The fellowship is designed to enrich the training of a journalist from Africa or the Middle East so they can contribute to a culture of high-quality science and health journalism in those regions, as well as raising awareness of regional advances in the rest of the world.
ELIGIBILITY:
Journalists based in Africa and the Middle East with at least three years’ experience reporting on science, health or environmental issues in the region. Applicants may be reporters, writers, editors, producers, illustrators, filmmakers, or photojournalists. This includes work for newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and digital media.
BENEFIT:
$40,000 stipend for the semester
MIT health insurance
$5,000 stipend to help with start-up housing costs
Full access MIT benefits such as subsidized public transportation, access to museums and other programs in the area
Connections to a thriving community of science journalists
Applications for the JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2024 are now open. UNU offers Postdoctoral Fellowships to provide young scholars and policymakers, especially from the developing world, with a multidisciplinary context within which to pursue advanced research and training that are of professional interest to the successful applicant and of direct relevance to the research agenda of their selected thematic programme.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must hold a doctoral degree at the time of application (received on or after 2 April 2018 with the period of maternity/paternity leave subtracted, counting 4 weeks as a month) or be scheduled to receive a doctoral degree before the fellowship begins. Applicants must be citizens of countries that have diplomatic relations with Japan (Palestinian and Taiwanese researchers are eligible to apply).
Those who have previously been awarded a Standard or Pathway Fellowship under the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan are also not eligible.
BENEFIT:
Airfare: a round-trip air ticket (based on JSPS regulations)
Maintenance allowance: JPY 362,000 per month
Miscellaneous: a settling-in allowance of JPY 200,000 and overseas travel insurance
A research grant (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research) is available to cover cooperative research-related expenses. Application for these grants is made by the host researcher through the host institution.
