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<div>We are pleased to announce new calls for Visiting Programs at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST).<br>
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OIST is a university with no departments, eliminating artificial barriers between people working in different fields, with students and faculty from all over the world.<br>
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We are seeking for applicants from interesting researchers from around the world. There are opportunities to spend several months on a beautiful subtropical island in the south of Japan, and focus solely on research. All fields are eligible, as long as the
proposed project has overlap or shared interests with researchers at OIST.<br>
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Invitees will be provided with travel/visa support, on-campus housing, office space in the visiting program area, access to OIST computing resources, ...<br>
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Inquiries are welcome, please write to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:tsvp@oist.jp" moz-do-not-send="true">
tsvp@oist.jp</a><br>
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OIST's <a href="https://www.oist.jp/visiting-program">Visiting Program</a> (TSVP) currently has
<b>open calls</b> for Visiting Scholars in FY2026 and Thematic Programs in FY2027.<br>
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Summary of currently <b>open calls</b>:<br>
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<li><strong><a href="https://www.oist.jp/visiting-program/application-thematic-program" moz-do-not-send="true">Thematic Programs</a> in FY2027: </strong>: Group of researchers, 1-2 months, all fields. (short) pre-proposals to be submitted by September 15, 2025.</li><li><strong><a href="https://www.oist.jp/visiting-program/application-visiting-scholars" moz-do-not-send="true">Visiting Scholars </a>in FY2026: </strong>: Visits of 3-12 months,
<b>all fields</b>. Deadline: September 15, 2025.</li><ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.oist.jp/visiting-program/application-exp-scholars" title="Experimental Visiting Scholars Application" moz-do-not-send="true">Experimental Visiting Scholars</a> in FY2026 </strong><em>(<strong>only</strong> if lab access is required)</em></li></ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://www.oist.jp/visiting-program/application-domestic" moz-do-not-send="true">Domestic Visitors</a> in FY2025: </strong>Flexible duration, all fields, Rolling Deadline.</li></ul>
Details: <a href="https://www.oist.jp/visiting-program/application" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">
https://www.oist.jp/visiting-program/application</a> and in the below overview image<br>
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<img width="720" height="254" src="https://www.oist.jp/sites/default/files/styles/embed_lg_1x/public/2025-07/202604-TSVP-Call-for-Visiting-Scholars-header-1.jpg?itok=rp15Dnsq" alt="call for tsvp visiting program2025 banner" moz-do-not-send="true" data-unique-identifier=""><br>
<img width="720" height="267" src="https://www.oist.jp/sites/default/files/styles/embed_lg_1x/public/2025-07/202704-TSVP-visiting-program-call-for-pre-proposals-for-thematic-programs-info-screen-2.jpg?itok=wsj8k5b8" alt="Visiting Program Call for Pre-Proposals for Thematic Programs banner" moz-do-not-send="true" data-unique-identifier=""><br>
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<a href="https://www.oist.jp/visiting-program/application" moz-do-not-send="true">Overview of all OIST's Visiting Programs<br>
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<div>Kenji Doya <doya@oist.jp><br>
Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University<br>
1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan<br>
Phone: +81-98-966-8594; Fax: +81-98-966-2891 https://groups.oist.jp/ncu</div>
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