Announcement

Applications Open: JSPS–UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

Jointly organised by UNU-IAS and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

The UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) is now accepting applications for the JSPS–UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship programme, which will commence in September 2022.

Jointly organised by UNU-IAS and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the programme provides promising, highly qualified, young researchers with the opportunity to conduct advanced research in sustainability in cooperation with host researchers at Japanese universities and research institutions. Under this programme, fellows conduct research relevant to one or more of the main thematic focus areas of UNU-IAS: sustainable societies, natural capital & biodiversity, and global change & resilience.

The application deadline is 28 February 2022.

For further details about the programme and the application procedures, please visit the UNU-IAS fellowships page.

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