International Joint Research Program
JRP-LEAD with DFG
Data
FY 2026
Number of Planned Awards: Up to 10
Number of Applications for Full Proposal: 30
Actual Number of Awards: 10
FY 2022
Number of Planned Awards: Around 8
Number of Applications for Full Proposal: 43
Actual Number of Awards: 8
FY 2018
Number of Planned Awards: Around 10
Number of Applications for Full Proposal: 25
Actual Number of Awards: 9
FY2026
| Title of Project | PI（Japan） | Affiliation（Japan） | PI（Germany） | Affiliation（Germany） |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light-induced states and non-equilibrium phases in antiferromagnets | Tsuyoshi KIMURA |
Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
Istvan KEZSMARKI | Professor, University of Augsburg |
| Emergence of exotic superconducting states in multiorbital systems under extreme conditions | Takasada SHIBAUCHI |
Professor, Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
Anna BOEHMER | Professor, Ruhr University Bochum |
| Charge carrier dynamics and coupling to the crystal lattice in Borophane (BORODYNA) | Iwao MATSUDA |
Professor, the Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo |
Uwe BOVENSIEPEN | Full Professor (W3), University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Quantum Hall calorimetry of quantum materials | Masayuki HASHISAKA |
Associate Professor, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo |
Erwann BOCQUILLON | Professor (W2), University of Cologne |
| Hybrid magnetoelastic wave devices with van der Waals materials for information and communication technologies | Masashi SHIRAISHI |
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University |
Nicola POCCIA | Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research |
| Thermodynamics of non-conservative interactions: applications and fundamental constraints | Andreas DECHANT |
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science - Department of Physics I, Kyoto University |
Eric LUTZ | Professor, University of Stuttgart |
| Local and non-local spin-dependent ultrafast electronic current dynamics in ferromagnetic heterostructures | Kenta KURODA |
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University |
Uwe BOVENSIEPEN | Professor, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Optimizing target search in smart active matter | Mitsusuke TARAMA |
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University |
Hartmut LOEWEN | Professor, Heinrich-Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf |
| Photo-Electronic Phenomena of Halide-Perovskites in Ceramic Matrix (PerMix) | Seigo ITO |
Professor, Department of Materials and Synchrotron Radiation Engineering, University of Hyogo |
Schmidt-Mende LUKAS | Professor, University of Konstanz |
| Physical mechanisms underlying cellular senescence and rejuvenation | Ryo SUZUKI |
Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University |
Christoph Alexander Gerhard WEBER | Professor, University of Augsburg |
FY2022
| Title of Project | PI（Japan） | Affiliation（Japan） | PI（Germany） | Affiliation（Germany） |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anion Defect Chemistry for Advanced Battery Materials | Takashi NAKAMURA |
Associate Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University |
Juergen JANEK | Professor, Justus Liebig University Giessen |
| Material-structure-property relations in bifunctional electrodes for metal oxygen batteries - homogenous material synthesis and advanced operando analysis | Hajime ARAI |
Professor, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Daniel SCHROEDER | Full Professor, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig |
| New AlPN/GaN semiconductor heterojunctions for better GaN based electronics | Markus PRISTOVSEK |
Dedicated Professor, Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University |
Eberhard RICHTER | Research associate, Group leader, Ferdinand-Braun-Institute, Leibniz-Institute for High-Frequency Technology |
| Photo-responsive electrode materials and multifunctional electrolytes for Li-ion batteries for multi-modal energy harvesting | Yuki YAMADA |
Professor, SANKEN, Osaka University |
Sanjay MATHUR | Director, Professor, University of Cologne |
| Interdisciplinary study on degradation of material strength due to high-temperature hydrogen for safety of advanced high-temperature hydrogen technologies | Masanobu KUBOTA |
Professor, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University |
Cynthia Ann VOLKERT | Professor, University of Gottingen |
| Modelling and Understanding the Mechanism of Electrode Densification for Sulfidic All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries | Shuji OHSAKI |
Associate Professor, Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University |
Peter MICHALOWSKI | Head of Research Department Battery Process Engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig |
| Development of Hybrid Single-Atom Photocatalysts based on Graphene Quantum Dots and 2D Materials Toward Solar Energy Conversion | Akimitsu NARITA |
Assistant Professor, Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |
Bernd SMARSLY | Professor, Justus Liebig University Giessen |
| Development of magnetic refrigeration materials for hydrogen liquefaction using combinatorial research approach | Hossein SEPEHRI AMIN |
Principal Researcher, Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials, National Institute for Materials Science |
Konstantin SKOKOV | Senior Researcher, Technical University of Darmstadt |
FY2018
| Title of Project | PI（Japan） | Affiliation（Japan） | PI（Germany） | Affiliation（Germany） |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomass burning organic aerosol in Europe and Asia: Molecular composition and impact on air quality | Kimitaka KAWAMURA |
Professor, Chubu University |
Hartmut HEERMANN |
Professor, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research |
| Wave coupling processes of the middle and upper atmosphere: Interannual and long-term variability (VACILT) | Huixin LIU |
Associate Professor, Kyushu University |
Christoph JACOBI |
Professor, Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig |
| Development, Analysis, and Implementation of Computationally Efficient Models for Resolving CEllular and COMmunity Composition of Plankton (CECOMP) | Lan Smith SHERWOOD |
Senior Scientist, Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and Technology |
Onur KERIMOGLU |
Postdoctoral Researcher, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht |
| Topotactic transformation of naturally occurring layer silicates into porous framework silicates | Atsushi SHIMOJIMA |
Professor, Waseda University |
Bernd MARLER |
Senior Lecturer, Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum |
| HIGHER: High-temperature and high-pressure rheology of rock fractures: impacts on hydrothermal fluids circulation in magmatic systems | Noriaki WATANABE |
Associate Professor, Tohoku University |
Francesco PARISIO |
Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology |
| Testing Isotopologues as Diabatic Heating Proxy for Atmospheric Data Analyses | Kei YOSHIMURA |
Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo |
Matthias SCHNEIDER |
Group Head of Remote Sensing of Water Isotopoloques, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| Chemical and structural variations of bivalve shells at the micrometer scale - taking sclerochronology to the next level | Kotaro SHIRAI |
Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo |
Bernd R. SCHOENE |
Professor, Institute of Geosciences, University of Mainz |
| Combing Paleontology and Developmental Biology to Understand Skull Evolution in Turtles | Daisuke KOYABU |
Associate Professor, Musashino Art University |
Ingmar WERNEBURG |
Curator of Paleontology, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment Tübingen |
| Short-term variability of the equatorial ionosphere and its association with planetary-scale waves | Yasunobu MIYOSHI |
Associate Professor, Kyushu University |
Yosuke YAMAZAKI |
Researcher, Geophysics, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences |
*Note that the above list is compiled based on the information obtained from Japanese PIs and Counterpart PIs at the time of adoption.