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Call: NEDO

R&D Program for Promoting Innovative Energy and Environmental Technologies Through International Collaboration

[Deadline 2024/03/26] This program supports Japanese research institutes and universities conducting joint international research and development projects with institutions from G20 members and other countries. The aim of this program is to develop and strengthen international joint research and development between Japan and other countries in order to create new and innovative energy and environmental technologies that will have practical use after 2040.

Call: International Journalists' Programmes (IJP)

2nd German-Japanese Fellowship Programme

[Deadline: 2024/03/08]  In 2024, IJP will offer its second round of fellowships exclusively for Japan, reflecting Japan’s strategic importance in the geopolitical shifts and as host of the Expo 2025. This program will put a strong focus on economics, geopolitics, environment/energy/ climate politics and new technologies. Therefore, applicants should show a strong expertise in at least one of these fields. A total of five journalists from Japan and five from Germany will have the opportunity to participate in a two-month stay abroad in the respective country.

Call: DAAD

DAAD Networking Tour on Safety and Security in AI

[Deadline: 2024/02/25] The call for Postdoc-NeT-AI (Postdoctoral Networking Tour in Artificial Intelligence) 04/2024 is out! The focus of this edition – which will take place from 15 – 19 April 2024 – is on Safety and Security in AI.

Call: DFG, JSPS etc.

Open Research Area for the Social Sciences Eighth Call for Proposals 2023

[Deadline: 2023/11/14, 23:00 CET] The eighth round of the Open Research Area (ORA) is based on an agreement between ANR (France), DFG (Germany), ESRC (the UK), and SSHRC (Canada). There is a possibility for cooperation partners in Japan to obtain a special funding from a Japanese funding agency. The scheme will provide funding for integrated projects by researchers coming from at least three of the four subscribing countries – in any combination of three or more countries.

Call: HIDA

Helmholtz Visiting Researcher Grant

[Application Round:2023/08/16-10/15] Are you a doctoral researcher or Postdoc and your research has a strong link to the (applied) data and information sciences? The Helmholtz Visiting Researcher Grant offers doctoral students and postdocs the opportunity to do a fully-funded short-term research stay (1 – 3 months) at one of the 18 Helmholtz centers.

Call: DAAD

Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (PRIME)

The DAAD is accepting applications for the „Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience“ (PRIME) programme. The programme supports postdoctoral researchers of all nationalities and funds a research stay of 18 months.

Call for applications

Falling Walls Labs in Japan

[Deadline: 2023/06/30 and 2023/07/18] Can you pitch your research project in 3 minutes? Join the Falling Walls Labs (FWL) in Japan and win a spot in the finale in Berlin (Germany)!