and the Japanese team have to submit the same project to theirown national institution: Campus France or the JSPS, to be eligible.
Calls are launched annually around May or June.
More information for French teams
More information for Japanese teams

FRENCH GOVERNMENT - EXPLORATION FRANCEALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

The programme “Exploration France” allows researchers working in a Japanese research institution in
all fields of science, including humanities and social sciences, to run a scientific mission in France todiscover the French research landscape. The mission should involve meeting(s) and visit(s) with new
French fellows to start new initiatives that could lead to a scientific joint project.
Calls are launched annually around November.
More information in French
More information in Japanese

FRENCH GOVERNMENT - EXPLORATION JAPONALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

The programme “Exploration Japon” allows scientists in all fields of sciences, including humanities
and social sciences, working in a French research institution to run a scientific mission in Japan to
discover the Japanese research landscape. The mission should involve meeting(s) and visit(s) with
new Japanese fellows to start new initiatives that could lead to a scientific joint project.
Calls are launched annually around September.
More information in French
More information in Japanese12THE FRENCH-JAPANESE FOUNDATION
ALL FIELDS OF SCIENCES

The French-Japanese Foundation supports a variety of projects fostering the relationship between
France and Japan. Lately, the Foundation has expressed its intention to fund science-related projects.
Projects can be submitted two times per year: until the last Monday of July or the last Monday ofJanuary.
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EUROPEAN UNION – MARIE-SKLODOWSKA CURIE
ALL FIELDS OF SCIENCES

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) provide grants for all stages of researchers' careers - bethey doctoral candidates or highly experienced researchers - and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. The MSCA enable research-focused organisations(universities, research centres, and companies) to host talented foreign researchers and to create
strategic partnerships with leading institutions worldwide.
More information

EM EASED PROGRAMME – EURO-ASIAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGYDEVELOPMENTENGINEERINGMATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE

NATURAL SCIENCESARCHITECTURE

EM-EASED programme is mainly dedicated to research exchanges and is intended to establish amobility scheme for about 72 individuals including doctorates (58%), post-doctorates (17%) and staff(25%). The programme is strongly focused on, but not restricted to, energy related projects. This
research programme includes Engineering and Technology, as well as Mathematics and Computer
Science, Natural Sciences or Architecture fields.
It involves 6 European partners, including Ecole Centrale Paris in France, 5 Japanese partners and 3
Korean partners. It aims at strengthening the collaborations between the involved research teams
and between administrative staffs too, so as to share about good practice, pedagogic activities,
knowledge and academic acknowledgement.
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SEMINAR PROGRAMMESINSERM-JSPS CALLSHEALTH SCIENCES

This annual call funds visits from Japanese researchers in France and French researchers in Japan aswell as bilateral seminars in the fields covered by INSERM.
More information on INSERM website
More information on JSPS website

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CNRS - JSPS BILATERAL PROGRAMMEALL FIELDS OF SCIENCEThis programme aims at organizing joints seminars in all fields of sciences between French andJapanese researchers. The scientific event should last 8 days maximum either in France or in Japan.
The grant for the French researchers will be of 6 000€. 5 projects are selected per year.
More information on CNRS website
More information on JSPS website

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSJSPS INVITATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH IN JAPANHUMANITIESSOCIAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES

This programme allows researchers employed in Japanese universities/research institutions to invite
overseas researchers (who have a position equivalent to university professor, associate professor or
assistant professor; or researchers who have completed their thesis more than 6 years ago) to carryour research through long-term visits or to engage discussions, opinion exchanges, lectures or otheractivities through short-term visits.
Long term stays: 2 to 10 months.
Short-term: 14 to 60 days.
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JSPS INVITATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH IN JAPAN (DISTINGUISHEDRESEARCHERS)HUMANITIESSOCIAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES

This programme aims to invite overseas researchers with distinguished records of researchachievements (Nobel laureates or equivalent) to Japan from 7 to 30 days for purpose corresponding
to those records.
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PROGRAMME FROM THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES FOUNDATION IN PARIS
MATHEMATICSThe Foundation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris offers a financial support for external scientists(junior/senior professors) to be invited in its affiliated laboratories for a two-to-three months stay.
Appointed scientists will also have the opportunity to visit and to work with members of external
laboratories.
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CANON FOUNDATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

Annually, the Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Fellowships to highly qualified European
and Japanese researchers. European Fellows are expected to pursue a period of research in Japan
whereas Japanese Fellows are expected to do their research in Europe. Canon Foundation
Fellowships are for a minimum period of three months up to maximum of one year.
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YOU ARE A RESEARCHER IN
FRANCE (FROM POSTDOCS TO SENIOR RESEARCHERS)RESEARCH GRANTS
ANR – JST - CREST PROGRAMMESYMBIOTIC INTERACTIONCOMPUTATIONAL FOUNDATIONThe ANR and JST signed a new collaboration agreement in scientific research that resulted in the
CREST programme. It was concretized in 2018 by the launch of a joint call with two priority areas:
 computational foundation : Technology for Computing Revolution for Society 5.0
 symbiotic interaction : Creation and development of core technologies interfacing humanand information environments
The 2019 joint call was pre-announced in January 2019.
More information on ANR website
More information on JST website

INRIA-JSPS AYAME PROGRAMMECOMPUTER SCIENCES

MATHEMATICSThis programme aims to reinforce the collaborations between the projects’ teams from INRIA andhigh level research teams from all around the world. The Japanese teams will receive support fromthe JSPS. The grant provided to the French team will be about 10 000€/year for 3 years. The Japanese
team will receive the same amount from JSPS.
More information on INRIA website
More information on JSPS website

EUROPEAN UNION - COLLABORATIVE PROJECTSADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

5G AND BEYOND

Eligible European countries may apply to a collaborative project with Japanese teams who canparticipate as long as they secure their financial budget with their own national agencies.
Two calls for projects opened with Japan on the following research areas: Advanced technologies (Security/Cloud/IoT/BigData) for a hyper connected society in thecontext of smart city
 5G and Beyond
More information

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JSPS CORE-TO-CORE PROGRAMME: ADVANCED RESEARCH NETWORKS
LEADING EDGE-FIELDSThis programme is designed to create world-class research centers that partner over the long termwith other core research institutions around the world to advance research in leading-edge fields, on
issues of high international priority, and areas that contribute to the solution of prevailing problems
in the Asia-African regions.
Programme components:
A – Advanced Research Networks
B – Asia-Africa Science Platforms
More information

EIG CONCERT-JAPANPRIORITY TOPICS

The European Interest Group CONCERT-Japan launches annual call on various priority fields between
Europe and Japan. All researchers from the following participating funding agencies are eligible
among: JST (Japan), CNRS (France), BMBF (Germany), MINECO (Spain), RCN (Norway), MITA
(Lithuania), SAS (Slovakia), CAS (Czech Republic), MEYS (Czech Republic), BNSF (Bulgaria), NCBR
(Poland). Last call for projects concerned Functional Porous Materials.
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HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAMME
LIFE SCIENCES

This international programme funds research projects and mobility for postdoctoral or experienced
researchers in the field of Life Sciences.
More information

MOBILITY PROGRAMMESFRENCH GOVERNMENT - HUBERT CURIEN PARTNERSHIP (PHC) SAKURAALL FIELDS OF SCIENCEThis programme aims to facilitate exchanges between French and Japanese partners working on a
joint project. The programme funds 12 projects per year, for duration of 2 years.
The Japanese scientific partner should be under 46 y.o and the overall projects should involve active
young researchers at a PhD or post-doc level.
The annual call for projects covers all fields of research, including humanities and social sciences.
Please note that the French team and the Japanese team have to submit the same project to theirown national institution: Campus France or the JSPS, to be eligible.
Calls are launched annually around May or June.
More information for French teams
More information for Japanese teams

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FRENCH GOVERNMENT - EXPLORATION FRANCEALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

The programme “Exploration France” allows researchers working in a Japanese research institution in
all fields of science, including humanities and social sciences, to run a scientific mission in France todiscover the French research landscape. The mission should involve meeting(s) and visit(s) with new
French fellows to start new initiatives that could lead to a scientific joint project.
Calls are launched annually around November.
More information in French
More information in Japanese

FRENCH GOVERNMENT - EXPLORATION JAPONALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

The programme “Exploration Japon” allows scientists in all fields of sciences, including humanities
and social sciences, working in a French research institution to run a scientific mission in Japan to
discover the Japanese research landscape. The mission should involve meeting(s) and visit(s) with
new Japanese fellows to start new initiatives that could lead to a scientific joint project.
Calls are launched annually around September.
More information in French
More information in Japanese

EUROPEAN UNION - INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIPSALL FIELDS OF SCIENCES

Individual scholarships concern researchers of all nationalities, who carry out research related to thescholarship in a European institution.
 The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions assure the international mobility of European
researchers, along with the mobility of international researchers in Europe, be it for
students, PhD students or experienced researchers.
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 The ERC programme (for “European Research Council”) features four types of individual
scholarships: “Starting Grants” for young researchers; “Consolidator Grants”; “Advanced
Grants” for senior researchers; and “Proof of concept” that targets only recipients of one of
the three above-mentioned scholarships, to help them carry out their project further.
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EM EASED PROGRAMME – EURO-ASIAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGYDEVELOPMENTENGINEERINGMATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE

NATURAL SCIENCESARCHITECTURE

EM-EASED programme is mainly dedicated to research exchanges and is intended to establish amobility scheme for about 72 individuals including doctorates (58%), post-doctorates (17%) and staff(25%). The programme is strongly focused on, but not restricted to, energy related projects. This18

research programme includes Engineering and Technology, as well as Mathematics and Computer
Science, Natural Sciences or Architecture fields.
It involves 6 European partners, including Ecole Centrale Paris in France, 5 Japanese partners and 3
Korean partners. It aims at strengthening the collaborations between the involved research teams
and between administrative staffs too, so as to share about good practice, pedagogic activities,
knowledge and academic acknowledgement.
More information

THE MATSUMAE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION GRANTS
NATURAL SCIENCES

ENGINEERING SCIENCES

MEDICAL SCIENCES

The MATSUMAE International Foundation offers research grants to foreign researchers, holding a
PhD and with an age limit of 49 years old, who have never been in Japan before, to spend 3 to 6
months in Japan doing research.
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THE FRENCH-JAPANESE FOUNDATION GRANTS
ALL FIELDS OF SCIENCES

The French-Japanese Foundation supports a variety of projects fostering the relationship between
France and Japan. Lately, the Foundation has expressed its intention to fund science-related projects.
Projects can be submitted two times per year: until the last Monday of July or the last Monday ofJanuary.
More information

THE JAPAN FOUNDATIONPOLICY-ORIENTED PROJECTSThe Japan Foundation implements various programmes about the Japanese studies allowing research
projects conducted in Japan by overseas researchers, grants to promote Japanese studies abroad,support for intellectual exchange conferences, etc.
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SEMINAR PROGRAMMESINSERM-JSPS SEMINAR PROGRAMMEHEALTH SCIENCES

This annual call funds visits from Japanese researchers in France and French researchers in Japan aswell as bilateral seminars in the fields covered by INSERM.
More information on INSERM website
More information on JSPS website

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CNRS - JSPS BILATERAL PROGRAMMEALL FIELDS OF SCIENCEThis programme aims at organizing joints seminars in all fields of sciences between French andJapanese researchers. The scientific event should last 8 days maximum either in France or in Japan.
The grant for the French researchers will be of 6 000€. 5 projects are selected per year.
More information on CNRS website
More information on JSPS website

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSJSPS PRE-POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME FOR FOREIGNRESEARCHERS
HUMANITIESSOCIAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES

Standard programme: This programme funds 12 to 24 months stays in Japan for young postdoctoral
researchers (up to 6 years after the thesis completion).
Short-term programme: This programme funds 1 to 12 months stays in Japan for pre and postdoctoral researchers from the Europe Union countries, the US and Canada.
Applications from researchers employed in a French institution must be submitted to the CNRS and
the JSPS.
More information on CNRS website
More information on JSPS website

JSPS INVITATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH IN JAPANHUMANITIESSOCIAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES

This programme allows researchers employed in Japanese universities/research institutions to invite
overseas researchers (who have a position equivalent to university professor, associate professor or
assistant professor; or researchers who have completed their thesis more than 6 years ago) to carryour research through long-term visits or to engage discussions, opinion exchanges, lectures or otheractivities through short-term visits.
Long term stays: 2 to 10 months.
Short-term: 14 to 60 days.
More information

JSPS INVITATION FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH IN JAPAN (DISTINGUISHEDRESEARCHERS)HUMANITIESSOCIAL SCIENCES

NATURAL SCIENCES

This programme aims to invite overseas researchers with distinguished records of researchachievements (Nobel laureates or equivalent) to Japan from 7 to 30 days for purpose corresponding
to those records.
More information

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RIKEN “FOREIGN POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER PROGRAMME”
NATURAL SCIENCES

NEUROSCIENCESQUANTUM PHYSICSCOMPUTER SCIENCES

The programme offers aspiring young foreign researchers with creative ideas and who show promiseof becoming internationally active in the future and to pursue innovative research at RIKEN under
the direction of a RIKEN laboratory head.
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NIMS – GREEN PROGRAMMEENVIRONMENT SCIENCES

NANOTECHNOLOGIES

Aiming to accelerate materials research for the solution of environmental and energy issues, GREEN(Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science) invites
researchers from universities and research institutes in Japan to work on self-defined research topics
in the field of environment and energy using nanotechnology (topics well linked to GREEN’s mission
are particularly welcome) at NIMS, through a public recruiting process.
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CANON FOUNDATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

Annually, the Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Fellowships to highly qualified European
and Japanese researchers. European Fellows are expected to pursue a period of research in Japan
whereas Japanese Fellows are expected to do their research in Europe. Canon Foundation
Fellowships are for a minimum period of three months up to maximum of one year.
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JOB PLATFORMS
The JREC-IN CAREER PORTALALL FIELDS OF SCIENCES

JREC-IN is a career support portal site for all researchers and research staff who are pioneering
innovation. It also features opportunities of collaboration with Japan for foreign researchers.
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THE “ASSOCIATION BERNARD GREGORY” PORTALALL FIELDS OF SCIENCES

Everywhere in the world, a PhD is considered synonymous with excellence. Companies everywhere
hire PhD-holders in every field to manage complex projects. ABG develops services to promote thismatching of needs with skills, which always holds promise for innovation and growth.
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JAPAN OR IN FRANCEFRENCH GOVERNMENT - HUBERT CURIEN PARTNERSHIP (PHC) SAKURAALL FIELDS OF SCIENCEThis programme aims to facilitate exchanges between French and Japanese partners working on a
joint project. The programme funds 12 projects per year, for duration of 2 years.
The Japanese scientific partner should be under 46 y.o and the overall projects should involve active
young researchers at a PhD or post-doc level.
The annual call for projects covers all fields of research, including humanities and social sciences.
Please note that the French team and the Japanese team have to submit the same project to theirown national institution: Campus France or the JSPS, to be eligible.
Calls are launched annually around May or June.
More information for French teams
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FRENCH GOVERNMENT - EXPLORATION FRANCEALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

The programme “Exploration France” allows researchers working in a Japanese research institution in
all fields of science, including humanities and social sciences, to run a scientific mission in France todiscover the French research landscape. The mission should involve meeting(s) and visit(s) with new
French fellows to start new initiatives that could lead to a scientific joint project.
Calls are launched annually around November.
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FRENCH GOVERNMENT - EXPLORATION JAPONALL FIELDS OF SCIENCE

The programme “Exploration Japon” allows scientists in all fields of sciences, including humanities
and social sciences, working in a French research institution to run a scientific mission in Japan to
discover the Japanese research landscape. The mission should involve meeting(s) and visit(s) with
new Japanese fellows to start new initiatives that could lead to a scientific joint project.
Calls are launched annually around September.
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CIFRE GRANTS FOR PHD STUDENTS
ALL FIELDS OF SCIENCECIFRE stands for Industrial Agreement of Training through research. It is open to master’s graduatedstudents who wish to become full-time PhD students. The PhD students should be enrolled in adoctoral course in a French laboratory and hired by a French company. With the CIFRE grant, thestudent will be able to fully work on his research project by dividing his time in the company and theacademic laboratory. The grant programme CIFRE contributes to the funding of PhD students inenterprises up to 14 000€/year for 3 years. The company can also benefit from the “Credit impôtrecherche”. All nationalities are eligible.
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YOU ARE A HIGHER EDUCATIONINSTITUTIONERASMUS JOINT MASTER DEGREES – PARTNERSHIP WITH JAPANALL FIELDS OF SCIENCEThe Erasmus programmes support the development of joint master degree programmes withJapanese universities.
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FRENCH GOVERNMENT - EIFFEL SCHOLARSHIPSENGINEERING SCIENCES FOR MASTER

ALL SCIENCES FOR PHD

The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship Programme was established by the French Ministry of Europe andForeign Affairs to enable French higher education establishments to enroll foreign students in theirmaster’s and PhD courses. Students have to choose a French institution according to their project ofstudy, then the French institution can apply with the students to the Eiffel scholarships.
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