European Commission

Cordis have published the deadlines for the Framework Programme funded International Incoming and Outgoing Fellowships.

International Incoming Fellowships are for experienced researchers to spend a period of one to two years at a research organisation (university, research laboratory, commercial organization, non-profit or charitable institution, international European interest organisation, or Joint Research Centre) in the European Union. The financial support takes the form of a grant covering up to 100% of the budget. During the incoming phase, it includes a salary for the researcher and an allowance for the costs related to travel and mobility, as well as a contribution towards research-related costs. Researchers should submit a proposal jointly with the intended host institution.

International Outgoing Fellowships are also for experienced researchers who are members of an EU Member State or Associated Country to visit a non-European country. International Outgoing Fellowships have a minimum duration of 24 months up to a maximum of 36 months for research in any field. Funding is provided for advanced training on the basis of the "personal career development plan". The financial support for International Outgoing Fellowships takes the form of a grant covering up to 100% of the budget. It includes in particular a salary for the researcher and a contribution towards research-related costs.

The deadline for both fellowships is 18 August 2008.

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) issued a call in March to fund international conferences in Japan.

These are to be promoted to foster information exchange and international relationships in order to elevate the level of Japan’s science and technology and strengthen international exchange.

Eligible applicants are those employed on a full-time or fixed-term basis at a Japanese research institute. 40 projects will be funded up to a total per project cost of ¥3,500,000.
The deadline for applications is 18 May 2009. Further information, is available from the JSPS (only in Japanese).

The deadline for the JSPS’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Foreign Researchers was issued on JSPS’s English homepage on 25 March.

It is aimed at providing opportunities for researchers to conduct cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions.

The Fellowships are awarded for a period of 12 to 24 months.

Deadlines for application by the host institution are 1-12 May. Further information is available from the JSPS homepage.

On 17 March, the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) launched two calls for basic research in the CREST and PRESTO programmes.

Research in these programmes is aimed at creating innovative technology seeds that lead to further development of science and technology and help new industries emerge. Selected candidates will work with a supervisor on specific research projects in nanotechnology, next generation semiconductors, iPS cells and other topics.

Further information as well as application materials (all in English) are available from the JST.

Deadline for PRESTO applications: 12 May
Deadline for CREST applications: 19 May

RIKEN, Japan’s Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, has launched a call for its Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher programme. The FPR programme is for foreign young scientists who have demonstrated creative and innovative ideas and who will contribute to the advancement of RIKEN’s research, laying the foundation for a global RIKEN that actively encourages foreign participation in its activities.

Eligible fields of research are Physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, engineering, and any other fields related to research now being conducted at RIKEN. There are 15 positions available.

Applicants should have a received a PhD on or after 2003. The initial contract will expire in 2011, with possibility of extension up to 3 years. Notification of intent to apply should be sent to RIKEN by 22 May.

Further information is available from RIKEN’s homepage.

Following the call for proposals issued last year by the Japan Science and Technology Agency and TEKES, the Finnish research funding agency, the awardees have now been announced.

The JST published the results of this call on 31 March. From the 27 proposals submitted, 7 were selected, including partners from Spring8-University of Jyväskylä; AIST-Helsinki University; Waseda University-Helsinki University of Technology; Kyushu Institute of Technology-VTT Technical Research Centre; Tokyo University- University of Jyväskylä; Osaka University-Helsinki University; Keio University- VTT Technical Research Centre.

The results have been published online at the following link (in Japanese).

Prof. John Beddington CMG, the UK’s Chief Scientific Adviser who provides scientific advice to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, visited Japan in February meeting with a number of Japanese Ministries, and research organisations to discuss UK-Japan scientific research collaboration.

Presentations were given to Prof. Beddington on UK-Japan collaboration in the life-sciences; energy, the environment and climate change; ICT and nanotechnology; physics, space and astronomy.

Prof. Beddington also visited many institutions in Japan, such as Kobe Biomedical Cluster, RIKEN, Kyoto University, Osaka University, METI and MEXT.

An overview of the visit is provided by the UK Embassy, with a press release providing specific information on the institutions visited as well as other developments.

• JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists Call announced. Applicable only to those with Japanese nationality or Permanent Residency status. Deadline: 5 June 2009.
• The second European Research Council call for the Advanced Research Grant in the Physical Sciences and Engineering obtained 736 proposals. Respective deadlines for the "Social Sciences and Humanities" and "Life sciences", are 15 April and 6 May 2009.
• New Poster for the Network in Japan created; you are welcome to download this and display it in your laboratory or common room.
• NIMS Signs a MOU with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) for research collaboration on X-ray spectrometry and advanced metrology using synchrotron radiation.

Over 5-7 March, scientists and policy makers from the European Union and Japan participated in a workshop for increasing bilateral contact and boosting the level of cooperation between the EU and Japan in energy research.

Within the workshop, invited European and Japanese scientific experts discussed research areas within photovoltaics, power storage and carbon capture and storage (CCS).

The closing plenary session saw the experts outline a number of recommendations for enhancing cooperation which included :

• workshops
• international research staff exchange
• Complimentary use of facilities
• joint/coordinated calls for research projects.

The experts suggested that these initiatives begin to come into force over the 2009-2012 period.

To some degree, at an informal level some of these initiatives are already underway, with meetings between counterparts already planned in the near future.

Further information on the event is available from the European Commission.

On 30 March a workshop dedicated to the “Science of Science policy” occurred in Tokyo at the Centre for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS) at the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

The “Science of Science Policy” is an initiative that dates back to when Dr John D. Marburger III was the Science Advisor to President Bush and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). During his tenure (2001-9) he outlined the need for better tools, methods, and data for improving policy makers’ understanding of science and technology policy. Chiefly, given the public cost of supporting science, decisions on where to allocate funding and how much funding often lack a theoretical basis. As the Science of Science Policy website notes: “the rationale for scientific investment decisions lacks a strong theoretical and empirical basis”.

Attended by Japanese policy makers from funding agencies, statistical agencies, international bodies and researchers, the publicly open session had three presentations. One by Yoshiaki Tojo from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), another by Prof. Patrick Llerena from the University of Strasbourg and another by Julia Lane from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The presentation by Tojo from the OECD drew extensively on OECD statistics of science and technology, noting that it was very easy to measure “inputs” – such as the number of personnel, or patents but that the actual outputs and significance were more difficult to observe. Llerena meanwhile outlined how statistics supporting science policy can be misinterpreted leading to policies that may not be appropriate. In Lane’s presentation, an explanation was given of the NSF research roadmap and funding, which is focused towards three main themes:

1. Understanding the nature of science and innovation, covering issues such as the behavioural foundations of innovation; how technology development can be explained; and the formation and evolution of scientific communities.
2. Investing in Science and Innovation: What is the value of investments in science? Is it possible to predict discovery? Is it possible to describe the impact of discovery on innovation? What are the determinants of investment effectiveness?
3. Using the science of science policy to address national priorities, covering issues such as what impact science has on innovation and competitiveness; the competitiveness of the US scientific workforce, the relative importance of different types of policy on science.

The second day of the workshop was a closed session.

Fostering Investment in Innovative Regions

Following on from the EU-Japan Regional Cluster forum in November 2008, on 6 April the EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Professor Danuta Hübner delivered a speech on regional policy in the EU along with representatives of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP). The event was attended by over 100 representatives from embassies, university and national research institutes, and industry.

Mr. Hugh Richardson, the Ambassador of the EU Delegation to Japan, began proceedings noting the importance of innovation to both the EU and Japan due to the difficulty of trying to compete on the basis of cheap labour or in primary products. Innovation and knowledge are therefore the key elements for economic growth and quality of life in Europe.

The presentations then introduced policy initiatives underway in the European Union and Japan. Regional policy in Europe is second in importance at a budgetary level to agriculture and regional innovation has a key place within this overall budget. However, as Prof. Hübner noted, innovation itself is a complex process and they have moved away from thinking in terms of linear models of the technology development process towards innovation that includes a broad range of different actors, each of whom has a key part to play.

The Japanese presentations introduced Japanese efforts to stimulate regional innovation, with Prof. Takashi Shiraishi from the CSTP noting weaknesses in Japanese university efforts to tie up with industry, insufficient innovation centres, and lack of support funds for innovative start ups; as well as science and technology coordinators and insufficient flows between those responsible for research and those responsible for development.

On 10 March, EUROSTAT, the European Union Statistical agency, published statistics on R&D in Europe. In 2006, the EU27 spent 1.84% of GDP on Research & Development (R&D). In 2005, R&D intensity (this is, the proportion of Gross Domestic Product spent on research and development) was also 1.84% and in 2000 it was 1.86%. In 2006, R&D expenditure in the EU27 amounted to more than 210 billion euro, compared with 170 billion euro in 2000.

By country, in 2006, the highest R&D intensity in the EU27 was registered in Sweden (3.82% of GDP) and Finland (3.45%), followed by Germany (2.51%), Austria (2.45%) and Denmark (2.43%). The Member States with the lowest R&D intensity were Cyprus (0.42%), Romania (0.46%), Bulgaria (0.48%) and Slovakia (0.49%). By contrast, statistics for Japan for 2007 are 3.67% of GDP (Japan Statistical Yearbook 2008).

In 2006, 4.8% of the labour force in the EU27 worked as scientists or engineers. The highest shares of scientists and engineers were found in Belgium (7.9%), Ireland (6.8%), Finland (6.7%), Sweden (6.5%) and Denmark (6.0%), and the lowest shares in Portugal (2.7%), Bulgaria, Austria and Slovakia (all 3.0%).

At the regional level The leading region in the EU27 and EFTA in terms of employment in high- and medium high-tech manufacturing was Lombardia in Italy with 448 000 people employed in 2006, followed by Stuttgart in Germany (377 000) and Cataluña in Spain (286 000). Germany dominated the top 20 list with eleven regions, followed by Italy (5) and France.

The statistical bulletin is available from EUROSTAT.

Japan’s decision making body for science and technology policy, the Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), has released information on the budget and major challenges for science and technology over 2009. Overall, there are no major changes in the overall direction of the budget, with the government maintaining its commitment to science and technology and increasing the proportion of competitively allocated funds, as well as placing greater emphasis on technology development and broader systemic reforms.

The overall budget for 2009 stands at ¥3,554.8b a decrease from ¥3,555.5b in 2008. However, while the budget for institutions declines overall, the size of “funds for science and technology promotion”, which includes competitive research budgets, increases in line with earlier years. Universities and research institutions are thus being encouraged to be more responsive to competitive grants.

At a disciplinary level, ¥1,686.9b, (47%) is for research in 8 important fields of research (the life sciences, ICT, energy, environment, nanotechnology and materials, manufacturing sciences, social infrastructure, and frontier sciences). The proportions of funding for the 8 major fields decrease slightly between 2008 and 2009. In 2008 the total budget allocation was ¥1,731.2b; in 2009 the total budget will be ¥1,686.9b. The breakdown by field is presented in Figure 1.

Overall the budget for addressing important science and technology issues has increased by 15% between 2008 and 2009. The budget for innovative technologies (such as medical technologies, photonic networks), will increase by 29% between 2008 and 2009; the budget for energy and environmental technologies will increase by 16% (including measures to counter global warming, innovative energy storage). The budget for international activities for science and technology such as co-operation, is set to increase 4%. Regional re-vitalisation initiatives are set to increase by 11%. This covers issues such as regional innovative industries and the creation and promotion of a graduate school in Okinawa. Funding for returning the results of research to society, which includes the regenerative medicine project operated by MEXT, and the biomass project operated by MLIT is set to increase by 17%. ¥3,910b is for system-wide reforms in areas such as personnel training, public understanding of science, university-industry links, intellectual property, and regional innovation systems.

Figure 2. Proportion of Funding for 8 Important Fields in 2008 and 2009 (%)

 

And the key policy issues are …

At the same time, the CSTP outlined the major policy issues for science and technology in Japan over 2009. These concern:

• The realisation of a low carbon society – suggesting development of related technologies and their diffusion;
• Strengthening the medical health industry to respond to a healthy and long-life society – noting the sluggish development of biopharmaceutical products in Japan where it takes on average 1,416.9 days to market for medical products in comparison to 504 days in the United States; drawing on breakthroughs made in basic research on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS);
• Greater use of available human resources – noting poor use of human resources, such as:
  
  
  • Women Researchers (in Japan as of 2006, 13.0% of the research labour force are female, in comparison to 34.3% in the United States for 2003),
  • Foreign Researchers (in Japan foreign researchers comprise 3.5% of all researchers (2006); in the United States it is 23% (2003))
  • The Young – through seeking means to extend their participation in the research labour market – for instance it is noted that only 16.9% of doctorate holders are employed in industry in Japan, whereas in the United States it is 34.3%.
  • Greater exchange with overseas – the number of Japanese researchers going overseas for extended stays is declining, from 3,053 researchers in 2002 to 1,742 in 2006, with some of the reasons for this covered in the January newsletter, such as the difficulty of reintegration, and lack of overseas contacts. This issue also needs to be addressed.
    
    
• Promoting innovative technology development – including more maneuverable and flexible research budgets;
• Strengthening basic research and discovering new knowledge – here it is noted that Japan’s performance vis-à-vis other advanced countries is relatively low as a proportion of scientific publications in basic research. Here statistics are shown that Japanese publications comprise 12% of global effort. By contrast, Korea produces 15% of global publications, the United States 19%, and France, 24%. A long term strategy for basic research in order to strengthen international competitiveness will be developed by the Spring, with the Working Group members already appointed.

Other issues include: follow-up to the Third Science and Technology Basic Plan (2006-10) and researching the Fourth Basic Plan; system wide reforms for more “open innovation” in Japan; regulatory reform to stimulate technology diffusion; science and technology diplomacy; regional science and technology; and, intellectual property issues.

All information is available (in Japanese) at the Council for Science and Technology Policy homepage.

We have received the following information regarding scientific Events occurring over March and April.
Please contact us if you would like to notify us of an event.

Date	Theme	Institution	Location
21-23/04	IBP-WUFI Workshop in Japan	Fraunhofer Institute	Tokyo
21/05	Austrian Technology Symposium – Railroads	Austrian Embassy	Tokyo
21/05	Beyond ESD – Advanced CNT Applications Network Workshop	Fraunhofer Institute	Tokyo
24/05	Economic & Environmental Challenges for the Automotive Industry in the EU and Japan	EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation	Tokyo
6-7/07	The 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Technology of Coatings on Glass and Plastic Materials	Fraunhofer Institute	Tokyo

Deadline	Call Outline and Link to Further Information
15/04	Welcome Programme (Overseas → Poland) Foreign researchers establishing teams in Poland
15/04	European Research Council: Advanced Research Grant (Overseas → Europe) For established research leaders. Field: Social Sciences and Humanities
22/04	Grants for Research Stays in Norway (Overseas → Norway)
30/04	Homing Programme (Overseas → Poland) Reintegration programme for Polish Scientists
30/04	National Scholarship Programme (Overseas →Slovak Republic) For foreign researchers and students
30/04	JST-Denmark Research Grants
12/05	PRESTO – JST (in Japan) Basic research for creating innovative technology seeds that lead to further development of science and technology and help new industries emerge.
15/05	Start-up Grant for Younger Researchers (in Japan) For young researchers to establish their own independent research (JSPS Grant-in-Aid Programme).
19/05	CREST – JST (in Japan) Basic research for creating innovative technology seeds that lead to further development of science and technology and help new industries emerge.
29/05	RIKEN – Special Postdoctoral Researcher (in Japan) Providing young and creative scientists with the opportunity to be involved in autonomous and independent research. ***Notification for desire to apply should be sent by 15 May***
30/05	RIKEN – Special Postdoctoral Researcher (in Japan) For young and creative scientists to be involved in autonomous and independent research
06/05	European Research Council: Advanced Research Grant (in Europe) For established research leaders. Field: Life Sciences
05/06	Award for Eminent Scientists (Overseas → Japan) JSPS - For inviting eminent scientists to Japan
13/06	RIKEN – Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher (in Japan) For non-Japanese researcher, with a doctoral degree in the natural sciences from 2001 onwards
17/06	Royal Society Joint Projects – (Japan – UK) Collaboration should be based on a single project including two teams or individuals: one based in the UK and the other based outside the UK.
18/08	International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development (IOF) (Europe → Overseas) Providing Europe based researchers with at least 4 years post-PhD experience the opportunity to perform research in another country
18/08	International Incoming Fellowships (IIF) (Overseas → Europe) Individual fellowships that aim to attract top-class researchers from outside Europe to work and undertake research and transfer of knowledge in Europe
15/08	EMBO Long Term Fellowships (in Germany) European Molecular Biology Organization - European nationality requirements, >3yrs postdoctoral experience, first author publication.

 

A full listing of currently open calls for proposals under the 7th Framework Programme is available from CORDIS.

These are organized by country, programme title, and funding organization.

Austria

• Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships
  FWF Austrian Science Fund - Continuous Recruitment. For Austrians to work in foreign research institutions. <34 Years old or 4 years postdoc experience, 10-24 months duration.
• Lise Meitner Program
  FWF Austrian Science Fund. Continuous Recruitment; for scientists from abroad, no age limit, invitation from Austrian institution, 12-24 month duration.

Belgium

• Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships
  FWO - For foreign postdocs for 3-12 months continuous stay. Application: no later than 3 months prior to stay, no earlier than 6 months.
• Medical Research Fellowships
  European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Brussels. Medical research fellowships in statistics, leukemia, epidemiology, radiotherapy.

Finland

• Preparation of international cooperation projects
  Academy of Finland - Applications for funding can be submitted throughout the year, except in November.

France

• Postdoctoral Positions
  Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique. To be advertised from March. Contact laboratory between March and June.
• Engineering Positions
  Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique. Provisional calendar for 2009: 10 July Deadline.

Germany

• International Travel/Research Visits
  DFG – Continuous Call - for German researchers in Germany.
• International Conferences
  DFG – one year prior to conference - for German researchers in Germany
• Mercator Visiting Professorships
  DFG - Invitation fellowships for professors from overseas universities
• Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
  AvH - For researchers from abroad with above average qualifications, at the beginning of their academic career and doctorate completed in last four years.
• Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
  AvH - Continuous Call. For researchers from abroad.

Holland

• Innovational Research Incentives Scheme
  NWO – Individual Researchers opportunity to develop own research programme.

Ireland

• President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA)
  SFI – Continuous Call. Award to recruit young researchers in science and engineering currently based around the world to carry out their research in institutions in Ireland. PhD received within last eight years; demonstrated research accomplishments. Position lasts up to five years.
• International Research Partnering Supplements
  SFI - Continuous Call
  Facilitates collaborations between SFI funded researchers and international scientists.

Italy

• JSPS Short-Term/Long-Term Grants
  For Italian researchers to come to Japan. Applications accepted in September and May.
• Postdoc in theoretical/computational physics/chemistry
  National Nanotechnology Laboratories. 4 year position. Deadline: 31/05

Japan

• Various Postdoctoral and Research Positions
  RIKEN, Wako, Tsukuba. Various open positions in brain science, computational sciences, materials.
• Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher (RIKEN)
• Associate Chief Scientist
  RIKEN, to start April 1, 2010. Deadline: 15 May 2009
• Postdoctoral Position – (RIKEN), Lipid Biology Laboratory. Deadline: 10 June 2009
• Research Positions (marine/earth sciences)
  Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), various locations. Numerous postdoctoral/scientific research and technical positions.
• NIMS
  Three positions were advertised in March/April. National Institute for Material
• Research positions (atomic energy related)
  Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Various postdoctoral and senior postdoctoral positions with various deadlines.
• PhD Scholarships/Short Term Visits /internships (physiological sciences)
  National Institute for Physiological Sciences
• Professor/Assoc. Professor
  Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, KEK. Deadline: 19 March 2009

Marie Curie (European Union)

People Programme

• Incoming and Outgoing Fellowships
  Deadlines: 18 August 2009
• Marie Curie Reintegration Grants
  For Experienced European researchers to return to Europe. Deadline: 31 December

Cooperation Programmes⁽¹⁾

• Health (1 Open call).
  
• Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology (1 Open call)
• Information and Communication Technologies (2 Open calls)
• Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies (1 Open call)
• Energy (2 Open calls)
• Environment (including Climate Change) (1 Open call)
• Socio-economic sciences and Humanities (1 Open call)

Norway

• Grants for Research Stays in Norway
  Research Council of Norway: For young researchers and PhD students from 25 countries, including most European and Japan. Deadline: 22 April 2009
• Japanese-Norway Mobility Programme
  Research Council of Norway and JSPS:
  Short term and long term stays for Japanese researchers.

Poland

• Welcome Programme
  FNP – For foreign researchers establishing teams in Poland. Deadline: 15 April 2009
• NESTOR Programme
  FNP - Short visits for Eminent retired professors to visit Polish research centres.
• Homing Programme
  FNP - Reintegration for Polish Scientists. Deadline: 30 April

Portugal

• Sabbatical Leave Grants – Continuous Call
  Funding for 3 months to 1 year at a foreign institution (for Portuguese scientists).

Sweden

• Conference Grant
  Natural and Engineering Sciences. To invite overseas researchers to Sweden. Application 2 months prior to conference.
• Travel Grant (Natural and Engineering Sciences)
  To attend a lecture or invite a guest scientist to a Swedish institution.

Switzerland

• Individual Short Research Visits
  Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) – 2 months prior to departure. For Swiss Nationals.
• Exchange Programmes
  Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF); for Swiss nationals to travel overseas: up to 12 months in Japan (long stay), 3 months (short stay). Application 4 months prior to intended visit.
• Various postdoctoral/PhD positions
  Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research

UK

• International Scientific Interchange Scheme (ISIS)
  BBSRC – Continuous Call
  To help UK scientists add an international dimension to their BBSRC funded research by making and establishing new contacts with international counterpart. Applications at least 6 weeks prior to travel.
• Overseas Travel Grants
  EPSRC – Continuous Call
  Overseas travel grants provide funding for international travel and subsistence. You can use them to visit recognized non-UK centres to study new techniques and to travel from the UK to start or develop international collaborations. Not solely for conference attendance. (Engineering and Physical Sciences)
• Visiting Researchers
  EPSRC. Salary costs and travel subsistence for scientists and engineers of acknowledged standing, either from within the UK or abroad, to visit the investigator's organization. Applications made by UK hosts.

European Space Agency

• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
  Continuous Call. For ESA member country nationals; other nationals under certain circumstances.

European Molecular Biology Organization

• Short Term Fellowships
  Intended for visits of up to 3 months duration and aimed at collaborative research between EMBC member states or between a member state and a non-member state.

1) As a rule, these programmes generally require Japan + three partners in different EU countries; or, Japan + 1 EU partner + 1 associated country partner. In principle, there is no funding from the EU.

For research careers in Europe, please refer to the EURAXESS jobs pages.

• Total Jobs advertised: 788 Jobs
• Current Marie Curie positions advertised: 230 Positions

For research careers in Japan, please refer to the J-Recin pages.

• Total Jobs advertised: 1,050 Jobs
  Total Jobs advertised in English: 64 Jobs

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