JST announces call for proposals for CREST and PRESTO research projects.
Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST, PRESTO)
Call for research proposals for fiscal year 24 has begun.
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We have now begun accepting research proposals for the 24 fiscal year under the JST's Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST and PRESTO).
■ Application deadline
CREST: Noon on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Strictly observed
Sakigake: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, noon (strictly enforced)
*Please submit your application as early as possible to allow ample time.
■ CREST research areas for which research proposals are being solicited
[Research areas established in FY24]
◇ "Creation and Integration of Theoretical and Fundamental Technologies for the Construction of Distributed Cooperative Energy Management Systems"
(Research Director: Masayuki Fujita)
◇ "Creating technologies for realizing optimal medical care based on a network-based understanding of the mechanisms of maintaining, altering, and disrupting biological homeostasis."
(Research Director: Ryozo Nagai)
◇ "Structural life science and cutting-edge fundamental technologies aimed at innovation in life sciences"
(Research Director: Keiji Tanaka)
◇ "Development of molecular technologies aimed at creating new functions"
(Research Director: Takashi Yamamoto)
[Research areas established in FY23]
◇ "Interface Science for High-Efficiency Energy Utilization"
(Research Director: Nobuhide Kasagi, Deputy Research Director: Kazuhito Hashimoto)
◇ "Creation of fundamental technologies for strengthening the material productivity of plants and utilizing their products, with the aim of converting carbon dioxide into resources."
(Research Director: Akira Isogai)
◇ "Creation of fundamental technologies that contribute to the conservation and restoration of marine biodiversity and ecosystems"
(Research Director: Isao Koike)
◇ "Creation of new technologies for diagnosis and treatment based on epigenomic research"
(Research Director: Masayuki Yamamoto, Deputy Research Director: Toshikazu Ushijima)
◇ "Creation of fundamental technologies for understanding and controlling biological dynamics"
(Research Director: Masashi Yamamoto)
[Research areas established in FY22]
◇ "Creation of fundamental technologies for elucidating and controlling the mechanisms of chronic inflammation"
(Research Director: Masayuki Miyasaka)
◇ "Creation of system software technologies that contribute to post-petascale high-performance computing"
(Research Director: Akinori Yonezawa)
◇ "Creation of innovative functions for materials based on elemental strategy"
(Research Director: Kohei Tamao)
◇ "Creation of fundamental technologies for bioenergy production through elucidation and control of the functions of algae and aquatic microorganisms"
(Research Director: Tadashi Matsunaga)
■ PRESTO Research Areas for which Research Proposals are Solicited
[Research areas established in FY24]
◇ "Elucidation and control of the mechanisms of dynamic homeostasis maintenance and transformation in living organisms"
(Research Director: Masato Kasuga)
◇ "Structural life science and cutting-edge fundamental technologies aimed at innovation in life sciences"
(Research Director: Soichi Wakatsuki)
◇ "Molecular Technology and the Creation of New Functions"
(Research Director: Takashi Kato)
[Research areas established in FY23]
◇ "High-efficiency energy utilization and interfacial interactions"
(Research Director: Kazuhito Hashimoto, Deputy Research Director: Nobuhide Kasagi)
◇ "Creation of fundamental technologies for strengthening the material productivity of plants and utilizing their products, with the aim of converting carbon dioxide into resources."
(Research Director: Akira Isogai)
◇ "Constitutive understanding and control of cellular functions"
(Research Director: Taiki Ueda)
[Research areas established in FY22]
◇ "Elucidation and control of the mechanisms of chronic inflammation"
(Research Director: Kiyoshi Takatsu)
◇ "New Materials Science and Elemental Strategy"
(Research Director: Hideo Hosono)
◇ "Creation of fundamental technologies for bioenergy production through elucidation and control of the functions of algae and aquatic microorganisms"
(Research Director: Tadashi Matsunaga)
●For further details, please visit the research proposal solicitation website below.
http://www.senryaku.jst.go.jp/teian.html
■Contact:
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Strategic Research Promotion Department
(For recruitment purposes only) Email: rp-info@jst.go.jp
(Recruitment only) TEL: 03-3512-3530
