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AMED-CREST, PRIME application support

JST Application Deadline
Sakigake/ACT-X: May 27 (Tue)
CREST: June 3 (Tue)
AMED Application Deadline
AMED-CREST・PRIME: May 29 (Thu)

Research period and research budget

  Research period Total grant amount

JST CREST
AMED-CREST

Within 5.5 years
Approximately 150-500 million yen
JST PRESTO
AMED-PRIME
Within 3.5 years
Approximately 30-40 million yen
ACT-X
The funding is several million yen over a period of 2.5 years. Highly evaluated projects will receive additional support for up to one year as an acceleration phase.


 
Launch
year
 JST Homepage       JST Homepage
2025

No public call [Q-MATL]
Quantum Material

Research Supervisor
Eiji SaitohProfessor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

[Fluctuation-based Materials] Creation of Functional Materials through Introduction/Control of Fluctuations

Research Supervisor
Takayoshi Sasaki
Fellow, National Institute for Materials Science
[Fluctuation-based Materials]
Materials Innovation through Understanding and Controlling Fluctuations

Research Supervisor
Shinji TsuneyukiProfessor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

[Embodied AI Systems] Fundamentals and Core Technologies for Embodied AI

Research Supervisor
Tetsuya Ogata
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University / Director, Future Robotics Organization, Waseda University
[Real-World Intelligence Fundamentals] Fundamental Innovation for Real-World Intelligent Systems

Research Supervisor
Tatsuya HaradaProfessor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

[Symbiotic AI Interdisciplinary System]
Creation of Interdisciplinary System Foundation for a Symbiotic and Collaborative Society with Humans and AI

Research Supervisor
Kiyoshi Izumi
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
[Symbiotic AI Fundamentals] Fundamental Research & Development for a Symbiotic and Collaborative Society with Human and AI

Research Supervisor
Naomi YamashitaProfessor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University

[Supra-Biological Tissue]
Creation and Novel Function Development of Supra-Biological Tissues through Interdisciplinary Fusion

Research Supervisor
Kazunari Akiyoshi
Professor Emeritus & Project Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
[Supra-Biological Tissues]
Creation of Supra-Biological Tissues through Understanding and Control of Multicellular Dynamics

Research Supervisor
Mototsugu EirakuProfessor, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
2024 No public call


Building a foundation for innovation in research and development processes using AI and robots
and putting it to practical use
[Research and development process innovation]

Overview of the field/Overall policy      

Strategic Objective Summary
FY2024 information session materials
 
FY2024 information session video
Contents of the seminar


Creation of mathematical foundations for prediction and control
[Predictive Mathematics Foundations]

Overview of the field/Overall policy     

Strategic Objective Summary
FY2024 information session materials

FY2024 information session video
 Contents of the seminar



Exploring new science that utilizes mathematics to predict and control the future
[Future Mathematical Science]

Overview of the field/Overall policy     

Strategic Objective Summary
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video
Contents of the seminar



The Frontier of the Fusion of Light with Information, Communications, Sensing, and
Materials
[Photonics Fusion]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session videoContents of the seminar




Pioneering the fusion of physics and information through light
[Photonics fusion]

Overview of the field/Overall policy     

Strategic Objective Summary
FY2024 information session materials 

FY2024 information session video

Contents of the seminar




Creation of innovative fusion technologies for materials creation and recycling processes and
construction of their scientific principles
[Materials creation and recycling]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar





Establishment of fundamental theories and development of fundamental technologies for the creation and recycling of materials
[Creation and recycling of materials]

Overview of the field/Overall policy   
Strategic Objective Summary
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar




Elucidating vitality through innovative measurement and analysis technologies
[vitality]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    
Strategic Objective Summary
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar



Elucidation of mechanisms behind the restoration or diversification of living organisms based on multi-scale measurements in time and space
[The dual nature of vitality]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar


 Already launched in 2023

Cell manipulation
[Playing with cells]
Strategic Objective Summary

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar


2023


Development of a co-creative frontier through interdisciplinary fusion of quantum and classical fields
[Quantum Frontier]
(hybrid field with Sakigake)

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary Area HP Adopted MAP
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar

2023 Information Session VideoContents of the seminar


Development of co-creative frontiers through interdisciplinary fusion of quantum and classical fields
[Quantum Frontier]
(hybrid area with CREST)

Overview of the field/Overall policy       

Strategic Objective Summary Area HP Adopted MAP
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar

2023 Information Session VideoContents of the seminar

Unlocking the potential of the ocean by elucidating the relationship between the ocean and CO2 [ Marine Carbon]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary Area HP Adopted MAP
FY2024 information session materials 
FY2024 information session video
Contents of the seminar

2023 Information Session Video Contents of the seminar


Understanding the interactions between the marine biosphere and climate and steering the carbon cycle
[Marine biosphere]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary Area HP Adopted MAP
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video
Contents of the seminar

2023 Information Session Video Contents of the seminar






Fundamental technology for utilizing semiconductor device structures using nanomaterials
[Nanomaterial Semiconductors]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary Area HP Adopted MAP
FY2024 information session materials 
FY2024 information session video
Contents of the seminar

2023 Information Session VideoContents of the seminar


Nanomaterials for creating new devices
[Nanomaterials and Devices]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary Area HP Adopted MAP
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar


Cell manipulation
[Playing with cells]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary Area HP Adopted MAP
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar

2023 Information Session Video Contents of the seminar

No public call
No public call


Creating human-centered interactions that solve social issues
[Human-centered interactions]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary Area HP Adopted MAP
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar

2023 Information Session Video Contents of the seminar


No public call


Construction of a foundation for innovation in measurement and analysis processes
[Measurement and analysis foundation]

Overview of the field/Overall policy    

Strategic Objective Summary Area HP Adopted MAP
FY2024 information session materials
FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar

2023 Information Session Video Contents of the seminar






































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Launch year
Explanation video about the AMED-CREST / PRIME project
2025 Research and Development Director: Hirotsugu Asahara (Professor, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo University of Science)
Deputy Director General: Jun Kunisawa (Vice President, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition)
Deputy Director General: Motohiko Miyaji (Professor, School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University)

We invite applications for research and development proposals that aim to form new research trends and create innovative technological seeds by reorganizing past research on nutrition and exercise from the perspective of "vitality" and integrating a wide range of research results, from cohort studies to molecular and cell biology.
2024 Elucidating the mechanisms of sex and individual differences and creating prediction technologies2024 seminar materials2024 seminar videos
 
kenkyuukaihatsumokuhyou
  Contents of the seminar
2023 Elucidation of the mechanism of stress response and disease onset (CREST) ​​(PRIME)    FY2024 briefing materials FY2024 briefing video
  
kenkyuukaihatsumokuhyou Area HP
Adopted MAPAdopted MAP
Contents of the seminar
2023 Information Session Video
 Contents of the seminar Contents of the seminar

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Launch
year
ACT-X
  2025 [Biological Functions]
Understanding and Designing Biological Functions
Research Director: Masato Ikawa
2024 Life and Information [Life and Information]
Overview of the field/Overall policy  

Summary
FY2024 information session materials 
 FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar

Cyber ​​infrastructure for AI coexistence
[cyberinfrastructure]
Overview of the field/Overall policy   
Summary
FY2024 information session materials  FY2024 information session video Contents of the seminar
2023 Innovation in Mathematics and Information Sciences to Build Next-Generation AI
[Next-Generation AI/Mathematical Information]
Overview of the field/Overall policy   
Summary Area HP
FY2024 information session materials 
 FY2024 information session video FY2023 information session videoContents of the seminar
Contents of the seminar
Innovative materials pioneered through trans-scale understanding
[Transscale]
Overview of the field/Overall policy  

Summary Area HP
FY2024 information session materials  FY2024 information session video FY2023 information session video Contents of the seminar
Contents of the seminar

Important notice : Research ethics training

◆JST-CREST/PRESTO
 Research proposal applicants (CREST/PRESTO) are required to have completed a research ethics education program . Those who have taken the CITI-JAPAN research ethics education program (e-learning) do not need to take the research ethics program again when applying. You can check your attendance history here. For Information on taking the program, please also refer to the relevant JST page.
 Those who have completed the CITI-JAPAN course should have 
completed three or more units, including two units on 
Responsible Conduct of Research and Research Misconduct. For inquiries about the CITI-JAPAN program, please contact the person in charge at your department.
 

◆AMED-CREST/PRIME

 For AMED-CREST/PRIME, the R&D representative and R&D co-investigators are 
required to take the program in the first year after the R&D project is selected . For details , please refer to the relevant website .


Application support by URA
(for CREST, PRESTO, and PRIME)

We are taking the following measures for those who wish to apply to JST-CREST/PRESTO and AMED-CREST/PRIME. If you are interested, please contact gksh-ura(at)research.kobe-u.ac.jp. (Please change (at) to @)

Information on the research area (such as the content of the open call Information session session) will be provided on the URA website. In addition, a project selection map (created by the URA) will be provided
to those who request it . * 

Support for preparing research proposal applications
 We  will provide advice on how to write research proposal applications and their contents, as well as provide comments  on research proposal applications . * 

Support for interviews
  We will provide comments on interview materials and support in conducting mock interviews with experts.

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