Call for Young Researchers’ Exchange Programme with Japan
The 2021 call for young researchers’ exchange between Japan and Switzerland is now closed.
The Leading House ETH Zurich and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) have together established an instrument for funding the exchange of early career scientists between Japan and Switzerland. Doctoral students (Master’s students and early career postdocs in exceptional cases) at Swiss institutions from all scientific fields – including social sciences and humanities – can apply for stays of 3–6 months in Japan. The programme will cover airfare and a living allowance in Japan.
The 2021 call for proposals is now open. For a first-hand insight into the experience of doing a research stay in Japan, please read former fellow Irina Ritsch's blog post.
Timeline 2021
1 April: Call Launch
15 August: Extended Application Deadline
August-October: Review Process
Mid-November: Decision
January 2022: Earliest Start
Application process
The Switzerland-based prospective applicant must apply to ETH Zurich as the Leading House Asia. The submission of the application takes place in two compulsory steps (as stated in the call guidelines):
- Submission of your application details via the application form online.
- Upload of your application form with the requested appendices in one single pdf document via the application form online.
Applications that do not follow the compulsory two steps, and/nor respect the one single pdf document guideline will be automatically dismissed.
DownloadGuidelines for Switzerland-based candidates (PDF, 156 KB)
DownloadFAQs for JP Call (PDF, 126 KB)
Japanese candidates apply directly with JSPS external pagehere.