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Application for the MINERVA Fellowship Programme is now open. The programme proposes a 6-month in-house fellowship scheme in Japan, designed to support its research and policy analysis of EU-Japan economic and industrial issues.
The Research Fellow will undertake research work on a selected priority topic of the Centre, which should result in a consistent policy report (70-100 pages), to be owned by the Centre.
Apart from research on a pre-determined topic, the Research Fellow will be expected to support the daily analytical activities of the Centre, including media monitoring, policy briefings, seminar reports, etc.
The MINERVA Fellowship Programme provides selected candidates with the following benefits.
To apply for the Fellowship, applicants must meet following criteria:
Candidates must be citizens of an EU Member-State or a COSME Third Country or Japan. They must be professionals (trade and economic analysts, academics, scientists, civil servants) with a proven interest in EU-Japan cooperation from multiple perspectives (trade/market access, industrial policy issues, R&D, etc.).
Minimum requirements: EU / COSME or Japanese citizenship, university degree, strong interest and motivation in Japan and EU-Japan relations.
The following elements will constitute an advantage in the selection process: previous professional experience with Japan, an already advanced study/research on one of the priority topics, Japanese language abilities.
Interested applicants must click on the apply button below and follow instructions to submit their applications
Documents should be submitted in English. Contents of each MINERVA application should flow coherently and contain substance, in order to allow the selection board to see clear and easy-to-understand connections between the candidate’s background, the letter of motivation and his/her research plan.
Candidates should specify the slot for which they are applying. The deadline to apply for the 2nd slot 2020 (October 2020 to March 2021) is . For more detail on the MINERVA Fellowship Programme, please visit the official page.
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