- Organizing for better understanding JST
- ERATO
- Professor
- Professors Inami and Kawahara
- Up to 1.2 billion yen
- CREST
- Associate professor to professor
- Was this related to Professor Ochyai’s xDiversity?
- 150 million to 500 million yen
- SAKIGAKE
- Assistant professor to associate professor, occasionally a Ph.D. holder
- Mr. Kasahara and Mr. Ryosuzk
- 30 to 40 million yen
- ACT-X
- Ph.D. holder to assistant professor, occasionally a master’s degree holder
- Mr. Kimura and Mr. Yoshida
- Standard amount in the millions
[JSPS]
- Special Promotion Research
- Research carried out by one or a relatively small number of researchers with truly outstanding originality, pioneering new academic fields, and expecting significantly outstanding research outcomes
- (3 to 5 years, up to 500 million yen or more if necessary)
- Fundamental Research
- (S) 5 years in principle, over 50 million yen up to 200 million yen
- (A) 3 to 5 years, over 20 million yen up to 50 million yen
- (B) 3 to 5 years, over 5 million yen up to 20 million yen
- (C) 3 to 5 years, up to 5 million yen
- Challenging Research
- (Exploratory/Pioneering) Research plan organized by one or multiple researchers aiming to significantly transform or revolutionize the existing academic system or direction, with the potential for leapfrog development
- Exploratory research includes strongly exploratory or nascent research
- (Pioneering) 3 to 6 years, over 5 million yen up to 20 million yen
- (Exploratory) 2 to 3 years, up to 5 million yen
- Young Researcher Research conducted by a researcher who has obtained a Ph.D. degree less than 8 years ago
- 2 to 5 years, up to 5 million yen
