Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

List of Completed Projects

A. Advanced Research Networks

List of FY2020 Projects

(Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2025)
Project Title Core Institute / Japanese Coordinator Partner Countries / Core Institute
Formation of an International Research Center for Experimental Financial Market Waseda University / FUNAKI Yukihiko, Professor France / Montpellier University
The Netherlands / University of Amsterdam
Taiwan / National Taiwan University
Singapore / Nanyang Technological University
USA / The University of Arizona
International research network to reveal dark matter in the universe by multidisciplinary approach in particle and astrophysics Nagoya University / HISANO Junji, Professor Germany / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
Italy / INFN Padova
UK / The University of Edinburgh
Korea / Institute for Basic Science
Exploration of the origin and evolution of matter and space time: a research consortium for cosmic microwave background The University of Tokyo / KUSAKA Akito, Associate Professor Korea / Korea University
Spain / Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC)
Germany / Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
USA / University of California, Berkeley
UK / Cardiff University
Italy / Sapienza Universita' di Roma
France / Laboratoire de physique des 2 infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab)
Norway / University of Oslo
Canada / University of Toronto
International Core-to-Core Project on Mixed Anion Research for Energy Conversion Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University / KAGEYAMA Hiroshi, Professor UK / University of Oxford
Belgium / University of Antwerp
France / University of Bordeaux
China / Shenzhen Polytechnic
Establishing an International Research Center for Multi-Energy Harvesting Materials and Devices to Realize the IoT Society Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University / NARITA Fumio, Professor UK / University of Manchester
China / Tsinghua University
International consortium of data-driven medical research toward personalized medicine Chiba University / KAWAKAMI Eiryo, Professor Luxembourg / University of Luxembourg
Germany / University of Tubingen
Establishment of Global Research Institute for Uncovering Glycan Organized Life Principle Gifu University / ANDO Hiromune, Professor Australia / Griffith University
Canada / University of Alberta
France / University Lille
Taiwan / Academia Sinica
Integrative approach for normal and leukemic stem cells Kumamoto University / SASHIDA Goro, Professor Sweden / Lund University
Germany / German Cancer Research Center
UK / Imperial College London
USA / UT Health San Antonio
Establishment of the International Center of Excellence for Integrated Radiation Science Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University / HARADA Hiroshi, Professor UK / University of Oxford
USA / Harvard University
France / Institut Pasteur
Canada / University of Toronto
Korea / UNIST
China / Shenzhen University
Taiwan / National Taiwan University

List of FY2019 Projects

(Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2024)
Project Title Core Institute / Japanese Coordinator Partner Countries / Core Institute
Advanced Core-to-Core Network for High-Temperature Plasma Dynamics and Structure Formation Based on Magnetic Field Diversity Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University / NAGASAKI Kazunobu, Professor China / Southwest Jiaotong University
Germany / Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
USA / University of Wisconsin-Madison
Establishment of the Center for Collaborative Research in Data-Driven Plasma Science Osaka University / HAMAGUCHI Satoshi, Professor Germany / Ruhr University Bochum
France / Aix-Marseille University
Ireland / Dublin City University
Italy / University of Bologna
Establishing advanced international research base for elucidating intercellular communication based on comprehensive understanding on single molecule/single particle spectroscopy Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University / UJII Hiroshi, Professor Australia / The University of Melbourne
Belgium / KU Leuven
International Network on Polyoxometalate Science for Advanced Functional Energy Materials Hiroshima University / SADAKANE Masahiro, Professor China / Northeast Normal University
Germany / Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
France / Centrale Lille
UK / Newcastle University
Chemistry and physics of two-dimensional conjugated polymer, coordination nanosheet The University of Tokyo / SHIONOYA Mitsuhiko, Professor China / Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Germany / Technical University of Dresden
UK / University of Cambridge
Japan-Europe Research Hub for Translational Medical Engineering (JETMeE) Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo / KIM Beomjoon, Professor Switzerland / Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
France / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Pan-Pacific Serendipity Lab The University of Tokyo / GODA Keisuke, Professor Australia / University of Wollongong
Canada / University of Alberta
China / Wuhan University
Korea / Hanyang University
Mexico / Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Taiwan / National Chiao Tung University
USA / University of California, Los Angeles
International Research Network for spatiotemporal analysis of virus infections Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University / NODA Takeshi, Professor Germany / University of Freiburg
France / University of Strasbourg
UK / University of Glasgow
USA / University of California Los Angeles

List of FY2018 Projects

(Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2023)
*Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2022
Project Title Core Institute / Japanese Coordinator Partner Countries / Core Institute
International Research Network for Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity Hokkaido University / KATO Hirofumi, Professor Australia / Australia National University
Canada / Simon Fraser University
UK / University of Oxford
Netherlands / University of Groningen
Sweden / Uppsala University
Taiwan / National Taiwan University
The European Union and Japan in a Fluid Global Liberal Order: Establishing an Inter-Regional Studies Centre Waseda University / NAKAMURA Hidetoshi, Professor Belgium / Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Germany / Freie Universitat Berlin
UK / University of Warwick
New Zealand / University of Canterbury
Unexplored Universe disclosed by Gravitational Waves and Multi-messenger astronomy Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo / MIYOKI Shinji, Professor Australia / Swinburne University of Technology
China / Beijing Normal University
Germany / Max Planck Institute
UK / University of Glasgow
India / Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Italy / European Gravitational Observatory
Korea / Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Taiwan / National Tsing-Hua University
USA / California Institute of Technology
Vietnam / Hanoi National University for Education
France / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Global Developments of Researches in Lepton Flavor Physics with Muons International Center for Elementary Particle Physics, The University of Tokyo / MORI Toshinori, Professor Switzerland / Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
Italy / National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Pisa
Clarification of emission mechanism of thermally-activated delayed fluorescenceand challenge for novel light emitting materials Kyushu University / ADACHI Chihaya, Professor Australia / The University of Queensland
France / Sorbonne University
UK / University of St Andrews
Defect Functionalized Sustainable Energy Materials: Design to Devices Application * Tokyo Institute of Technology / HOSONO Hideo, Director / Institute Professor Canada / McGill University
UK / University College London
An international cutting-edge network for the study of protein aggregation Osaka University / GOTO Yuji, Specially Appointed Researcher Australia / University of Wollongong
Germany / Technical University of Munich
Denmark / Aarhus University
UK / University College London
Hungary / Eotvos Lorand University
Italy / University of Udine
Poland / University of Warsaw
Glial brain science research by the International Glia Consortium Kobe University / WAKE Hiroaki, Project Professor Canada / University of Montreal
Germany / Saarland University
Denmark / University of Copenhagen
USA / Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
UK / University College London

List of FY2017 Projects

(Apr.2017 - Mar.2022)
Project Title Core Institute / Japanese Coordinator Partner Countries / Core Institute
Academic Consortium for Creating the Value of Religious Cultural Heritage through Text Studies Nagoya University / ABE Yasurou, Visiting Professor USA / Colombia University
France / College de France
Germany / Free University of Berlin
International network to explore novel superconductivity at advanced oxide superconductor/magnet interfaces and in nanodevices Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University / MAENO Yoshiteru, Professor UK / University of Cambridge
Korea / IBS Center for Correlated Electron Systems (IBS CCES)
Italy / CNR SPIN Institute (University of Salerno)
Solid Oxide Interfaces for Faster Ion Transport (SOIFIT) Kyushu University / MATSUMOTO Hiroshige, Professor UK / Imperial College London
Switzerland / Paul Scherrer Institut
USA / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
International Network of Multi-modal Medical Engineering for Precision Medicine Chiba University / HANEISHI Hideaki, Professor Finland / University of Eastern Finland
Thailand / Thammasat University
China / Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Canada / University of Waterloo
USA / Weill Cornell Medicine
France / Laboratoire de Mecaniueet et D' Acoustique (Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics) / LMA, CNRS
New Zealand / The University of Auckland
International Core of Excellence for Tropical Biodiversity Conservation focusing on Large Animal Studies Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University / KOSHIMA Shiro, Specially Appointed Professor Brazil / National Institute for Amazonian Research
India / Indian Institute of Science
Malaysia / Universiti Sains Malaysia
Indonesia / Bogor Agricultural University
China / Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UK / University of Cambridge
Establishment of international agricultural immunology research-core for a quantum improvement in food safety Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University / TAKAHASHI Hideki, Professor USA / Texas A&M University
China / Yangzhou University
The Netherlands / Wageningen University
Argentina / Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos
International Core Research Center for Phototheranostics The University of Tokyo / URANO Yasuteru, Professor Canada / University of Toronto
USA / Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital
UK / University of Cambridge
Switzerland / Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Germany / Ulm University
Nanobiology of neural plasticity based on optical nanoscopy Graduate School of Brain Science, Doshisha University / SAKABA Takeshi, Professor Germany / Free University Berlin, Neurocure, FMP
France / University Paris 5
USA / University of Maryland
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