Lifecycle: { "status": "open", "edition": "FY2026", "cadence": "annual", "duration": "up to one year after contract signing", "renewable": null, "dates": { "deadline": "2026-07-31T12:00:00+09:00" } } Funding and benefits: { "cash": null, "total_pool": null, "benefits": [ "eligible exchange and capacity-development costs under JST guidelines" ] } Eligibility and filters: { "countries": [ "Japan", "ASEAN member states" ], "applicant": "exchange plans for students, researchers, teachers and science/technology workers, generally age 40 or younger", "age": null, "education": null, "institution": "submitted by the Japanese exchange organization", "exclusions": [] } Application: { "opens": "2026-06-01", "deadline": "2026-07-31T12:00:00+09:00", "decision": "late October 2026", "start": "after early December 2026", "end": null, "url": "https://www.jst.go.jp/aspire/nexus/y-tec/en/opencall.html", "materials": [ "application guideline forms", "exchange plan", "security export control documents" ], "selection_stages": [ "JST review", "funding decision" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "program_leaders": [ { "name": "Japan Science and Technology Agency", "role": "program owner" } ], "latest_recipients": [], "past_recipients": [], "coverage": "No complete named recipient roster was published in the reviewed sources." }, "history": { "launched": null, "editions": [ { "edition": "FY2025", "outcome": "selected exchange-plan list published" }, { "edition": "FY2024", "outcome": "past call archived" } ], "statistics": [] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "2026 per-plan maximum and total budget", "2026 selected plans" ] Source conflicts: []