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To be a Guest Researcher in Japan under AIST's ITIT Fellowship Program

ITIT fellowship program

The ITIT Fellowship Program was established by the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in April 1984 to provide researchers from developing countries with an opportunity to work directly with staff researchers at institutes belonging to AIST. The goals of the program are to advance, coordinate and promote scientific and technological cooperation with developing countries in the field of industrial science and technology at the host institutes participating in the program.

Each year, under this program, AIST invites about 20 foreign researchers to work at its laboratories.

AIST assigned the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and AIST International Center(AIC) to undertake part of the work of the ITIT Fellowship Program. Under this assignment, NEDO provides expenses for air transportation to those participating in the program. In addition, NEDO and AIC provide housing assistance and offer various types of support services in order to make the stay of foreign researchers as comfortable as possible. Such assistance and support is also extended to other foreign researchers working at AIST laboratories under different programs.

Note: ITIT = Institute for Transfer of Industrial Technology

ITIT fellowship program outline

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Links to other fellowship programs in Japan


ITIT fellowship program outline

Interested researchers wishing to participate in the ITIT Fellowship Program should, as a general rule, meet the following requirements:

  1. Be a non-Japanese national pursuing research in the field of industrial science and technology.
  2. Be a permanent staff or faculty member of an overseas university or research institute at the time of application and during the period of stay in Japan.
  3. Hold a doctorate degree in science or engineering and be under the age of 35.
  4. Have and adequate command of the English or Japanese language to conduct research in Japan.

Participating laboratories

AIST's 15 laboratories. List of the laboratories is here.

Application procedure

Overseas researchers who meet the above requirements may apply to participate in the ITIT Fellowship Program by submitting an application form to the host institute where he/she wishes to conduct research. Detailed information describing the program and application forms are available upon request from AIST's laboratories or NEDO's Industrial Technology Department.

Selection and Notification

Selection of researchers by AIST is based on each applicant's proposed research and accomplishments to date. Those selected as guest researchers will be sent notification along with other necessary documents and forms.

Terms and Conditions

The period of research for each selected guest researcher is 1 year. Various types of expenses and allowances are provided by NEDO under this program as follows.

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Rules and Regulations

All researchers selected to participate in the Foreign Researcher Invitation Program must comply with the instructions of the institute director-general as well as the rules and regulations of AIST during their period of stay in Japan.

For further information...

For further information, please contact AIST laboratories directly.

Links to other fellowship programs in Japan

Go to the AIST Fellowship Program page.