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1) Purposes
The J-RAPID(*) program is dedicated to support collaboration activities between Japanese and foreign researchers having a severe urgency on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events.
J-RAPID aims to play an initial response role by promptly supporting activities above mentioned before ordinary projects are implemented by the national government, academic societies, or others.
J-RAPID, as a part of the SICP program, supports international collaborative projects in collaboration with funding agencies and research institutes in foreign countries.
(*) Triggered by Dear Colleague Letter for New Zealand and Japan dated March 29, 2011 issued by National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States, JST launched original "J-RAPID" in April 2011.
2jCharacteristics of J-RAPID
- JST calls for proposals when JST identifies needs on immediate support of international collaborative research or survey activities on unanticipated events occurred in Japan or other countries, considering degree of urgencies and social/economic impacts of the events and/or at the request of the national government or academia.
- JST assists researchers in Japan and funding agencies or research institutes in counterpart countries assist researchers in their countries.
- In order to fund promptly, as a general rule, proposals are reviewed on a first-come-first-served basis.
3) Eligibility
A Japanese researcher must belong to university, research institute, or private company within Japan. In addition, a Japanese researcher must have established a basic agreement with an investigator in counterpart county to conduct a collaborative research or investigation. The collaborating foreign investigator must have appropriate support from his/her funding agency.
4) Duration and Size of Support
The funding amount is several million yen for 6 - 12 months. It may vary according to discussion with counter-part countries.
5) Cooperative Research Projects
Cooperative Research Projects with the U.S.
| Title |
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in the U.S.
|
Period |
|---|---|---|
| Response to The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Participation in Marine Geophysical Surveys of the Quake Rupture Zone |
Shuichi Kodaira, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Gregory F. Moore, University of Hawaii
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Site Characterization for Geotechnical Hazards Associated with Soil Liquefaction Prevailing in Kanto Region Based on Geotechnical Field Investigations |
Yoshimichi Tsukamoto, Tokyo University of Science
Ross W Boulanger, University of California, Davis
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Investigation and Prediction of Impacts of The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake on Marine Environment |
Mitsuo Uematsu, The University of Tokyo
Ken Buesseler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| IT Virtualization for Disaster Mitigation and Recovery |
Takahiro Hirofuchi, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Mauricio Tsugawa, University of Florida
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Tsunami Reconnaissance of The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake in Japan and Pacific Islands |
Shinji Sato, The University of Tokyo
Hermann Fritz, Georgia Institute of Technology
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Evaluation of the Seismic Performance of Bridges during The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake |
Kazuhiko Kawashima, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ian Buckle, University of Nevada, Reno
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| US-Japan Collaborative Study on Seismic Damage of Buildings and their Mechanism |
Hitoshi Shiohara, The University of Tokyo
John Wallace, University of California, Los Angeles
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| CRAWLER Robot with Dual-Use Limbed Locomotion and Manipulation for Void Inspection |
Satoshi Tadokoro, International Rescue System Institute
Anneliese Andrews, University of Denver
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Aerial Robots for Rapid Response: Remote Autonomous Exploration and Mapping |
Kazuya Yoshida, Tohoku University
Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Investigation on the Performance of Buildings with Structural Walls in The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake |
Toshikatsu Ichinose, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Santiago Pujol, Purdue University
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| The Role of Urban Development Patterns in Mitigating the Effects of Tsunami Run-up |
Fumio Yamazaki, Chiba University
Ronald T Eguchi, ImageCat Inc.
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, Tsunami Inundation, and Initial Spread of Fukushima Dai-ichi Radionuclides into the Pacific Ocean: Model Assessment |
Jun Sasaki, Yokohama National University
Changsheng Chen, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Research of Transportation of Artificial Radioactive Nuclides by Sinking Particles in the Ocean |
Makio Honda, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Cris German, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Flow Dynamics/Morphological Impacts of The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami, Japan |
Takashi Oguchi, The University of Tokyo
Victor R. Baker, University of Arizona
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| The detection of radiation induced radicals from teeth enamel by in vivo EPR (Electron Paramagnetic Resonance) Dosimetry |
Minoru Miyake, Kagawa University
Harold Swartz, Dartmouth Medical School
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Evaluation of the potential of large aftershocks of The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake |
Yo Fukushima, Kyoto University
Paul Segall, Stanford University
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Social Networking Services in the Crisis and Immediate Post-Catastrophe Response Processes |
Masahiko Shoji, International University of Japan
Eiko Ikegami, New School for Social Research
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
Cooperative Research Projects with France
| Title |
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in France
|
Period |
|---|---|---|
| Tracing the environmental consequences of The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake-triggered tsunami and the Fukushima accident |
Yuichi Onda, University of Tsukuba
Olivier Evrard, Laboratory of Climate and Environmental Sciences (LSCE)
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Quantitative assessment of nonlinear soil response during the great The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake |
Hiroshi Kawase, Kyoto University
Florent De Martin, French Geological Survey (BRGM)
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Dynamics of The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: from long term stress accumulation to asperities |
Satoshi Ide, The University of Tokyo
Raul Madariaga, Ecole Normale Supérieure
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake from Earth to Oceans and Space: a critical case-study to improve earthquake and tsunami anticipation |
Shingo Watada, The University of Tokyo
Anthony Sladen, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Effects of ionising radiation on bird physiology, phenotype, and fitness in the Fukushima contaminated area of Japan |
Mamoru Watanabe, University of Tsukuba
Christelle Adam-Guillermin, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Crustal seismic velocity changes and deformation associated with The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake |
Takeshi Nishimura, Tohoku University
Florent Brenguier, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Disaster Evacuation and Risk Perception in Democracies |
Norichika Kanie, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Francois Gemenne, Sciences Po
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Paleoseismology and paleotsunamis of the NE Japan subduction zone and relationships with The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Constraints on the seismic cycle |
Shinji Toda, Kyoto University
Mustapha Meghraoui, Universite de Strasbourg
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
| Interdisciplinary study on the mitigation of NaTech risks in a complex world: learning from Japan experience applying ERRA NaTech method, iNTeg-Risk project |
Atsuo Kishimoto, The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Adrien Willot, National Institute for industrial and environmental risk (INERIS)
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
Cooperative Research Projects with Indenesia
| Title |
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in Indenesia
|
Period |
|---|---|---|
| Urgent surveys for evacuation and measures from unexpected large tsunami |
Kenji Satake, The University of Tokyo
Hery Harjono, Indonesian Institute of Science
|
FY2011 - FY2012 |
Cooperative Research Projects with Thailand
| Title |
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in Thailand
|
Period |
|---|---|---|
| Development of numerical simulation model for flood management and field survey of highest water surface level during Thailand 2011 flood |
Hiroshi Takebayashi, Assiciate Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Sornthep Vannarat, Laboratory Head, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)
|
FY2012 |
| Assessment of microbial community structures and capability on degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) in flood affected river sediment for bioremediation |
Nobuyuki Fujita, Director-General for Genomics and Biosafety Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE)
Verawat Champreda, Laboratory Head, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
|
FY2012 |
6) Finished Projects
Cooperative Research Projects with the U.S.
| Title |
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in the U.S.
|
Period |
|---|---|---|
| Field Investigation on Humanitarian Logistic Practices under Cascading Disasters and a Persistent Threat: The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake |
Eiichi Taniguchi, Kyoto University
Jose Holguin-Veras, Rensslaer Polytechnic Insitute
|
FY2011 |
| Recovery Activities Using Underwater Robots in Tsunami- devastated Areas |
Fumitoshi Matsuno, International Rescue System Institute
Robin Murphy, Texas A&M University
|
FY2011 |
| Study on Design Method of Multistory Building Against Tsunami and Tsunami Debris |
Norimi Mizutani, Nagoya University
Clay Joshua Naito, Lehigh University
|
FY2011 |
| US-Japan Collaborative Investigation of Geotechnical Problems Relating to The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake |
Koji Tokimatsu, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ross Boulanger, University of California, Davis
|
FY2011 |
| Survey of estimation method for amount of radioactive materials emitted from nuclear power station during severe accident |
Genki Yagawa, Nuclear Safety Research Association
Paul Bieringer, National Center for Atmospheric Research
|
FY2011 |
Cooperative Research Projects with UK
| Title |
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in UK
|
Period |
|---|---|---|
| Survey of estimation method of washout effect of radioactive materials from soil by rainfall |
Genki Yagawa, Nuclear Safety Research Association
Matthew Hort , Meteorological Office
|
FY2011 |
