The Polish Academy of Sciences and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) are announcing a Call for proposals for the realization of joint research projects and joint scientific seminars to be carried out in the years 2025–2026 under the scientific agreement between the two institutions.

Scientific mobility projects

• Thematic scope: Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences – detailed list of themes available via link.
• Maximum number of projects to be funded: 2.
• Maximum duration of 1 project: 2 years.
• Project starting date: 1 April 2025.

Funding of mobility projects

The quota for each country’s researcher stay in the counterpart country shall not exceed 50 man-days per project per fiscal year. The total amount of funding from PAN: up to 13,500 PLN for each joint research project per fiscal year. A maximum of 27,000 PLN for each project for the overall duration.

The sending side will cover international travel expenses, while the receiving side will cover domestic travel expenses, daily allowances and overseas insurance premiums.

Deadline for submission of applications for mobility projects:  3 September 2024.

Organization of Polish-Japanese seminars

• Thematic scope: Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences – detailed list of topics available via link.
• Maximum number of seminars / year: 1.
• Maximum duration of the seminar: up to 1 week, to be held between 01.04.2025–31.03.2026. Traveling time does not count toward the seminar days.

Funding of seminars

The amount of funding for the organization of 1 seminar is max. 13,500 PLN (if the event is organized in Poland). The sending side will cover international travel expenses, while the receiving side will cover domestic travel expenses, daily allowances and overseas insurance premiums for participants from the sending side, as well as the costs of the event onsite organization.

Deadline for submission of applications: 3 September 2024.

Dual-language application documents can be found at https://pan.pl/w-ramach-umow-bilateralnych-pan-z-partnerami-zagranicznymi-2/ and should be sent only by e-mail to Renata.Kuskowska@pan.pl, each as a separate file.

Any questions and queries should be sent to Renata.Kuskowska@pan.pl.