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Apply Now for Our 2022 Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

The application deadline is 28 February 2022.

UNU-IAS is now receiving 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 co-operation 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 fellowships page .

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