FY2025 Open call

・Applications will be accepted only from Japanese institutions.

・Applications will not be accepted from individuals without an institutional affiliation or from Indian research institutions or other entities.

Schedule

Requirements for Fellowship students

Invitees must meet the following requirements of affiliation / age at the time of exchange participation.
(1) Persons who are enrolled as a graduate student (master's degree, doctoral degree) or postdoctoral fellow at an Indian university, 40 years old and under.

 

Eligibility Requirements for Applicants and Implementing Institutions

(1) Eligibility Requirements for Applicants (Principal Investigator(PI) in Japan)
a. Applicants must themselves belong to a research institution in Japan and be in a position to conduct research at that institution.
b. Applicants must be researchers who can assume responsibility as the Principal Investigator in charge of the joint research between Japan and India throughout the implementation period, including overseeing the invitees.

(2) Eligibility Requirements for Implementing Institutions
Institutions must be universities, research and development agencies, or other entities that have research and development bases within Japan and possess corporate status under Japanese law. These Japanese institutions must be conducting or planning to conduct joint research with Indian research institutions.

Number of adoptions

The total number of fellowship candidates will be about 270.

Implementation period

The duration of stay will be up to 12 months from the start date of the first invitation after the implementation agreement (implementation contract) is concluded. In principle, the start date of the invitation will be within this fiscal year.

How to Apply

Only Japanese organizations can submit the application

Process up to implementation

Application Guidelines

Past Calls

• FY2024