JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

STINT, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, in collaboration with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) awards scholarships for research stays in Japan. The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is open for research in all fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Short-term) 2021-2022 awards PhD students close to graduation as well as recently graduated doctors a post-doc scholarship for 1 to 12 months research stay in Japan.

Detailed information about the call is available here

The application form is available here

Instructions on how to fill in the application form is available here

Please submit your application to STINT before 31 January 2021 at 17.00 (CET), using the specific application form.

In parallel, if you are interested, please apply to STINT for a scholarship within the Capstone Awards Programme.

Applications to STINT and questions about the programme can be addressed to
Agneta Granlund
phone +46 8 671 19 92

Please write ”Application for 2021 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Short-term)” in the subject line, when submitting your application.

Information about the novel coronavirus

With regard to the spread of the novel coronavirus causing the disease Covid-19, STINT encourages all recipients and scholarship holders to keep themselves up to date with the travel recommendations issued by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (in Swedish).

Please also check the recommendations for in- and outbound travel issued by your university.