Abe Fellowship Program for International Multidisciplinary Research, USA & Japan (2015)

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is an independent, nonprofit international organization founded in 1923. They present the timeline of organizational achievements and other highlights during the 20th century. The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) are inviting applications for the Abe Fellowship Program. The program provides Abe Fellows with a minimum of 3 and maximum of 12 months of full-time support over a 24-month period. Members of the American research community must spend at least one-third of the fellowship tenure in Japan. Members of the Japanese research community must spend at least one-third of the fellowship tenure in USA. Fellows must start between 1 April and 31 December 2015.

The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics. It strives especially to promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between the Japanese and American academic and professional communities committed to and trained for advancing global understanding and problem solving.

Eligibility
- This call is open to citizens of the United States and Japan as well as to nationals of other countries who can demonstrate strong and serious long-term affiliations with research communities in Japan or the United States;
- Applicants must hold a PhD or the terminal degree in their field, or have attained an equivalent level of professional experience at the time of application;
- Previous language training is not a prerequisite for this Fellowship. However, if the research project requires language ability, the applicant should provide evidence of adequate proficiency to complete the project;
- Applications from researchers in professions other than academia are encouraged to apply with the expectation that the product of the fellowship will contribute to the wider body of knowledge on the topic specified;
- Projects proposing to address key policy issues or seeking to develop a concrete policy proposal must reflect nonpartisan positions.

Fellowship
The amount of the Abe Fellowship is not fixed. It varies widely, depending on the details of the research plan and on whether the award includes salary replacement.

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