KOSEN 한인과학기술자네트워크

The Japan society for the promotion of science, or gakushin for short, is a quasi-governmental organization, established by a national law for the purpose of contribting to the advancement of science, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT). JSPS plays a key role in the administration of various scientific and academic programs. While working within the broad framework of government policies established to promote scientific advancement, JSPS carries out its programs in a manner flexible to the needs of the participating scientists. JSPS's operation is supported in large part by annual subsideies from the Japanese Government. Its main functions are: To supprot young researchers, To promote international scientific cooperation, To award grants-in-aid for scientific research, To implement the research for the future program, To support scientific cooperation between the academic community and industry, To collect and distribute information on scientific research activities. Purpose and Functions/Brief History Fellowships - Invitation Fellowships for research in Japan - Postdoctoral Fellowships for foreign researchers - Research fellowships for young scientists - Postdoctoral fellowships for research abroad - JSPS fellows plaza JSPS award for eminent scientists Bilateral programs - Scientist Exchanges - Joint research projects and scientific seminars - Inter-research centers cooperative program Cooperative programs with asian countries - Core university program - Scientist exchange program - Asian science seminar - RONPAKU (Dissertation Ph.D.) Program - Ono/Sumitomo Japan-China Medical Researcher Exchange Internaational Prize for Biology Grants-in-Aid for scientific resarch Research for the future program University-Industry research cooperation Distribution of scientific information - Information and publication services - Website Budget and organization