Opportunity Information: Apply for 20190424 FO
Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan is a competitive fellowship program jointly run by the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Its core purpose is to strengthen Japan studies in the United States, deepen U.S.-Japan scholarly exchange, and help develop the next generation of U.S.-based scholars whose work focuses on Japan. The program is positioned as a research fellowship rather than a training grant, with an emphasis on producing substantial, high-quality humanities and social science scholarship that matters to academic audiences and, when appropriate, to the broader public.
The fellowship supports advanced research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japans international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. A key theme is encouraging projects that do not treat Japan in isolation: proposals are expected to be innovative, comparative, and contemporary, and to place Japan-related questions in wider regional or global contexts. In practical terms, this means the strongest projects are likely to connect Japan-focused research to cross-national comparisons, transnational dynamics, or shared policy and social challenges that resonate in both Japan and the United States.
The opportunity is open to individual applicants (not institutions), and it funds work across a wide range of relevant disciplines, including anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology, and sociology. While the disciplinary list is broad, the unifying thread is that the research should advance scholarly knowledge and/or improve public understanding of issues that are important to Japan and the United States. The program is also flexible about where the work happens: fellows can carry out their projects in Japan, in the United States, or in both countries, and may include research time in other countries when needed for comparative analysis.
A defining requirement is advanced Japanese language ability. The fellowship is explicitly designed for researchers whose projects depend on direct engagement with Japanese-language materials or Japanese-speaking contexts, such as using Japanese data sources, archival documents, published materials, or conducting onsite interviews and other in-person research activities in Japanese. This language-and-access expectation signals that the fellowship prioritizes projects that cannot be completed well without substantial interaction with Japan-based sources, communities, or institutions.
In terms of outputs, the program anticipates concrete scholarly products. Awards commonly lead to peer-reviewed articles, monographs and books, e-books, digital scholarship and materials, translations, critical editions, or other resources that contribute lasting value to the field. Projects may be at any stage of development, meaning applicants can propose early-phase research, midstream fieldwork and analysis, or later-stage writing and synthesis, as long as the work plan credibly leads toward a meaningful final product.
From the posted opportunity details, the sponsoring agency is the National Endowment for the Humanities, the funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is humanities. The CFDA number listed is 45.160. The funding opportunity number is 20190424, with an original closing date of 2019-04-24. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) shown is $60,000, and the eligible applicant category is individuals.Apply for 20190424 FO
- The National Endowment for the Humanities in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.160.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2019-03-01.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-04-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $60,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Individuals.
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