JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists:
Overview and Application Handbook [First Edition, February 2021]
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowships for Young Scientists program (Gakushin program) cultivates human resources that will forge the future of academic research.
We, Kyoto University Research Administration Office (KURA), created this booklet to help people, primarily DC1 and DC2 applicants, apply to this program. (DC1 and DC2 support doctoral students.) However, it also discusses PD applications. (PD supports postdoctoral researchers).
There are printed, PDF and THML versions. The printed version will be distributed to graduate school students by their graduate schools. This website provides PDF and HTML versions. Access to these versions is restricted to internal networks of Kyoto University.
Link page for the PDF version [Internal access only]
The contents of the PDF and printed versions are same.
HTML version [Internal access only]
The order of the contents of the HTML version is partly different from that of the printed/pdf versions. We will put additions from time to time. “Appendix 1. List of Contact Points for ID Requests and Procedural Inquiries” in the printed/PDF versions is omitted from the HTML version.
Preface
Chapter 1: Overview of the Gakushin Program
Chapter 2: Crafting Your Proposal: From Conception to Writing [with addition]
Chapter 3: Techniques for Writing an Easy-to-Understand Application
Chapter 4: The Gakushin Application Details File
Chapter 5: Interview
Not Selected? How to Get Through to the Next Opportunity
DC/PD Fellows’ Experiences
FAQ
Reference Websites
JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists: Overview and Application Handbook
First Edition. Published 1 February 2021.
Supervisor: NAKANO Asa | Kyoto University Research Administration Office
Editor: KOIZUMI Miyako | Kyoto University Research Administration Office
Authors: KOIZUMI Miyako and OTA Kazuaki | Kyoto University Research Administration Office
Collaborators: SAKAMOTO Tsubasa, ONISHI Masanori, WAKAMATSU Fumitaka, OKAZAKI Makiko, KAWAGUCHI Lina and KASAHARA Noriko | Kyoto University Research Administration Office
MATSUMOTO Hirofumi and OTA Hitomi | Research Grant Section, Research Promotion Division, Research Promotion Department, Kyoto University
Translator: Dylan Luers TODA
Booklet Designers: MIMASU Yusuke and SEKIYA Shoko | ym design
Published by Kyoto University Research Administration Office (KURA)
Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501
Contact: Kyoto University Research Administration Office
ecr@kura.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Regarding procedural matters, please contact your contact point (see appendix 1).