Short-time fellowships for the JSPS Summer Program (Japan)

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science offers short-time fellowships for the JSPS Summer Program.

Program outline

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science offers short-time fellowships for the JSPS Summer Program. 

The program provides opportunities for young pre- and post-doctoral researchers from North America and Europe to receive an orientation on Japanese culture and Japanese language lessons and to pursue research under the guidance of host researchers at a Japanese university or research institute over a period of two months during the summer.
JSPS accepts applications for the program via foreign nominating authorities.

Counterpart Agency: Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD)

Application deadline and details: Program duration: June 15August 25, 2026; Application deadline: October 25, 2025.

For further details, please visit the counterpart agency website: www.daad.de/go/stipd10000362

The application forms for the 2026 fiscal year are expected to be available on the DAAD website in mid-September. Please note that last year's application deadline (November 2) is still listed on the DAAD website.

Further programs are listed at the JPSP-Website: https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/