PhD Fellowships are available to the promising researchers who wish to obtain their PhD degrees from Japanese universities under the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), RONPAKU (Dissertation PhD) Program for the year 2013.

Grantees under the program (RONPAKU fellows) are required to conduct their dissertation research under the joint supervision of a Japanese advisor and an advisor in their home country, and are expected to obtain their PhD degrees within a maximum period of three years.

 Eligible Fields
All fields within the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are included.

 Application Deadline
September 4, 2012(JSPS will accept applications through the Japanese advisors’ universities by September 4, 2012.)

-For more information, you can browse the Application Guidelines and/or visit the following website:

http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-ronpaku/index.html

-Online Application Forms are available at the following website:

http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-ronpaku/applicationforms.html