"JSPS External Review Report" was issued.(PDF File 1.22MB)

(ii) Persons wishing to become full-time researchers at a university orother academic research institution in Japan, and persons with adoctorate or those expected to be awarded a Ph.D by the end of the yearprior to their acceptance as a fellow. (Includes persons who have beenor are enrolled in humanities or social science for longer than thestandard period for completion of a doctoral course and have leftuniversity having acquired the necessary credits, or those who areexpected to be in that position at the end of the fiscal year prior to theyear of acceptance as a fellow.)(Note: Only those foreigners who have been granted permanentresidence in Japan are eligible to apply under the applicationrequirements (ii). Persons who have already been accepted once underthis program cannot apply again.)(c) Funds provided (expected FY2001 figure) and fellowship periodFunds provided:(i) Cost of round-trip air ticket (actual cost)(ii) Stipend and research grant (annual sum of ¥3.8-5.2 million,according to the country to which the researcher has been sent)Fellowship periodTwo yearsPostdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign ResearchersThis program comprises two parts, Postdoctoral Fellowships for ForeignResearchers and Postdoctoral Fellowships (Short-term) for US Researchers.• Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign ResearchersYoung foreign researchers who have just been awarded their doctoratesconduct research at Japanese universities, etc., for two years. The STAFellowship Program, operated by the Japan Science and TechnologyCorporation (JST), was absorbed into Postdoctoral Fellowships for ForeignResearchers and Invitation Fellowships Program as of FY2001, and will becontinued with national laboratories, etc., added to the host institutions forthese programs.• Postdoctoral Fellowships (Short-term) for US ResearchersA program whereby young researchers from the US who have just beenawarded their doctorates are taken in by Japanese universities for three to11 months.166