Call for Proposals

In FY2026, research proposals are invited for 12 CREST, 15 PRESTO and 4 ACT-X research areas.
Information about each research areas (Basic information, Schedule of calling for proposals, Research Supervisor’s Policy for selection, How to apply) will be linked to the table below.

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
Unexplored Quantum Pioneering Unexplored Fields in Quantum Science and Technology Yoshiro Hirayama FY2026
Ultra Enduring Materials Creation of Ultra Enduring Materials and Establishment of Their Theoretical foundation Haruyuki Inui FY2026
Innovative Digital Spatiotemporal Expansion Technological Innovation and Sustainable Value Co-creation toward the Realization of Digital Spatiotemporal Expansion Yoichi Motomura FY2026
Linking Sensation Biological System Control Linked by Understanding and Regulation of Sensation Takahisa Furukawa FY2026
Fluctuation-based Materials Creation of Functional Materials through Introduction/Control of Fluctuations Takayoshi Sasaki FY2025
Embodied AI Systems Fundamentals and Core Technologies for Embodied AI Tetsuya Ogata FY2025
Symbiotic AI Interdisciplinary System Creation of Interdisciplinary System Foundation for a Symbiotic and Collaborative Society with Humans and AI Kiyoshi Izumi FY2025
Supra-Biological Tissue Creation and Novel Function Development of Supra-Biological Tissues through Interdisciplinary Fusion Kazunari Akiyoshi FY2025
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

Promoting individual Research to Nurture the Seed of Future Innovation and Organizing Unique, Innovative Network

Keyword Research Area Research Supervisor
（※Deputy Research Supervisor）		 Establishment
Uncharted Quantum Challenges in Uncharted Quantum Domains Tetsuo Hatsuda FY2026
Ultra Enduring Materials Foundations and Innovations for Ultra Enduring Materials: Redefining the Future of Service Life Kaneaki Tsuzaki FY2026
Digital Spatiotemporal Expansion Foundation Foundation for Digital Spatiotemporal Expansion through the Integration of Computational and Data-Driven Sciences Yoshinobu Kawahara FY2026
External Stimulus Sensing Deciphering External Stimulus Sensing and Development of Innovative Augmentation Technologies Makoto Tominaga FY2026
Exposome Molecular Mechanisms of Complex Environmental Exposures Shaping Present and Future Toshikazu Ushijima FY2026
Q-MATL Quantum Material Eiji Saitoh FY2025
Fluctuation-based Materials Materials Innovation through Understanding and Controlling Fluctuations Shinji Tsuneyuki FY2025
Real-World Intelligence Fundamentals Fundamental Innovation for Real-World Intelligent Systems Tatsuya Harada FY2025
Symbiotic AI Fundamentals Fundamental Research & Development for a Symbiotic and Collaborative Society with Human and AI Naomi Yamashita FY2025
Supra-Biological Tissues Creation of Supra-Biological Tissues through Understanding and Control of Multicellular Dynamics Mototsugu Eiraku FY2025
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
Keiichi Tomishige※		 FY2024
Dual Biological Potentials Multiscale and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Investigate Mechanisms of Resilience and Diversification across Wide Ranges of Spatiotemporal Metrics Tadashi Uemura FY2024

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
GX Materials Frontier Materials for Green Transformation (GX) Ken-ichi Uchida FY2026
Biological Functions Understanding and Designing Biological Functions Masahito Ikawa FY2025
Life and Information Life and Information Yuji Sugita FY2024
Cyberinfrastructure Cyberinfrastructure for AI Empowered Society Shinji Shimojo FY2024