International Joint Research Program
JRP-LEAD with UKRI
Data
FY 2024
Number of Planned Awards: Up to 15
Number of Applications for Full Proposal: 128
Actual Number of Awards: 15
FY 2021
Number of Planned Awards: Around 10
Number of Applications for Full Proposal: 166
Actual Number of Awards: 10
FY2018
Number of Planned Awards:Around 10
Number of Applications for Full Proposal:169
Actual Number of Awards:10
FY2024
| Title of Project | PI（Japan） | Affiliation（Japan） | PI（UK） | Affiliation（UK） |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atomistic understanding of extended defects in reduced tungsten oxide to guide the optimisation of properties for energy applications | IKUHARA Yuichi |
Project Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
Keith Patrick MCKENNA |
Professor, School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York |
| All-biobased in situ synthesized cellulose-lignin derived polymer composites | ENOMOTO Yukiko |
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
Stephen EICHHORN |
Professor, Bristol Composites Institute(BCI), University of Bristol |
| Explaining ductility in body-centred cubic metals through advanced atomic-scale characterisation | SHIBATA Naoya |
Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
Peter NELLIST |
Professor, Department of Materials, University of Oxford |
| Understanding Losses in Organic Semiconductors with Quantum Optical Single Molecule Spectroscopy | SHIMIZU Ryosuke |
Professor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications |
Gordon James HEDLEY |
Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Associate Professor), School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow |
| Multi-skyrmion materials | TANIYAMA Tomoyasu |
Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University |
Thomas MOORE |
Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds |
| Development of Advanced Carbene-Metal-based Multiresonant Luminophores | HATAKEYAMA Takuji |
Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University |
Alexander ROMANOV |
Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester |
| Design and Characterization of Inverted Singlet and Triplet Excited States with Organic Radicals | AIZAWA Naoya |
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Osaka University |
Emrys W. EVANS |
Research Fellow(PI), Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials, Swansea University |
| 3DAniMat - Functional 3D anisotropic materials via microstructured polymer-liquid-crystal resins | FUJITA Katsumasa |
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University |
Martin J BOOTH |
Professor, Engineering Science, The University of Oxford |
| 3D printing of Refractory Alloys and Role of Oxygen Uptake | SHINJO Junji |
Professor, Institute of Science and Technology, Shimane University |
Yuanbo Tony TANG |
Assistant Professor, School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham |
| Harnessing Chiral Light for Sustainable Production of Advanced Materials | TOGAWA Yoshihiko |
Professor, Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Metropolitan University |
Malcolm KADODWALA |
Gardiner Chair, Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow |
| Exploiting the PEG Dilemma to Innovate Advanced Healthcare Materials | AOYAGI Satoka |
Professor, Science and Technology, SEIKEI UNIVERSITY |
David SCURR |
Principal Research Fellow, Advanced Materials and Healthcare Technologies, University of Nottingham |
| State Independent Electrolytes for Energy Storage and Spin wave interference-Based Reservoir Computing | TERABE Kazuya |
Group Leader, Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science |
Paul MCGONIGAL |
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of York |
| Scaling NbN Films to Platform for Advanced Superconducting Quantum Technologies | NAKAMURA Yasunobu |
Team Reader, RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing, RIKEN |
Martin WEIDES |
Professor, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow |
| Accelerated Materials Discovery for Sustainable Hydrogen Compression | SAKAKI Kouji |
Group Leader, Energy Process Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
Martin DORNHEIM |
Leverhulme International Professor of Hydrogen Storage Materials and Systems, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham |
| Durable and resilient advanced cementitious materials for deep sea infrastructure | KAWABATA Yuichiro |
Group Leader, Structural Engineering Department, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology |
Hong Song WONG |
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London |
FY2021
| Title of Project | PI（Japan） | Affiliation（Japan） | PI（UK） | Affiliation（UK） |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation and complementary capabilities for vaccines | IIZUKA Michiko |
Professor, Graduate School of Policy Studies, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
Anabel Ivana Soledad MARIN |
Leader, Business, Markets & State Cluster, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex |
| Covid19 and the Law - Protection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups | NISHITANI Yuko |
Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University |
Eva LEIN |
Leader, Business, Markets & State Cluster, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex |
| AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY ON MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: RESCUING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN PANDEMIC EMERGENCIES FROM THE "TRAGEDY OF THE ANTICOMMONS" | MAEDA Takeshi |
Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe Univerisity |
Roy Andrew PARTAIN |
Professor, School of Law, University of Aberdeen (Scotland) |
| Measuring Trust and its Variance during the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Serial Surveys and Quantitative Text Analysis | SUNAHARA Yosuke |
Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe Univerisity Steve David |
Steve David PICKERING |
Senior Lecturer, Social and Political Sciences, Brunel University London |
| Comparative research on pastoral societies in post-Covid19 Inner Asian countries: case study of Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan | OZAKI Takahiro |
Professor, Faculty of law, economics and humanities, Kagoshima University |
Ariell Ligham AHEARN | Departmental Lecturer, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford |
| The COVID-19 shock: continuity and change in labour markets and employment policies in Japan and the UK. | TSURU Kotaro |
Professor, Business and Commerce, Keio University |
Jonathan PORTES |
Professor, Department of Political Economy, King's College London |
| Sustainable Cultural Futures: COVID-19 and Resetting Cultural Policy | KAWASHIMA Nobuko |
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University |
Hye-Kyung LEE |
Reader, Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King's College London |
| Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880 | AKAMA Ryo |
Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University |
Akiko YANO |
Curator, Department of Asia, British Museum |
| Learning from the trajectories of mental health challenges for children, young people and parents across Japan and UK over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed method analysis | MORISAKI Naho |
Director, Department of Social Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development |
Simona SKRIPKAUSKAITE |
Post-doctoral researcher, Experimental Psychology & Psychiatry, University of Oxford |
| Understanding Cross-Signing Phenomena in Video Conferencing Situations during/post- COVID-19 | BONO Mayumi |
Associate Professor, National Institute of Informatics, Research Organization of Information and Systems |
Robert ADAM |
Assistant Professor, Languages and Intercultural Communication, Heriot-Watt University |
FY2018
| Title of Project | PI（Japan） | Affiliation（Japan） | PI（UK） | Affiliation（UK） |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional interplay of ciliary trafficking complexes and motor proteins | Kazuhisa NAKAYAMA |
Professor, Kyoto University |
David J. STEPHENS |
Professor, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol |
| Shared challenges to form a spindle without centrosomes in plants and animals | Gohta GOSHIMA |
Professor, Nagoya University |
Hiroyuki OHKURA |
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh |
| Memory dynamics: the cellular signatures of systems memory | Thomas MCHUGH |
Team Leader, RIKEN |
Matthew W. JONES |
Professor, School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, University of Bristol |
| Genome stability established through epigenome plasticity during ageing and rejuvenation | Yasuyuki OHKAWA |
Professor, Kyushu University |
Masashi NARITA |
Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge |
| Structure-based vaccine design: using structural information from HIV-2 to design better HIV-1 immunogens | Katsumi MAENAKA |
Professor, Hokkaido University |
Sarah ROWLAND-JONES |
Professor, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford |
| Establishment of non-human primate pluripotent stem cells and its characterization | Hiromitsu NAKAUCHI |
Distinguished Professor, The University of Tokyo |
Austin SMITH |
Professor, Wellcome-MRC Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge |
| Quantifying Human Influence on Ocean Melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet | Satoshi KIMURA |
Scientist, Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and Technology |
Paul HOLLAND |
Shelf Seas Group Leader, British Antarctic Survey |
| Continuous chemical speciation of Asian VOC emissions for understanding the growth of surface ozone in East Asia | Takuya SAITO |
Senior Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies |
Alastair Charles LEWIS |
Professor, University of York |
| Genetics and evolutionary dynamics of male-killer suppression in the lacewing, Mallada desjardinsi | Daisuke KAGEYAMA |
Principal Researcher, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
Greg HURST |
Professor, University of Liverpool |
| Geodynamics and Tectonics Plate Analysis based on Distributed Optical Fibre Acoustic Sensors | Eiichiro ARAKI |
Deputy Group Leader, Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and Technology |
Gilberto BRAMBILLA |
Professor, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton |
*Note that the above list is compiled based on the information obtained from Japanese PIs and Counterpart PIs at the time of adoption.