Fostering the Next
Generations of

JSPS Alumni Association
India(IJAA)

Researchers

Nepal(NJAA)

who will challenge the pioneeringof new knowledge

Bangladesh(BJSPSAA)
Philippines(JAAP)

What is JSPS

Thailand(JAAT)ASEAN-Japan
Academic Exchange Hub

Malaysia(JAAM)

JSPS

Indonesia(JAAI)

India (IJAA)

https://indianjspsalumni.org/

Nepal (NJAA)
https://www.njaa.org.np/

Bangladesh (BJSPSAA)

Contact usContact address: 1016/3, 10th Fl., Serm-mit Tower, 159 Sukhumvit Soi 21,
Bangkok 10110, Thailand Tel : +66-2-661-6533
E-mail: bkk@overseas.jsps.go.jp URL: www.jsps-th.org
Facebook: JSPS Bangkok Office

Thailand (JAAT)
https://jaatthailand.wordpress.com/

BANGKOKOFFICEhttps://www.jsps.go.jp/english/• Established in 1932
• Is Japan’s core funding agency• Places high value on both researcher autonomy andresearch diversity

What does JSPS support• From basic to applied research conducted based on thefree ideas of researchers.
• Covers the entire spectrum of academic fields including
humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

What is JSPS Bangkok Officehttps://jsps-th.org/jsps_en/

JSPS Bangkok Office was established in 1989 in order todevelop academic networks between Japan and ASEAN
region. JSPS Bangkok Office covers across ASEAN region,Nepal, and Bangladesh. JSPS Bangkok Office’s activities
are as follows:• Disseminate information on JSPS fellowship andresearch support programs• Support JSPS alumni association activities• Gather information on sciences in ASEAN• Support young researchers to join JSPS programs• Support research exchange of Japanese universities
and institutes• Collaborate various organizations for the promotion ofexchange with Japanese researchers

Philippines (JAAP)
Malaysia (JAAM)
Indonesia (JAAI)
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ASEAN-Japan “Heart-to-Heart” Relations Through JSPS Programs
Type IJSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships
for Research in Japan

Type IIJSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan

Short-term

JSPS RONPAKU Program(Dissertation Ph.D.)

Long-term

Researchers who wish to obtain
their Ph.D. degree from Japanese
Universities by submitting
dissertation

Regular members of JSPS
alumni association

Up to 3 years

14 to 30 days

Applicants

Postdoctoral researchers

Duration

1 to 2 years

Requirements• Postdoctoral researchers(Up to 6 years after Ph.D.)• No age limit• No need to have a full-time
position at research
institutions• Researcher in a position equivalent to a university
professor, associate professor or assistant professor inJapan, or researcher who received their doctorate
degree 6 years or more prior• Full-time position as an
academic researcher• 45 years of age or younger• Has not obtained a Ph.D.
degree• Researcher who has
experienced research inJapan under a JSPS
program and is employed ata university or a research
institute.

• Round-trip air ticket• Overseas travel insurance• Monthly maintenanceallowance of ¥362,000• Settling-in allowance of¥200,000• Round-trip air ticket• Overseas travelinsurance• Daily maintenanceallowance of ¥18,000• Travel expenses for fellow andhis/her Japanese advisor
maximum of ¥3.6 million for
3 years• Round-trip air ticket• Overseas travel insurance• Daily maintenance allowanceof ¥13,000• Research support allowanceof up to ¥100,000

Financial
SupportMid-career and senior researchers / Professors

BRIDGE Fellowship Program

14 to 60 days

2 to 10 months• Round-trip air ticket• Overseas travel insurance• Monthly maintenanceallowance ¥387,600

Bilateral Programs
https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-bilat/

JSPS promotes international scientific exchanges between Japan andcounterpart countries in accordance with agreements or memoranda ofunderstanding concluded with academies, research councils and otherscience-promotion organizations in those countries. Programs withsuch partner agencies mainly take the form of joint research projects,joint seminars and researcher exchanges. Proposals for bilateralprograms are openly recruited; and, per agreement with the partner
agency, are jointly selected and supported. Project proposals are
solicited via the following two programs:• Joint Research Projects and Seminars in cooperation with countries
where counterpart funding agencies have bilateral agreement withJSPS• Open Partnership Joint Research Projects and Seminars with allcountries that have diplomatic relations with Japan including with
Taiwan and Palestine

Please check JSPS counterpart Institutions
https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-bilat/joint.html

Core-to-Core Program
https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-c2c/

QR codehttps://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-inv/

https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/

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https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-ronpaku/

https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-plaza/bridge/

Contact in advance

How to apply

2Applicants prepare
application document

ApplicantsJapanese host researcher

3Japanese host submits
proposal to JSPS HQJSPS HQ

Please contact
JSPS Alumni AssociationSince FY 2012, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
has implemented Core-to-Core Program, comprising two components:• Advanced Research Networks• Asia-Africa Science Platforms
This program is designed to create top world-class research centers thatpartner over the long term with other core research institutions aroundthe world in advancing research in leading-edge fields, on issues of highinternational priority, and in areas that contribute to the solution ofprevailing problems in the Asia-African regions. While advancing
research in these fields and building core research and education hubs in
the Asia and Africa, the Core-to-Core Program also concentrates on
fostering the next generations of trailblazing young researchers.