The RIKEN Center for Brain Science (RIKEN CBS), located just outside Tokyo, Japan, offers a summer program to train advanced students interested in brain function. Applicants may choose either a 2-month laboratory internship (Plan A) within a RIKEN CBS laboratory or an intensive 5 days lecture course (Plan B) featuring a distinguished international faculty. Those participating in the internship may also enroll in the lecture course. The course consists of an intensive 5 days lecture series featuring distinguished international faculty and poster sessions to be put on by the program participants. 

Attendees come from wide-ranging academic backgrounds and are usually enrolled in graduate courses or have recently embarked on postdoctoral research. However, candidates holding other positions are encouraged to apply.  Applicants must be enrolled in an academic institute or company at the time of application throughout the program period. You need to submit a certificate of enrollment at your affiliation during the program.  All accepted students must be able to travel to Tokyo.
Program dates: June 9 – August  7, 2026
Costs:
1) No registration fees are required.
2) Dormitory fee: Participants must cover airfare and accommodations, except those approved via request letter.
3) Participants in the internship course are required to have accident insurance.

Application Period: Mid November 2026 – 9 AM JST Wednesday January 7, 2026

Lodging: RIKEN will provide financial assistance to participants in courses A and B whose letters requesting financial support have been approved. Applicants must follow RIKEN’s travel itinerary in accordance with RIKEN’s regulations.

• Accommodation
• Round-trip airfare or bullet train (Shinkansen) fare
  Airfare and domestic transportation must be purchased by the participant. Reimbursement will be made after the required documents are submitted upon return to your country.