April 8, 2026
To all graduate students:

Call for Applications to “Next Generation Front Runner Training Program for Comprehensive Knowledge and Humanity” Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD) for the 2026 Academic Year for spring

Students who wish to apply to the Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD) should read the following information carefully and submit their application before the deadline (i.e. no later than 12:00 noon, Tuesday, April 21, 2026).

○ Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD)
The program will select outstanding doctoral students and provide them with a monthly stipend of 180,000 yen to concentrate on their research (equivalent to living expenses) and an annual research grant of 400,000 yen for research expenses (additional grants may be available) during the standard term of study. In addition to organizing research results debriefing (retreats), seminars to improve research skills, and seminars on career development, the program also provides individual support (increasing research funds) for international travel, joint research, etc.

○ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to apply for Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD), you must be a graduate student enrolled in a doctoral course at Science Tokyo who possesses excellent research skills, wishes to dedicate time to research and meets one of the following criteria as of April 1 of the year of application.

Planned number of new hires: 34
(1) Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences / Medical and Dental Sciences (4-year course): 1^st year students (including students from the MA program, MD-PhD/DDS-PhD program and researcher training courses)
(2) Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences / Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (3-year doctoral course): 1^st year students
(3) Graduate School of Health Care Sciences (5-year course/3-year course): 3^rd year students/1^st year students

Replacing the previous student: 16
(1) Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences / Medical and Dental Sciences (4-year course): 2-4year students
(2) Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences / Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (3-year doctoral course): 2-3year students
(3) Graduate School of Health Care Sciences ((5-year course/3-year course):4-5year students/2-3year students

[Students Deemed Ineligible for Application]

Students falling under any of the following criteria are not eligible to apply for Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD) Program.
(1) Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellows DC1 or DC2, government-sponsored international students
(2) Those receiving a stable salary, etc. (in principle, those whose annual income is 2.4 million yen or more for any consecutive 12-month period during the term of enrollment. If the term of enrollment is less than 12 months, those whose 12-month equivalent income is expected to exceed 2.4 million yen). This applies to most of the University Residents.
However, unstable salaries such as part-time work (including as doctors, dentists and other medical professionals¹, salaries as teaching assistants (TA) and research assistants (RA) at the university or other universities, salaries as clinical assistants (CA) or healthcare assistants (HCA) at the university, and scholarships stipulated in the scholarship award regulations for students entering the Early Career Development Course (the university’s MD-PhD and DDS-PhD courses) do not need to be counted toward the “income or estimated income” (stable salary, etc.) above.
¹ In principle, students who earn more than 2.4 million yen per year are eligible for enrollment in the program insofar as the income is unstable and from part-time income that can be explained. However, the scholarship may be terminated if the part-time job were to impede research, career development, or efforts related to training content.

(3) Students who expect to receive a total of 2.4 million yen or more per year in benefit-type scholarships and applicants whose total income or estimated income plus benefit-type scholarships will amount to 2.4 million yen or more. However, benefit-type scholarships that are limited in usage to tuition and research expenses are not included in the “income or estimated income” above.
(4) Students who are receiving or expect to receive a separate scholarship, which cannot be received in conjunction with the fellowship benefits provided to Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD) students.
(5) Students who have exceeded the standard number of years of study due to extension of their education. However, this does not apply to long-term students who have not exceeded the standard number of years of study.  
(6) Students who have already been selected for enrollment in Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD).

○PAYMENT PERIOD
The payment period shall be within the standard term of study (Example: Students with limited-term adoption). However, a mid-term evaluation will be conducted before the student advances to the final year of study. If there is a significant delay with the progress of research, subsequent funding may be discontinued.

○APPLICATION METHOD
Submit all required files via the BOX file upload system within the applicant application form (Forms) below and complete the form responses by noon on Thursday, October 16.
Please ask the actual research supervisor to respond separately via the Research Supervisor Confirmation Form.

●Application Form
https://forms.office.com/r/mH2Sa3mhLP
* Save a screenshot of the screen after submission.

Uploading files to BOX, Files to be submitted
・Research Achievement Statement (Form A)
Upload the research achievement statement (Form A) file in Excel format with the filename formatted as “Student ID [half-width] _Name_Form A.xlsx”.
・Research Plan (Self-Promotion) (Form B) (PDF)
Convert it to PDF format and upload it with the filename “Student ID [half-width] _Name_Form B.pdf”.
・Confirmation Form
Upload it with the filename “Student ID [half-width] _Name_ Confirmation Form.pdf”.
・Attached Literature Certifying Research Achievements * for the number of achievements
* Submit the Research Achievement Statement, Research Plan (Self-Promotion), Confirmation Form, and attached literature certifying research achievements via the BOX file upload within the applicant application form.
* The URL for uploading BOX files is located within the applicant application form.
* Attached Literature Certifying Research Achievements should be a PDF copy of the title page for your published papers (which should include information about the author, title, journal name, date, etc.) and an abstract of your presentation at an academic conference (which should include information about the presenter, title, conference name, etc.).
* Note that research achievements without attached literature will be excluded from evaluation.
*Please upload the files as separate files, not in ZIP format.

●Research Supervisor Confirmation Form
https://forms.office.com/r/PwQTKvdTHj
* Please ask your research supervisor to respond directly to the form.

[IMPORTANT]
Only applicants who have submitted all required documents, the Application Form, BOX File Upload System submissions, and the Research Supervisor Confirmation Form—will be considered complete.
* After uploading files and completing responses on the applicant application form, be sure to save a screenshot of the “Submission Complete” screen.
〇Screening and Notification of Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD) SELECTION RESULTS
Applications will be screened by the screening committee, and the selection results will be separately notified to the applications chosen to be accepted and their research supervisor. Unsuccessful candidates and their research supervisors will also be notified accordingly.
We will also notify successful candidates regarding the transfer procedures for the stipend and other similar funds, as well as the allocation procedures for research funds.

〇CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH SEMINARS, ETC.
Information will be provided separately about research results debriefing (retreats), seminars to improve research skills and seminars on career development, etc.

〇MONTHLY STIPENDS, ETC.
Monthly stipend to concentrate on research (equivalent to living expenses): 180,000 yen
Research grant: 400,000 yen per year. However, additional funding for international travel, joint research, etc. may be provided upon request.
*The monthly stipend is taxable, so users of this fund must file a tax return for themselves.
*The research grant should be managed by the research supervisor of the host laboratory (who is generally responsible for the course).
*We can be consulted separately regarding subsidization of international travel, etc.

〇TERMINATION OF MONTHLY STIPENDS, ETC.
During periods of leave of absence from the university, the payment of the monthly stipend will be suspended. After returning to the university, the payment of said monthly stipend will be resumed upon notification.

〇WHEN ACCEPTED AS A Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD) STUDENT
After being accepted, the following procedures will be required (planned). Details will be provided for the successful candidate after the hiring decision is made.

[For Receiving Research Funds]

･ To prevent the misuse of research funds, we have established basic policies that all members involved in research activities must adhere to. Please be sure to check the basic policies, code of conduct for researchers, research fund usage handbook, various plans, and related regulations posted on the following webpage:
https://www.isct.ac.jp/ja/017/about/policies/compliance-and-anti-harassment/fair-researc

･ Please be sure to take the research ethics education e-learning course "eAPRIN".
https://www.tmd.ac.jp/tmd-research/rule/prevention-injustice/#anchor20

･  Please register with the "Research Information Database" and update your information regularly.
https://aris.tmd.ac.jp/

* Please note that research funds cannot be allocated unless the above three requirements are met.

〇REVOCATION OF PAYMENT OF MONTHLY STIPENDS, ETC.
If the steering committee for the Science Tokyo Post-SPRING Program deems a student to be disqualified for any of the following reasons or if the student has unenrolled from the university, the student will be disqualified and may be requested to return their monthly stipends, retroactive to the beginning of the academic year (April). 
(1) The student has been subject to a disciplinary procedure or suspension from school
(2) Any falsification has been found in the content of the application or other submissions
(3) The student has failed to submit the required notifications without justifiable reason
(4) The steering committee has deemed the student to be inappropriate as a Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD) student for other reasons.

■INQUIRIE

Email: takuetsu_ssu@ml.tmd.ac.jp)

*Be sure to contact by e-mail. Do not forget to include “Student ID [half-width] _Name_ Science Tokyo Post-SPRING (MD) Inquiry” in the e-mail title.

*Please contact us if you do not receive an e-mail confirming our receipt of your message within two days of sending (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).

*Depending on the nature of your inquiry, it may take some time to respond, so please allow sufficient time when contacting us.