Japan Program Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-2027 at Stanford (up to $80,000) – YOA

Deadline: December 1, 2025

Applications for the Japan Program Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-2027 at the moment are open. The Japan Program is worked up to provide a postdoctoral fellowship place to junior students for analysis and writing on up to date Japan. The fellowship helps analysis in a broad vary of disciplines together with political science, economics, sociology, legislation, coverage research, and worldwide relations.

Appointments start within the fall quarter of the tutorial 12 months. The fellowships are restricted to latest PhDs: candidates can’t be greater than three years previous the awarding of their doctoral diploma when the fellowship begins. They will need to have diploma conferral and official approval/certification no later than June 30 prior to the fellowship begin date (that’s, no later than June 30, 2026, for 2026-27 fellowships beginning in fall 2026).

The postdoctoral fellow is required to be in residence in the course of the appointment and to take part in Japan Program actions all through the tutorial 12 months. The fellow can also be required to current their analysis findings in program seminars and take part in APARC’s publication program.

Benefits

• The postdoctoral fellowship is a ten-month appointment beginning October 1 with a wage commensurate with Stanford coverage, primarily based on the annual fee of $80,000 (to be prorated primarily based on the ten-month appointment), plus up to $3,000 for analysis bills.

Eligibility

• Applicants have to be latest PhDs and can’t be greater than three years previous the awarding of their doctoral diploma when the fellowship begins.
• Must have dissertation submission and approval for conferral by June 30, 2026.
• Certification of diploma completion and conferral have to be submitted no later than August 31, 2026.

Application

• Complete the online application form
• Upload the next supplies to the web kind, in PDF format:
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Certification of diploma completion and conferral (if relevant)
  • A brief analysis assertion (not to exceed 5 typed pages, double-spaced) that describes the analysis to be undertaken, together with the subject, methodology, contribution to the sphere(s), in addition to the proposed publishable product.
• Submit the Completed Application Form
• Submit Letters of Recommendation: Email THREE (3) letters of advice (in PDF format) to [email protected]. They will settle for official letters of advice from the applicant, a file service, or immediately from references.

For extra data, go to Japan Program Postdoctoral Fellowship.