Grants and Research Collaborations Section
Grants and Research Collaborations Section
Grants and Research Collaborations Section mainly provides a support for government-funded research grants and fellowships.
Location: A714, LAB3
For the research fund by a private sector, please contact Business Development Section (bd@oist.jp).
Main Tasks of Grants and Research Collaborations Section
- Providing information about research grants
- Support for brush-up of application documents
- Post-award financial management
- Support for management of major project and institutional project
↑Click to see pages of Pre-Award and Post-Award.
Calls for Proposals
Annual Grants Calender
Major Research Grants
KAKENHI
Funding Agency: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
KAKENHI is the largest public research grant which covers a wide range of scientific research area in Japan.
It covers widely from a small amount of research funds for fostering early-career researchers to a major funds and most of researchers can apply for.
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CREST, PRESTO, ACT-X
Funding Agency: JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
CREST: Promoting unique and world class level goal-oriented basic researches. Network-type research conducted by a joint research group (team-oriented).
PRESTO: Promoting unique, challenging and pioneering goal-oriented basic researches expected to be developed into world class level. Network-type research targeting to lead the world in achieving a result (individual research).
ACT-X: Aiming at establishing the early-career researchers' individuality while conducting a research of their unique ideas and creating researchers network under the guidance and advice by the research representative and the field advisor.
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Medical and Healthcare Grants
Funding Agency: AMED (Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development)
Grants for the medical research and development, and environmental improvement.
Promoting research and development focused on the six integrated projects: drugs, medical device, healthcare, regenerative medicine, cell and gene therapies and genomic medicine, according to the "Plan for the Promotion of Medical Research and Development" by the government.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship, Invitation Program for Foreign Researchers
Funding Agency: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
OIST faculties can host the fellows. Host researchers must submit all applications through OIST and close arrangement with the candidate is required.
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Research Fellowship for Young Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad
Funding Agency: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
Fostering and securing national top-class excellent Japanese and foreign early-career researchers by providing opportunities to focus on a research topic chosen with out-of-the-box ideas on their own initiatives.
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International Collaborations
Funding Agency: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
International joint research project targeting to foster early-career researchers through enhancing the opportunities of training collaborating with overseas academic promotion organization enhancing excellent researchers' joint research with overseas researchers.
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IMPORTANT
Researchers and administrative staff dealing with research fund are required to see the details.
Responsibility System for Public Research Funds Operations and Management
Misconduct Prevention Plan for Public Research Funds
Forms
Others
Inquiry about application and rules on expenditure of governmental research fund: grant@oist.jp