About SATREPS

SATREPS

Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development

＊ Since FY2015, projects relating to Infectious Disease Control have been transferred to the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). Please see the AMED website for details of the Infectious Disease Control research field.

International Cooperation to Address Global Issues, Advance Science, Develop Capacity

• International Cooperation

  Enhancing international cooperation in science and technology between Japan and developing countries

• Addressing Global Issues and Advancing Science

  Acquiring new knowledge and technology that lead to the resolution of global issues and the advance of science and technology, and through this process, creating innovations

• Capacity Development

  Boosting self-reliant research and development capacity in developing countries through international joint research, constructing sustainable research systems that can contribute to resolving issues, coordinating networking between researchers, and training future human resources in developing countries and in Japan

• Capacity Development

  SATREPS joins and coordinates functions, activities, and capabilities that were once separate, using scientific research potential as a mediator for developmental diplomacy.Boosting self-reliant research and development capacity in developing countries through international joint research, constructing sustainable research systems that can contribute to resolving issues, coordinating networking between researchers, and training future human resources in developing countries and in Japan.

• Utilization of research outcomes

  The research projects should lead to future social and economic benefits, achieved by using newly obtained knowledge and technology to enhance government services or to develop products that can be deployed in the market.

SATREPS joins and coordinates functions, activities, and capabilities that were once separate, using scientific research potential as a mediator for developmental diplomacy

SATREPS joins and coordinates functions, activities, and capabilities that were once separate, using scientific research potential as a mediator for developmental diplomacy.

It is expected that the promotion of international joint research activities under this program will enable Japanese research institutions to conduct research more effectively in fields and targets where it is advantageous to implement the research in developing countries. Meanwhile, it is hoped that for research institutions in the developing countries, the establishment of research center facilities and the development of human resources through joint research activities will make it possible to develop self-reliant, sustainable research systems.

JST and JICA work together to fund research projects

Overall research and development management of the international joint research is handled jointly by JST, which has expertise in funding research projects at research institutions in Japan, and JICA, which has expertise in technical cooperation in developing countries.
JST will provide financial support to the Japanese research institutions for the project activities in Japan and JICA will provide financial support to the research institutions in the ODA recipient countries within the framework of technical cooperation projects*

* As JICA supports the partner country with ODA under the technical cooperation framework, the country is required to depend on its own efforts. Consequently, the local institution's costs incurred for the project (labor cost, office rent, consumables by local researchers, operation and maintenance of equipment provided, domestic transportation fees for local researchers, conference attendance allowances, and other miscellaneous costs) should in principle be covered by its own country.

※ With regard to ODA project expenses, expenses in the recipient country are managed by the principal investigator's institution, except for expenses that JICA directly shoulders, such as dispatch of long-term overseas researchers and project coordinator, etc.

Project budget

Projects selected

Since 2008, 193 projects in total have been conducted in 60 countries.

※ This includes projects in the area of Infectious Disease Control that were supported by JST until 2014. (Since FY2015 this research area has been supported by AMED.)

A total of 66 international joint research projects in 36 countries are currently in progress as SATREPS projects in Environment and Energy, Bioresources, and Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (as of April 17, 2025).