New Zealand/Japan Scientist Exchange Programme (NZ/JSPS)

The Ministry of Research, Science & Technology (MoRST) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 1 June 2005 and subsequent Guidelines for Implementation were adopted by the JSPS and the Royal Society of New Zealand on 14 April 2006 .

Exchanges of Scientists

The objective of the Guidelines for Implementation is to support the exchange of short-term visits of New Zealand Scientists to Japan and for Japanese Scientists to New Zealand .  The number and duration of the visits will depend upon the participant’s respective research programme but there shall be up to 6 short-term (14 to 60 days) exchanges and 1 long-term exchange (61 days to 10 months) and must take place between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009.

The sending country will nominate candidates for the exchange visits and these will be subject to approval by the hosting country.  The hosting country will cover the costs of the visiting researchers including international travel, domestic travel costs, and a maintenance allowance.

Applications for NZ scientists wishing to collaborate with Japan in 2008 are now closed.

Workshops/Seminars

The objective of the Guidelines for Implementation is to support up to one workshop/seminar per year that results in the exchange of research knowledge of New Zealand Scientists to Japanese Scientists and vice versa.  The duration of the workshop/seminar will depend upon the respective program but it is expected that the duration of a workshop/seminar would be no longer than 5 working days. 

Applications for a joint 2008 workshop/seminar are now closed.