◎ Overseas Researcher Invitation 【FY2024-FY2025 Call Closed】

The WRH Program – Overseas Researcher Invitation provides funding and administrative assistance for inviting world-class researchers to Tokyo Tech. As an initiative under the fourth period of Tokyo Tech Mid-term Goals and Plans, the program is offered to encourage new international collaborations or deepening and expansion of existing collaborations, as well as to provide opportunities for early-career researchers and students to interact with prominent overseas researchers.

・Applicant (Host Faculty) Eligibility: Tokyo Institute of Technology faculty member
　*Assistant professors and specially appointed faculty must apply jointly with a regular faculty member of lecturer or above.

・Invited Researcher Eligibility: Researcher employed by a research institution outside of Japan
　*Persons who have not yet been awarded or only recently been awarded a degree are excluded from this requirement.

・Invitation Categories:

　Type 0 (Initiating collaborations)
　- Supports short-term invitations for researchers who you have not collaborated with before
　- Single stay, approximately 1 week

　Type I (New research collaborations / expanding existing collaborations)
　- Supports multiple visits over two fiscal years
　- 1 to 6 months combined length over two FYs (must visit at least once per FY)

　Type II (Long-term stays)
　- Supports long-term invitations
　- Single stay, 2-12 months

・Supported Expenses: In principle, round-trip flights and a stipend/wage during stay

・Application Guidelines
・Application Form (For host faculty)

・Deadline: 2024/09/30 (Mon) 8:30 (JST)

Inquiries:
International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), WRH Program Office
Internal: Tokyo Tech Slack #t2-irfi-wrh招聘プログラム
External:

For visitors to Tokyo Tech:
Please contact a Tokyo Tech faculty member and mention that you are interested in visiting them through the WRH Program.
To learn more about Tokyo Tech research and to find a researcher, visit:
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/research

◎ Faculty Research Abroad

The WRH Program – Faculty Research Abroad provides funding and administrative assistance for Tokyo Tech faculty members to conduct extended research stays abroad. Complementing the Overseas Researcher Invitation, the program is offered to encourage new international collaborations or deepening and expansion of existing collaborations.

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