Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology Fellowship Award
Application Deadline: October 15th, 2020 (Japan time)
The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology is pleased to invite young psychiatrists from around the world -particularly Asia- to apply for the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology Fellowship Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize early-career, outstanding psychiatrists and to encourage academic discussion and personal friendships with early-career Japanese psychiatrists at the 117th annual meeting of the JSPN on June 17th to 19th, 2021, in Kyoto, Japan.
Award recipients will receive a waiver of meeting registration fees, accommodation, and a prize (JPY 70,000 for recipients from World Bank A and B category countries, and JPY 140,000 for those from C and D countries). Award recipients will be expected to give a presentation at one of the international sessions, the themes of which are “Gambling disorder” and “Case Vignette (Reactive attachment disorder) ”, and attend other programs for JSPN Fellowship Award recipients. Award recipients will also be expected to participate in future JSPN Fellowship Award Alumni programs.
Applicants must:
- Be psychiatrists younger than 40 years of age or with 10 years or less experience in psychiatry
- Not be previous recipients of the JSPN Fellowship Award
- Belong to a World Psychiatric Association member society
(To ensure broad participation from around the world, the JSPN accepts nominations from each society up to a maximum of two applicants.)
# Meeting Information
The 117th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology
-Date: June 17th – 19th, 2021
-Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center
-Meeting president: Toshihiko Kinoshita（Professor, Kansai Medical University）
-Theme: Precious psychiatry bridging between tradition and innovation
[important] According to the situation, please note that it is possible the annual meeting might be held online in case that it is not able to hold at the venue to prevent COVID-19 infection.
# Application Procedure
For details, please ask the applicants to visit the English website of the JSPN.
Applicants must submit through On-Line Registration System for the 117th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology.