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The JST Next-Generation Researchers Challenging Research Programme Office announces an open call for applications.
We support young female researchers who are eager to go out into the world!
Maria Skłodowska-Curie(Marie Curie, née Skłodowska) was a Polish physicist and chemist who became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (Nobel Prize in Physics: at age 36) remains the only person to have won a Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields, Chemistry and Physics (Nobel Prize in Chemistry: at age 44). Her contributions to science and society have been significant, and she dedicated her life to research.
We support young female researchers who, like her, are taking off into the world.
Information:
Application period
Tuesday, October 1, 2024-12p.m. ー Tuesday, December 10, 2024 (Japan Time)
Eligibility
Early career female researchers who have obtained a PhD within the last five* years including postdoc (as of April 1, 2025), PhD students, and those who are equivalent to them.
* Periods away from research due to life events, such as maternity leave, are excluded from this total.
Any research discipline related to science and technology.
Holding Japanese citizenship. Does not need to reside in Japan
Awards
Grand Prize（one person)
Sub Prize: Travel expenses (transportation and accommodation) to visit research institutes in Poland (Autumn of 2025).
Main Prize: A statue of Marie Sklodowska Curie from the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and a certificate from JST.
Prize pot: 1M yen
Inspiration Prize（two people)
Prize Money: 500K yen (each)
Main Prize: Certificate from JST
Application Guidelines
Please see the following website:
URL：https://www.jst.go.jp/diversity/researcher/mscaward/
Contact
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Office for Diversity and Inclusiveness, Department of Personnel
5-3, Yonbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8666
TEL: +81-3-5214-8443
E-mail: diversity[at]jst.go.jp
