Enhance your research with up to six months study at The National Institutes for the Humanities in Japan.
Opportunities now exist for current AHRC funded PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and research assistants to undertake short-term placements with the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU), Japan during 2010-11 as part of a joint UK/Japan Short-term Fellowship Programme.
Thanks to the AHRC/NIHU Memorandum of Understanding AHRC-funded scholars can have access to the world-class facilities that exist in NIHU facilities. The scholarships can last between three and six months, depending on the time required to complete the proposed research. Each fellowship needs to take place between 1 October 2010 and 30 September 2011.
The successful applicants will receive a contribution towards their flights costs and a monthly allowance in addition to their normal monthly stipend paid as part of their award holder funding.
NIHU consists of six Inter-University Research Institutes that support comprehensive academic research on culture and the humanities. Please click on the links below to view information on each institutes activities:
These institutes offer high quality research facilities for scholars with an interest in exploiting the extensive collections they hold.
The AHRC scheme forms part of the NIHU programme of “Inter-institutional and External Joint Research” which aims to foster long-term durable links between countries and institutions engaged in the study of culture and the humanities.
Applications must be submitted no later than 17:00 on 1 March 2010.
Guidance notes and application form can be downloaded below.
Samuel Lambshead, AHRC Senior Awards Officer
s.lambshead@ahrc.ac.uk
Paul Lansdowne, AHRC Awards Officer
p.lansdowne@ahrc.ac.uk
Masayoshi Nakawo, National Institutes for the Humanities
nakawo@nihu.jp