Strategic Basic Research Programs are intended to advance basic research aimed at achieving solutions for key issues Japan is facing, and to produce the seeds of creative, innovative technologies from new scientific knowledge that will give rise to innovation in science and technology leading to social and economic change.
JST is planning to specify the Research Areas to pursue and Research Supervisors (Program Officers) and to invite research proposals for the Strategic Basic Research Programs in FY2026.
FY2026 call for research proposals will cover the research areas launched in FY2024 and FY2025, as well as the new research areas to be launched in FY2026 (to be released later).
This pre-announcement is made on the premise that the FY2026 government budget is approved in the Diet of Japan.

＜Schedule：FY2026＞
Application Period: Early April - Early June
Evaluation Period: Early June - Middle of August
Research Start: October 1, 2026

※The above schedule is provisional and could be changed without prior announcement.
　Details will be posted on the Call for Research Proposals website as soon as they are ready.