Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP) Information on Japan-France Joint Call for Proposals 2023 on Edge AI

（Last Update : February 28, 2023）

（January 13, 2023）

The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and L'Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR), in order to promote international research interaction and exchange among researchers in Japan and France, are jointly accepting proposals for Japan-France collaborative research projects in the field of "Edge AI".

Japanese

Research Field

" Edge AI "
The call aims at supporting collaborative research on current challenges in edge and embedded AI, which shall contribute to the development of pre-competitive and applied results for products, processes and/or technical services.
The proposals should relate - without being limited - to one or more of the following application domains:

• Healthcare
• Industry4.0/Connected Industries
• Telecom application
• Autonomous driving

Eligible for funding are consortia composed of at least four partners ("2+2"), i.e., two of them on the Japanese side and two on the French side. For each country, these consortia should include at least one university or research institution and one company.

Details of Support

Research networking and exchange projects selected for funding in this call will receive support for a period of 4 years totaling no more than 60,000,000 JPY including direct and indirect costs. Please note we request the Japanese company to bear the project costs and provide resources equivalent to or more than the contract research expenses received. It is expected that about 3 projects will be funded. Full details of support can be found in the Japanese guidance information below and in the Call Document.

Program Officer（PO）（Japanese side）

OTSUKI Tomoaki, Ph.D., Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Computer Science, Keio University

Period of the Call for Proposals

Friday 13 January to Wednesday 12 April 2023 (10:00 CET / 17:00 JST)

Application Procedure

• The joint proposal and Japanese application information should be submitted electronically via the Cross-Ministerial R&D Management System (e-Rad).
• An e-Rad manual for applicants is available (in Japanese):「e-Radによる応募情報入力の方法」
• The research period is 48 months (4 years) (planned) from December 2023 to November 2027 (planned), as described in the Call for proposals framework.
• Joint application form 5. Financial tables: Summary of costs & efforts
  In (SUMMARY TABLE), please enter the total amount of research expenses for four years.
  In the (FINANCIAL TABLE FOR JAPANESE PARTNERS), please enter the breakdown of research expenses for the four years for each research institution participating in the Japanese research team.
• Because e-Rad is based on a fiscal year basis, the research period for basic information should be from (start) FY2023 to (end) FY2027, and for research costs, please register a budget for each fiscal year.

Notes

• Compliance agreement documents require the stamp of the institution's top person. In the case of a university or college the top person is the president, not the dean.
• When research institutions are national or municipal organizations, such institutions concluding research contracts are obliged to implement necessary budgetary measures before entering research contracts for which they are responsible. Please confirm with your institution and contact JST before submitting.
• If you have not registered information related to research integrity with e-Rad after the e-Rad upgrade on March 15, 2022, please make sure to register the information. This is not required if you have already registered.
• If applicants do not submit required documents to both JST and ANR by the deadline, the proposal shall not be accepted and not be brought to the evaluation process.

・The call documents and guidance can be downloaded from below

Enquiries

Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Department of International Affairs
Mr. YODA Akira, Mr. DOI Shinichi, Ms. SHIRAISHI Junko
E-mail：jointfr(at)jst.go.jp (replace (at) with @)
TEL： +81-3-5214-7375　FAX：+81-3-5214-7379