Invitation for Application of Research Proposals
CREST
| Research Areas | Research Supervisor | Strategic Sectors | Set up year of Research Areas |
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| Creation of Human-Harmonized Information Technology for Convivial Society | Yoh'ichi Tohkura Professor / Deputy Director General, National Institute of Informatics |
Creation of Basic Technology that Enables an Information Environment that is in Harmony with People | FY2009 (New Research Areas) |
| Creative research for clean energy generation using solar energy | Masafumi Yamaguchi Principal Professor, Toyota Technological Institute |
Creation of natural light energy conversion material and utilization basic technology through the fusion of different fields | |
| Elucidation of the Principles of Formation and Function of the Brain Neural Network and Creation of Control Technologies | Seiji Ozawa Professor, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare |
Clarification of the Control Mechanisms of Neural Circuit Operation and its Formation | |
| Innovative Technology and System for Sustainable Water Use | Shinichiro Ohgaki President, National Institute for Environmental Studies Mikio Yoda (Deputy Research Supervisor) Senior Chief Engineer, Information & Control Systems Division, Hitachi Limited |
Development of innovative technologies for realizing sustainable water management by mitigating water problems intensified by climate change | |
| Fundamental technologies for medicine concerning the generation and regulation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells | Toshio Suda Professor, School of Medicine, Keio University |
Creating fundamental technologies for advanced medicine through generation and regulation of stem cells, based on cellular reprogramming | FY2008 |
| Enhancing applications of innovative optical science and technologies by making ultimate use of advanced light sources | Tadashi Itoh Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University |
Enhancing advanced materials science and life science toward innovations using new light sources, including state-of-the-art laser technology | |
| Creation of nanosystems with novel functions through process integration | Jun'ichi Sone Vice President, Central Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation |
Creation of next-generation nanosystems through process integration | |
| Development of high-performance nanostructures for process integration | Masahiro Irie Professor, Department of Chemistry, Rikkyo University |
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| Creation of innovative technologies to control carbon dioxide emissions | Itaru Yasui President, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation |
Creation of innovative technologies related to reducing global warming in an effort to realize a sustainable society | |
| Etiological basics of and techniques for treatment of allergic and autoimmune diseases | Kazuo Sugamura President, Miyagi Cancer Center |
Development of medical technology using immunoregulation to overcome allergic and autoimmune diseases including pollinosis | |
| Creation of a novel technology towards diagnosis and treatment based on understanding of molecular pathogenesis of psychiatric and neurological disorders | Teruhiko Higuchi President, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan |
Creation of innovations toward the development of diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders based on elucidation of complex and higher brain functions | FY2007 |
| Fundamental technologies for dependable VLSI system | Shojiro Asai Vice President, Rigaku Corporation |
Development of fundamental technologies for the large-scale integrated-circuit system that can guarantee high reliability and high security | |
| Research of Innovative Material and Process for Creation of Next-generation Electronics Devices | Hisatsune Watanabe President & CEO, Semiconductor Leading Edge Technologies, Inc. |
Exploitation of materials and nanoprocesses for the realization of novel electronic devices with novel concepts, novel functions and novel structures | |
| Alliance for Breakthrough between Mathematics and Sciences (ABMS) | Yasumasa Nishiura Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University |
Search for Breakthrough by Mathematical / Mathematical Sciences Researches toward the Resolution of Issues with High Social Needs (Focusing on Collaboration with Wide Research Fields in Science and Technology) |
PRESTO
| Research Areas | Research Supervisor | Strategic Sectors | Set up year of Research Areas |
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| Information Environment and Humans | Toru Ishida Professor, Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University |
Creation of Basic Technology that Enables an Information Environment that is in Harmony with People | FY2009 (New Research Areas) |
| Photoenergy conversion systems and materials for the next generation solar cells | Shuzi Hayase Professor, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology |
Creation of natural light energy conversion material and utilization basic technology through the fusion of different fields | |
| Light energy and chemical conversion | Haruo Inoue Professor, Dean of Graduate Course of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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| Formation of and information processing by neural networks, and control | Fujio Murakami Dean, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University |
Clarification of the Control Mechanisms of Neural Circuit Operation and its Formation | |
| Epigenetic control and biological functions | Tsunehiro Mukai Trustee / Vice-President, Saga University |
Creating fundamental technologies for advanced medicine through generation and regulation of stem cells, based on cellular reprogramming | |
| Understanding life by iPS cells technology | Shin-Ichi Nishikawa Deputy Director, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN |
FY2008 | |
| Innovative use of light and materials/life | Hiroshi Masuhara Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University Taiwan / Guest Professor, Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
Enhancing advanced materials science and life science toward innovations using new light sources, including state-of-the-art laser technology | |
| Nanosystem and function emergence | Yoshihito Osada Deputy Director, Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN |
Creation of next-generation nanosystems through process integration | |
| Decoding and controlling brain information | Mitsuo Kawato Director, ATR Fellow, ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories |
Creation of innovative fundamental technologies for utilizing information related to action and judgment in the brain | |
| Synthesis of Knowledge for Information Oriented Society | Hideyuki Nakashima President, Future University-Hakodate |
Creation of fundamental technology for the generation and utilization of "knowledge" from diverse and large-scale information | |
| Materials and processes for innovative next-generation devices | Katsuaki Sato Emeritus Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Exploitation of materials and nanoprocesses for the realization of novel electronic devices with novel concepts, novel functions and novel structures | FY2007 |
| Alliance for Breakthrough between Mathematics and Sciences (ABMS) | Yasumasa Nishiura Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University |
Search for Breakthrough by Mathematical / Mathematical Sciences Researches toward the Resolution of Issues with High Social Needs (Focusing on Collaboration with Wide Research Fields in Science and Technology) | |
| Innovative model of biological processes and its development | Nanako Shigesada Professor, Faculty of Culture and Science, Doshisha University |
Elucidation of the Dynamic Mechanism of Biological System and Establishment of Fundamental Technology |
