The International Liaison Committee of the Japan Sociological Society (JSS) is pleased to announce its 17th annual grant competition for early-career scholars in its renewed format as JSS Travel Award. JSS will select an overall of 10 scholars to present papers in two special sessions and participate in the JSS annual meeting held at Rissho University, October 8-9, 2023. This year, we invite research presentations towards the shared topic of “Transnationalism in Context of Crises“. The selected scholars will receive financial support towards their travel costs as follows:  

• 6 early-career scholars from outside of Japan (100,000 yen for travel costs)  
• 4 early-career scholars from within Japan (20,000 yen for travel costs)  

For the detailed Call for Applications, please refer to the website below:

https://jss-sociology.org/news/jimukyoku/board/20230327jss-ta-2023/

In a change from previous years, Japanese nationals living and working (or studying abroad) are now also eligible to apply as scholar from outside of Japan.