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We release the English version of Application Procedure for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (FY2010; original version was released on September 1, 2009),and Application Forms.

Please click "How to apply" to download Application Procedure and Application Forms.

This Handbook has been prepared primarily for researchers who are using Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) or who are planning to apply for these grants. It provides a simple description of the basic contents of the grant program.

From January 2009, this corner is provided as one of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) Program's PR initiatives. It posts essays by researchers who are or have conducted research using KAKENHI, in which they express their views and wishes regarding the program.
Each month, one researcher will be asked to write an essay for this conner.

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(KAKENHI) support a wide variety of research activities carried out at universities and other research institutions across Japan. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT) and JSPS disburse these KAKENHI grants. In this newsletter, we introduce some of the recent results of KAKENHI-supported research activities.

We have published the booklet that introduces the large-scale research projects newly selected in FY 2009 in the categories Specially Promoted Research as well as Scientific Research (S) and Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (S). (For detailed information of these categories, click "Types of Grants Programs".)
It is hoped that this booklet will help to enhance understanding of research activities in universities and other research institutions in Japan.

This Q&A piece, which provides basic information about the Kakenhi grant program, is meant for overseas researchers who have recently arrived in Japan.