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Outline of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research <KAKENHI>

Grants-in-Aid are awarded to promote creative and pioneering research across a wide spectrum of scientific fields, ranging from the humanities and social sciences to the natural sciences. Grants are awarded to projects organized by individual researchers or research groups at Japanese universities or research institutes engaged in basic research, particularly research in critical fields attuned to advanced research trends.

Research results obtained under these Grants-in-Aid are widely published in academic journals.

From FY1999, some functions of the Grants-in-Aid program were transferred to JSPS from Monbusho (now Monbu Kagakusho [Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)]).



How to apply

Application closed

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.

Handbook for Researchers

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.

KAKENHI ESSAY SERIES

From January 2009, this new corner is provided as one of the Grant-in-Program's PR initiatives. It posts essays by researchers who are or have conducted reseacher using Grants-in-Aid, 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.

Frontline Scientific Research Projects Advanced in JAPAN(PDF:164.4Mb)

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.

Q&A   [English]  [Japanese]

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

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