Call for Proposal
FY2025 Existing Research Areas
CREST is a funding program for team-oriented research with the aim of achieving the strategic goals set forth by the government. The objective is to create revolutionary technological seeds for science and technology innovation.
| Keyword | Research Area | Research Supervisor | Establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prediction Mathematical Foundation | Creation of Mathematical Foundation for Prediction and Control | Motoko Kotani | FY2024 |
| Photonics Synergy | Frontier Exploration via the Synergy of Photonics / Optics with Information, Communication, Sensing, and Material Technologies | Yoshiaki Nakano | FY2024 |
| Materials Development and Recycling | Creation of Innovative and Integrated Technologies for Materials Development and Circular Processes and Development of Their Scientific Basis. | Tomonaga Okabe | FY2024 |
| The Power of Life | Elucidating the Power of Life through Innovative Measurement and Analysis Techniques | Noboru Mizushima | FY2024 |
| Quantum Frontiers | Exploring Quantum Frontiers Through Quantum-Classical Interdisciplinary Fusion | Nobuyuki Imoto | FY2023 |
| Carbon-Blue X | Exploring the Potential of Ocean Blue Carbon through Investigation of Ocean and Carbon Cycling Interactions | Shin-ichi Ito | FY2023 |
| Nano-Material Semiconductors | Fundamental Technology for Semiconductor-Device Structures Using Nanomaterials | Riichiro Saito | FY2023 |
| yuCell | Cell Control | Miyawaki Atsushi | FY2023 |
Promoting individual Research to Nurture the Seed of Future Innovation and Organizing Unique, Innovative Network
| Keyword | Research Area | Research Supervisor （※Deputy Research Supervisor） |
Establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| R&D Process Innovation | R&D Process Innovation by AI and Robotics: Technical Foundations and Practical Applications | Ichiro Takeuchi | FY2024 |
| Mathematical Sciences for the Future | Exploration of New Science Using Mathematics to Predict and Control the Future | Zin Arai | FY2024 |
| Photonics Synergy | Pioneering the Synergy of Information and Physics Connected by Optics and Photonics | Tetsuya Kawanishi | FY2024 |
| Development and Recycling of Materials | Basic Research for the Development and Recycling of Materials | Susumu Kitagawa | FY2024 |
| Dual Biological Potentials | Multiscale and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Investigate Mechanisms of Resilience and Diversification across Wide Ranges of Spatiotemporal Metrics | Tadashi Uemura | FY2024 |
| Quantum Frontiers | Exploring Quantum Frontiers through Quantum-Classical Interdisciplinary Fusion | Nobuyuki Imoto | FY2023 |
| Blue Biosphere | Exploration of the Blue Biosphere-Climate System Towards Carbon Cycle Management | Jota Kanda | FY2023 |
| Nano Materials Devices | Nano Materials for New Principle Devices | Yoshihiro Iwasa | FY2023 |
| Human-Centered Interaction | Creating Human-Centered Interaction to Solve Social Issues | Hideaki Kuzuoka | FY2023 |
| Measurement and Analysis Foundation | Establishing the Solid Foundation for Innovative Measurement and Analysis Process | Isao Tanaka | FY2023 |
Promoting individual research for young researchers who strive towards strategic objectives without fear of failure. Finding and nurturing young researchers who have unique and progressive ideas and supporting their growth as individual researchers.
| Keyword | Research Area | Research Supervisor | Establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life and Information | Life and Information | Yuji Sugita | FY2024 |
| Cyberinfrastructure | Cyberinfrastructure for AI Empowered Society | Shinji Shimojo | FY2024 |
| NextAI-Math-Info | Innovations in Mathematical and Information Sciences to Build the Next-Generation AI | Takahiro Hara | FY2023 |
| Trans-Scale | Trans-Scale Approach toward Materials Innovation | Masayuki Takeuchi | FY2023 |