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

of both the applicant (host researcher) and the invited researcher; (b) thatthe applicant and the candidate have engaged in close prior negotiations,and that research plans are concrete; (c) that the institute to which theapplicant belongs has the necessary research environment to receiveforeign researchers; and (d) that the panel’s evaluation comprises fourgrades: A (positively recommended), B (recommended), C (negative towardrecommendation) and D (difficult to recommend). Application forshort-term postdoctoral fellowships for US researchers are assessed aseither acceptable or not acceptable.(iv) Four discipline-specific panels (humanities and social sciences,mathematics and physics, chemistry and biology) convene joint meetingsin early December and mid-July to decide on foreign candidates based onthe above application evaluations and the numbers allocated for eachdiscipline. Results are sent to the head of the applicant institution in lateDecember and early August.• Applications from foreign researchers through a nominating authority intheir own countryCandidates will be chosen based on recommendations from the following.(Nomination quotas have been set for each nominating institution.)List of Nominating AuthoritiesCountryAustraliaAustriaBelgiumBulgariaCanadaNominating authorityAustralian Academy of Science (AAS)Australian Research Council (ARC)Federal Ministry of Science andTransport (BMWV) Austrian Academic Exchange Service(AAES)National Foundation for ScientificResearch (NFWO)Ministry of Education, Science andTechnology (MEST)Natural Sciences and EngineeringResearch Council of Canada (NSERC)Canadian Institute of HealthResearch (CIHR)172