The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Japan Science and Technology Agency are supporting joint projects through strategic project support measures in order to promote cooperation between the Federal Republic of Germany and Japan. The measure is aimed at promoting joint research projects of mutual interest and thus contributing to intensified scientific and technological cooperation (STC) with each country. Knowledge,...

The Human Frontier Science Program fellowship supports proposals for 'frontier, potentially transformative, research in the life sciences'. Applications for high-risk projects are particularly encouraged. The projects should be interdisciplinary in nature and should challenge existing paradigms by using novel approaches and techniques. Scientifically, they should address an important problem or a barrier to progress in the field. HFSP...

The ERC Synergy Grants target excellent emerging scientists at the start of their career as well as established researchers with outstanding scientific track records. The 2020 Synergy Grant call is open! Submit your proposal before 5 November 2019. According to the specific scientific field and the career level of the applicant, panel members will assess the following benchmarks: Publications without the presence as co-author of the PhD...

  Application Deadline: 19 August 2019   QUSTEC is a doctoral training programme set up by the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) Eucor – The European Campus. The programme offers 39 early stage researcher (ESR) positions and outstanding training opportunities within the field of Quantum Science and Technology, in a highly international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral setting. The ESR positions each last 48 months and...

In line with the promotion of scientific cooperation between France and Japan, the Institut Pasteur, the French Embassy in Japan, and the Fondation Pasteur Japon are launching a two-year post-doctoral fellowship. The first (2019) call for this fellowship is exclusively dedicated to young researchers who have completed their higher education in Japan (PhD included), and who wish to pursue their scientific training and research interests at the...

Job overview: The Institut Pasteru is looking for an organised and analytical Coordinator with exceptional communication and problem-solving skills to represent the Institut Pasteur (IP) in Japan, provide support for its activities in the country, and promote the visibility of its presence and its missions. You will facilitate communications with partners in Japan; connect scientists and representatives from IP, the IP International Network (...

The GYA is a global organization that places a high value on its diversity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates. All applicants receive consideration and will not be discriminated against with regard to race, colour, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disabilities, or other factors. Applications from women, minority groups,...

The ERC announced its biggest ever annual injection of funding in blue-sky research. €2.2  billion will be made available in 2020 to support some 1,100 top researchers. As in previous years, most of the funding (61%) is earmarked for early- to mid-career scientists and scholars. The funding will in also support jobs for an estimated 8,000 postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and other research staff employed in ERC-funded teams.   Established...

The candidate will be screened and employed based on the procedure "Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER)"by MEXT. (http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/jinzai/takuetsu/index.htm)   【Starting date】 October 1, 2019   【Fields of specialty】 Inorganic chemistry or physical chemistry for advancement of materials chemistry   【Responsible subjects】 Undergraduate: 1st year students (Matsumoto Campus): Core educational courses. 2nd-4th year...

Source: European Commission   EUR 1,046 billion, i.e. almost 10% of the overall budget for 2020 of the EU research and innovation programme Horizon 2020, are allocated to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), announced the European Commission on 2 July. This represents the biggest annual budget MSCA ever had to fund international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research training and mobility. With the allocated budget MSCA is expected...