Image-MLの皆様 熊本大学の諸岡と申します． 米国NIH(National Institute of Health) Ronald M. Summers先生から， 日本人ポストドクターを対象としたフェローシップの情報を 頂きましたので，ご案内をさせて頂きます． 興味のある方はぜひご検討ください．また，周囲に対象となる方が いらっしゃればご案内頂ければ幸いです． 何卒よろしくお願い致します． ========================================= **** Open to ALL Japanese Postdoctoral Fellows **** Now taking applications for JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships at NIH! NIH-Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Intramural Fellowship Program KAITOKU-NIH 【 NIH-JSPS Intramural Fellowship Program Overview 】 The NIH-JSPS Intramural Fellowship was created in 1995 to promote bilateral cooperation between NIH and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) foundation. This partnership-based program is primarily funded by the JSPS Foundation with NIH host IC co-funding. JSPS is the largest, government-supported foundation in Japan that provides fellowships to Japanese scientists. The NIH-JSPS Intramural Fellowship provides a two-year stipend to Japanese post-docs to work at NIH intramural labs. For this fellowship cycle up to 8 grants are expected to be awarded. 【 Duration and Start date for the Fellowship 】 ・This is a two-year JSPS-funded and IC-supplemented fellowship (IC host supplement funds to meet NIH Stipend requirements) ・The Fellowship must begin ON the FIRST day of either January, February, or March of 2025. 【 Eligibility (Must meet ALL requirements) 】 ・Must be a Japanese citizen or permanent resident of Japan. Dual Japanese-US citizens ARE eligible to apply. ・Must have obtained their doctoral degree, equivalent to a Ph.D. on or after April 2, 2019. ・See the full announcement for additional information 【 Application 】 The NIH-JSPS Program application forms (English and Japanese) can be downloaded from JSPS website at https://jspsusa.org/wp/kaitoku-nih/application/. Applicants must complete both forms and submit application package (Japanese and English) containing the (1) research proposal, (2) statement on previous research, and (3) statement on the significance of working in the sponsoring NIH lab. Candidate must also submit the certificate of Ph.D degree. NIH sponsors must provide a Letter of Invitation (see website for details regarding The NIH IC is not obligated to host an unsuccessful JSPS applicant. The invitation to the lab can be contingent on receiving the JSPS-NIH Fellowship. However, successful JSPS applicants will require supplemental funding and health insurance coverage from the NIH IC host lab and the lab chief should include this in their budget requests to their IC. Please submit the electronic application packet to ficjspsintramural@mail.nih.gov by the deadline. ************ Application due date: 5:00 PM EDT on Friday, May 31, 2024. ************ For more information: https://jspsusa.org/wp/kaitoku-nih/ or E-mail if you have any questions (ficjspsintramural@mail.nih.gov) ========================================= ------------------------------------ Ken'ichi Morooka (Ph.d (Eng.)) Division of Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology Kumamoto University 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8555 JAPAN +81.96.342.3283 morooka at cs.kumamoto-u.ac.jp