Take part in the MSCA MaRaThoN at the University of Padova this Summer! After the success of the first  MSCA MaRaThoN 2017 (video of the 2017 edition), a second edition will take place at the University of Padova on June 26-27-28, 2018. MSCA MaRaThoN is a training course addressed to top candidates who wish to apply for the upcoming Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship (MSCA –IF) call  indicating the University of Padova as...

Join the 110,000 MSCA funded researchers and apply for your own fellowship! The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships (IF) support the mobility of experienced researchers (in possession of a doctoral degree or with at least four years of research experience). The Fellowships provide an excellent opportunity for Japan-based researchers to conduct research and a university, research institute, or company in Europe (it can...

Interview with Dr. Corina ABRAHAM-BARNA, National Contact Point for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in Romania Prof. Corina Georgeta ABRAHAM-BARNA is member of the network of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions National Contact Points, nominated by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation in 2009. She has 20 years’ work experience in Higher Education and Research and 13 years' work experience in International Relations....

EURAXESS – Researchers in Motion is an initiative of the European Research Area (ERA) that is currently supported by over 40 countries, of which we profile one in each of our quarterly EURAXESS Japan newsletters. In this edition, we zoom in on Iceland. Located in the North-Atlantic ocean close by the Arctic Circle, Iceland is very much a bridge between continents. It takes approximately five hours to fly from New York to Reykjavík, and three...

This list of calls iscurated by the Horizon 2020 National Contact Point for Japan (NCP Japan). #### Japanese Below ####   Calls with submission deadlines in April 2018 Submission deadlines for DT-ART-01-2018, DT-ART-02-2018, MG-2-5-2018, SC1-HCC-03-2018 calls are in April 2018. More Info   New open calls Horizon 2020 SU-DRS02-2018-2019-2020 *possible funding to Japanese participants by JSThttp://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/...

On Thursday, 3 May 2018, the German Horizon 2020 National Contact Point for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (NCP MSCA) will be conducting a webinar on how to prepare a successful application for an Individual Fellowship (IF). The webinar will be held in English. It is explicitly aimed at international researchers who recently moved to Germany as well as at researchers who are working abroad and are planning to submit an IF application...

Learn, share and communicate your research The Falling Walls Lab Tokyo (FWLT) will take place on 12 May 2018 in Tokyo! Based on the idea of "breaking down various walls" around the world, this event provides students, young researchers and professionals of all disciplines and nationalities an opportunity to present their research projects or ideas in 3 minutes and in English, in front of a non-specialised audience. Winners will be sent to the...

Objective of the programme The objective of the Polish Returns (Polish: Polskie Powroty) programme is to enable Polish scientists to return to their country and take up employment in Polish higher education institutions or research units. The programme will create optimal conditions for returning scientists to conduct in Poland world-class research and/or development work. Funds obtained as part of the Polish Returns programme will facilitate...

The call for applications within MEXT's Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER) in FY 2018 has been opened. This project works to show new career paths in Japan to young excellent researchers. Its objective is to provide stable and independent positions for young researchers in new areas of research. Applicants in this project, who are going to be active in various research institutions of industry-academia-government, shall...

  It's International Women's Day today and on that occasion we at EURAXESS Japan want to put the spotlight on some of the really great women researchers out there. Check our feature article from last year and our series of interviews with female EURAXESS members from all over the world here. Check also the presentations (videos coming soon) of our special European Research Nights event focused on gender equality in research careers here.   See...