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ART STREET REGULAR ILLUSTRATION CONTEST – “STUDENTS”

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Application Deadline: March 31, 2024 (Sun) 5PM JST * Japan time

LOCATION: Japan

ART street Regular Illustration Contest
The theme for February is “Students” !Studying, doing some club activities, hanging out with friends and falling in love… Our school days are filled with precious memories! Any scene from the lives of students growing up can be turned into a beautiful piece of art. They are calling for illustrations on the theme of “Students”! Boys and girls, show your beautiful student illustrations! They are waiting for your illustration entries!

ELIGIBILITY:

Languages: Japanese/English/Spanish/Chinese(Traditional)

Entry Format : JPG, PNG, PSD, MDP（File size: Under 30MB）
No designated size, but the DPI must be at least 300

Anyone can enter the contest, regardless of whether they are a professional artist or artist by hobby.

Contestants are welcome to submit multiple works.

Only original works that contenders own all the rights to and free for distribution may be submitted.

You may enter an artwork you have posted on social medias such as Twitter in the past. You can also post your contest artworks on social media during the entry period.

You can submit any artwork that is drawn by any paint tool applications (including MediBang Paint) in analog and digital.

BENEFIT:

Grand Prize(1 winner max)：50,000 JPY
Excellence Award(3 winners max)：10,000 JPY
Best School Girl Award(1 winner max)：10,000 JPY
Best School Boy Award(1 winner max)：10,000 JPY

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awards, Events, Opportunities, other events, PhD/post doctoral

JSPS-UNU POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME

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Application Deadline: 10 March 2024 (23:59 JST).

LOCATION: Japan

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. 

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