October 2020

Invitation for Collaborative Research on
Arctic/Antarctic Legal & Policy Issues
with JSPS Fellowship—Academic Year 2021
Interest must be indicated to the PCRC as soon as possible.
For the second recruitment of Postdoctoral SHORT-TERM [PE] fellowship
Draft application must be received by PCRC no later than 4 December 2020.
As prestigious fellows of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), thePolar Cooperation Research Centre (PCRC) at Kobe University is offering to host afew scholars who are interested in collaborative research on Arctic and/or Antarctic legaland policy issues starting in the second half of 2021 academic year (arrival date between
August/September 2021 and March 2022). The Centre particularly welcomes fellows
whose stay in Kobe coincide with 14th Polar Law Symposium to be held in November
2021 in Kobe, Japan.
Please be reminded that the successful fellows will need to abide by all Japanese and local
regulations relating to COVID-19 when entering Japan. The fellowship is conditional on
the physical presence of the fellow in Japan.
There are two broad categories in the JSPS fellowship program: (1) Postdoctoral
Fellowships and (2) Invitation Fellowships (please also see the table below).
(1) The Postdoctoral Fellowship [P] or [PE] is a competitive fellowship for doctoral
students and postdoctoral researchers with funding for round-trip airfare to Kobe, up to¥362,000JPY stipend per month (equivalent to $3,400USD € 2,900EUR), and otherallowances. The duration of the research is 12-24 months for the STANDARD [P] typeof fellowship (applicants must have already received Ph.D. at the time of arrival in Japan)
and 1-12 months for the SHORT-TERM [PE] fellowship (applicants who are expecting
to receive Ph.D. are also eligible. The short-term fellowship is available only fornationals/citizens of US, Canada, EU countries, Switzerland, Norway and Russia). There
are multiple application opportunities depending on the timing of arrival in Japan.
(2) The Invitation Fellowship SHORT-TERM [S] is also a competitive fellowshipfor overseas researchers in a position equivalent to a university professor. The durationof the SHORT-TERM [S] fellowship is 14-60 days and it provides round-trip flights costsand ¥18,000JPY (equivalent to $170USD, €140EUR) per day. This year, we are offeringOctober 2020

only the second recruitment application, the deadline for which is in mid April 2021.
Please read carefully the JSPS application guidelines and check your eligibility.
Please note that the JSPS fellowship application process requires a close communication
with the receiving professor well before the deadlines, involving several documents coproduced by the applicant and the receiving professor. The PCRC is looking for those
applicants who have concrete plans to come to Kobe to do specific collaborative research.
Those interested in applying for the JSPS fellowship for the 2021 academic year, in
any category [P][PE][S], must contact the PCRC <kobe_arctic_research@diamond.kobeu.ac.jp> as soon as possible, with following information:(i) The type of the fellowship and the round of recruitment for which you would liketo apply (after carefully checking your eligibility);(ii) The expected arrival and departure dates of your preferred stay in Kobe;(iii) Your CV, including your nationality/citizenship, birthdate, the date or expected
date of your doctoral degree; and(iv) Your research topic, with the explanation how that topic contributes to the researchundertaken at PCRC and/or by Professor Shibata.
For the second recruitment of Postdoctoral SHORT-TERM [PE] fellowship,
after close consultation with the PCRC, the draft application must be submitted nolater than 4 December 2020.
Please refer to the PCRC website for the Arctic and Antarctic research undertaken atKobe PCRC and for previous JSPS fellows hosted by the Centre.
PCRC website: <http://www.research.kobe-u.ac.jp/gsics-pcrc/index.html>
JSPS website: <https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-inv_researchers/index.html>October 2020

PCRC-hosted JSPS Fellowship Program Schedule for Academic Year 2021
Type of Fellowship, Duration
Standard[P]Postdoctoral
Fellow

Invitation
FellowRound of Recruitment and Application
Deadlines*

Result Notification

Arrival in Japan

2nd Recruitment: April 15, 2021

August 2021

September 1, 2021 –November 30, 2021

2nd Recruitment: December 23, 2020

May 2021

August 1, 2021- March 31, 2022

3rd Recruitment: May 20, 2021

September 2021

January 1, 2022 - March 31, 2022

2nd Recruitment: April 15, 2021

August 2021

October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022

12 to 24 monthsShort-Term[PE]**
1 to 12 months
Short-term[S]
14 to 60 days

* The date indicated here is the Kobe University deadlines. The prospective applicants should approach PCRC as soon as possible.
** Nationals/citizens of eligible countries (US, Canada, EU countries, Switzerland, Norway and Russia). For Icelandic citizens, see the JSPS application
guidelines.