The Fujihara Seminar Project funding from The Fujihara Foundation of Science funds the costs of holding academically high-level international seminars planned and organized by researchers in Japan, covering all fields of natural science.
Applications are open to full-time researchers affiliated with universities and other academic research institutions in Japan.
Seminars should preferably address fundamental topics that contribute to the development of related fields. Seminars must be held in Japan for 2 to 4 days, with about 50 to 100 participants, around one-fifth of them researchers from abroad. Bilateral conferences, regularly held international conferences, and their preparatory or satellite meetings are generally not eligible.
The Foundation sponsors up to 2 seminars per year, with up to 12,000,000 JPY per seminar.
This call recurs annually with the same application period. The next applications open on April 1, 2027, and close on July 31, 2027.