The Social Science Research Council, the American Council for Learned Societies, and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership seeks applications for the annual Abe Fellowship competition. Priority is placed on projects which are contemporary, policy-relevant, and comparative in nature. Abe Fellows are eligible for up to 12 months of full-time support for research and fieldwork.
Fellowships are for projects by individual researchers only.
Abe Fellowships are open to American and Japanese citizens, as well as other nationals who can demonstrate strong and serious long-term affiliations in the research communities of the US or Japan. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or a terminal degree in their field, or have attained an equivalent level of professional experience. Applications from researchers in professions other than academia are welcome. Previous language experience is not a prerequisite for this Fellowship.