Opportunities at Nichibunken
- Nichibunken Academic Encouragement Award for Doctoral Students
Application Deadline: September 30th, 2025
Eligibility: Candidates must be doctoral students recommended by overseas institutions with academic exchange agreements with Nichibunken, or International members of the Consortium for Global Japanese Studies.
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/en/research/award/academic-encouragement/
- JF-Nichibunken Fellowship Program for Post-doctoral Researchers
This joint Japan Foundation (JF) and Nichibunken program provides post-doctoral researchers with opportunities to conduct research in Japan while belonging to Nichibunken.
Application Period: September 1st to December 1st, 2025
Eligibility: Doctoral degree holders who had their doctoral degree conferred less than six years before April 1st, 2026
(The application guideline for 2026 intake will be released around fall 2025)
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/en/research/employment/acceptance/#jf-nichibun
- The Visiting Research Scholar program provides opportunities to stay at Nichibunken and conduct joint research in collaboration with our faculty members. We are currently accepting applications for this program for 2027-2028.
Application deadline: October 31st, 2025
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/en/research/employment/#gaikenkobo
Call for positions at Tohoku University
CNEAS (Center for Northeast Asian Studies), Tohoku University starts two position calls in the new department of Geopolitics studies. It consists of the Diplomacy and security studies and the inter-ethnic relations and conflict studies. Application by June 30, 2025.
JSPS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP (STANDARD)
Applicants:
Postdoctoral researchers, doctorate must not have been awarded more than 6 years ago as of April 1 of the fiscal year in which the fellowship begins.
All disciplines
Duration:
12 to 24 months
Further information on the programs can be found here:
https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/jsps-stipendium-postdoc.html
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Yours sincerely
Jutta Schulze
JSPS Bonn Office
Wissenschaftszentrum
Postfach 20 14 48, 53144 Bonn
Ahrstr. 58, 53175 Bonn
Tel.: +49 (0)228/375050 Fax: +49 (0)228/957777
